NASA

Electronic Skin ‘E-Dermis’ Gives Those With Prosthetics The Ability To Feel Pressure, Pain 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- September 11, 2018
The invention of “e-dermis” is a groundbreaking development for those with prosthetics.

By David Aragorn
The Legacy of NASA’s Dawn, Near End of Mission 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 10, 2018
Revealing Solar System Time Capsules, Breaking Engineering Barriers

By David Aragorn
Conspiracy theories: Testing the formula designed to debunk the world’s weirdest claims 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- September 7, 2018
David Grimes was this week credited with devising a formula to debunk nonsense theories – Adam Lusher tests his mettle

By David Aragorn
Martian Skies Clearing over Opportunity Rover 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 5, 2018
A planet-encircling dust storm on Mars, which was first detected May 30 and halted operations for the Opportunity rover, continues to abate.

By David Aragorn
Going Back to the Moon Won’t Break the Bank, NASA Chief Says 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 1, 2018
Sending humans back to the moon won’t require a big Apollo-style budget boost, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said.

By David Aragorn
Did a Micrometeoroid Poke a Hole in the Space Station?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 31, 2018
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station spent part of their day today (Aug. 30) fixing a tiny air leak in a Soyuz capsule docked to the station.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Begins Asteroid Operations Campaign 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 31, 2018
After an almost two-year journey, NASA’s asteroid sampling spacecraft, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx), caught its first glimpse of asteroid Bennu last week and began the final approach toward its target. Kicking off the mission’s asteroid operations campaign on Aug. 17, the spacecraft’s PolyCam camera obtained the image from a distance of 1.4 million miles (2.2 million km).

By David Aragorn
How a NASA Scientist Looks in the Depths of the Great Red Spot to Find Water on Jupiter 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 30, 2018
For centuries, scientists have worked to understand the makeup of Jupiter.

By David Aragorn
NASA Will Launch a Laser Into Space Next Month to Track Earth’s Melting Ice 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 23, 2018
NASA is preparing to launch a cutting-edge, laser-armed satellite that will spend three years studying Earth’s changing ice sheets from above.

By David Aragorn
Ice Confirmed at the Moon’s Poles 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 23, 2018
In the darkest and coldest parts of its polar regions, a team of scientists has directly observed definitive evidence of water ice on the Moon’s surface.

By David Aragorn