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IEEE Spectrum November 2010 Joseph Calamia |
Solar Sailing Several solar sails are set for launch |
IEEE Spectrum May 2008 Barry E. DiGregorio |
Scientist Sells the Electric Sail for Space Propulsion Whisper-thin charged wires form a low-power sail for the solar wind. |
Wired December 2001 Evan Ratliff |
Blastnost! The once proud Soviet missile fleet has set its sights on the deep-discount launch business... |
IEEE Spectrum April 2012 Gregory L. Matloff |
Deflecting Asteroids A solar sail could use light to nudge an earthbound rock into an orbit we could live with |
IEEE Spectrum August 2011 Mason Peck |
Exploring Space with Chip-sized Satellites The future of space exploration will include swarms of tiny spacecraft. |
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Jean Kumagai |
Protecting the Power Grid From Solar Storms New spacecraft will aid forecasts of space weather. |
IEEE Spectrum December 2012 Toth & Turyshev |
Finding the Source of the Pioneer Anomaly Thirty years ago, the first spacecraft sent to explore the outer solar system started slowing unexpectedly. Now we finally know what happened |
Popular Mechanics September 24, 2008 Andrew Moseman |
Weaker Solar Wind Won't Slow Global Warming, May Threaten Astronauts If a spacecraft keeps chugging along for long enough, eventually it may find something startling. |
TIME Asia June 28, 2010 Christopher Shay |
The Moment The Japanese space program confirmed on June 10 it had unfurled the first interplanetary solar sail, powering its spacecraft IKAROS. |
Popular Mechanics March 2010 Mark Wolverton |
New Space Engines May Trade Fuel For Photons Interplanetary travel may soon be powered by propulsion systems lifted from sci-fi novels, as researchers reach for faster, lighter space engines. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2005 John McHale |
The Moon, Mars and beyond... The Space Shuttle program is due to be replaced by the Crew Exploration Vehicle. |
AskMen.com |
NASA Studying The Sun The most advanced solar observatory ever built rocketed into space Thursday on a five-year quest to shed light on Earth's star. |
National Defense July 2010 Stew Magnuson |
Taking Out the Trash: What Can Be Done About Space Debris? What goes up doesn't necessarily come down when it comes to manmade objects orbiting the planet. |
Scientific American July 2005 Mark Alpert |
Feeling the Pinch Voyager 1, now speeding out of the solar system after 28 years in space, is one of the NASA missions facing budget cuts, even though the craft is reporting remarkable discoveries. |
Geotimes August 2006 Carolyn Gramling |
Todd Hoeksema: A Flare for All Things Solar The researcher at the Wilcox Solar Observatory at Stanford University in California helped NASA create a new "roadmap" for future solar physics research. |
The Motley Fool February 15, 2007 Mike Norman |
Shining a Light on Solar Power The use of solar energy for heating and for generating electricity is not new. However, the rise in oil prices and efforts to find clean, renewable energy sources are beginning to make this area an investor favorite. |
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider |
NASA's New Spacecraft Will Touch The Sun Scientists at NASA and Johns Hopkins University are working on a space probe that will literally touch the surface of the sun. |
Fast Company April 2010 Damian Joseph |
What's Next: Solar Flares In February, NASA launched a satellite to measure solar activity. The goal: to one day predict the solar system's weather. |
Geotimes January 2006 Kathryn Hansen |
Stardust Landing a Smashing Success Seven years after its launch, NASA's Stardust spacecraft concluded its 4.6-billion-kilometer roundtrip journey to fly through the tail of a comet and collect dust samples, which astronomers hope will offer insight about the formation of our solar system. |
Wired August 2001 |
Verge An electrodynamic tether may have potential as a low-cost means of propelling spacecraft within Earth's orbit... |
National Defense May 2009 Robert H. Williams |
Carbon Film Enhances Space Probe Diamond like carbon films that were developed at Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, N.M., are being used on NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer to help determine how solar wind interacts with the matter that exists between stars. |
Geotimes July 2005 McFadden & Schultz |
Collision Course: Deep Impact The Deep Impact project will shed light on some fundamental scientific questions about comets, including what they are made of and how they formed. |
IEEE Spectrum June 2009 Guterl & Heger |
Mars Is Hard Fifty years ago, space experts thought we'd be there by now. Here's why we're not |
IndustryWeek September 14, 2011 |
Cost in Space NASA is encouraging U.S. companies to create vessels capable of transporting cargo on the 'final frontier.' |
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2007 John McHale |
Manned Space Missions, International Space Station, Get Increases in 2008 NASA Budget Request Officials at NASA are looking for increased funding for the International Space Station, manned space systems and other programs that fulfill President Bush's goal of reaching the Moon by the end of the decade. |
Popular Mechanics September 4, 2007 Jill Tarter |
Where Will the Next 50 Years in Space Take Us? Expert Opinions Leading thinkers from Buzz Aldrin (a robot fan) to Arthur C. Clarke (he wants a sub-orbital joyride) share their thoughts on where space will take us in the half-century ahead. |
The Motley Fool November 22, 2010 Travis Hoium |
Concentrating on Solar's Future SunPower's new concentrator panels could be a "game changer." |
T.H.E. Journal April 2004 |
Classroom Space Travel Kit Team Encounter and the Challenger Center for Space Science Education have created the Classroom Space Travel Kit, which allows students worldwide to participate in a real space mission while they learn about the scientific principles on which the exercise is based. |
Geotimes December 2005 |
Highlights 2005 -- Space Rovers still trucking... New "planetary" neighbors... Back to space... |
Geotimes September 2004 Sara Pratt |
Solar Storms Strip Water Off Mars For the first time, scientists have observed a solar superstorm with an array of spacecraft scattered throughout the solar system providing data that may help to explain the disappearance of water from Mars. |
Fast Company December 2008 Chris Turner |
The Solar Industry Gains Ground -- And Goes Global At a time of economic pain and planetary peril, a renewable global powerhouse takes shape. Just when we need it most. |
Industrial Physicist Dec 2003/Jan 2004 Dawn Lenz |
Understanding and predicting space weather When streams of charged particles from the sun interact with the Earth's magnetic field, there can be serious consequences for electrical power grids, communications networks (radio, television, and telephone), and satellite operations. |
National Defense February 2016 Stew Magnuson |
Planetary Defense: A New Hot Market With little fanfare, NASA in January opened up its planetary defense coordination office with a mandate to identify potential chunks of rock hurdling toward Earth and to stop them if possible. |
Scientific American July 2008 Tim Hornyak |
Farming Solar Energy in Space Shrugging off massive costs, Japan pursues space-based solar arrays. |
Chemistry World February 2011 |
What proportion of the world's energy supply will be sustainable by 2020? Three experts from different fields provide insights into scientific and political problems that impact energy stability. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2005 |
Satellite manages sensors with Maxwell computer The single-board computer will manage payload data for NASA's Glory mission, a three-year mission to investigate the composition of greenhouse gases and effect of solar radiation on the Earth's environment. |
The Motley Fool February 18, 2011 Sean Williams |
3 Reasons JA Solar Could Blow Away Estimates Have analysts underestimated this company's profit potential? |
Wired December 2004 Michael Behar |
5 Ways to Get to Mars The pros and cons on these five different engine propulsion options for getting to Mars. |
Popular Mechanics September 2006 |
Scientists Are Finding Life In Earth's Coldest, Hottest, Weirdest Places By creating an alternative life chemistry in the lab, astrobiologist Steven Benner hopes to uncover a formula for alien microbes. How five big questions about life on our planet are shaping the search for it on other worlds. |
Geotimes February 2007 Cassandra Willyard |
Surprise! Stardust Lands Actual Stardust The dust is clearing around a cosmic puzzle that has long piqued the interest of astronomers. Tiny grains of dust, no larger than the width of a human hair, are revealing the conditions in which the solar system, and perhaps life, got its start. |
Popular Mechanics January 23, 2008 Joe Pappalardo |
Dissent Grows as Scientists Oppose NASA's New Moon Mission NASA's current plan for manned space exploration is getting dissension from planetary scientists and astronauts. |
HBS Working Knowledge March 1, 2004 Sean Silverthorne |
Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science Do the successful Mars missions mean NASA again has the right stuff? Professor Alan MacCormack dissects the space agency's "Faster, Better, Cheaper" program. |
Geotimes June 2007 Carolyn Gramling |
Sun Cycle to Flare Back up in 2008 Although the new cycle is predicted to be moderate in intensity, scientists warn that it may still strongly impact space-based technologies. |
Popular Mechanics September 2007 Thomas D. Jones |
The Lunar Base: How to Settle the Moon (and Pay for Sleepovers) A four-time Space Shuttle astronaut explains what life will be like on NASA's four-man outpost come 2020, when the anti-Apollo mission will cast off aboard a new rocket and send explorers to hazardous territory. |
BusinessWeek September 6, 2004 Otis Port |
Another Dawn For Solar Power Tech breakthroughs and high energy prices are rekindling the industry. |
The Motley Fool August 2, 2011 Travis Hoium |
First Solar is Still the Safest Bet in Solar Leading costs, heavy spending in R&D, and a large project development team are defending First Solar's leading position in the solar sector. |
Popular Mechanics January 2008 Erik Sofge |
Space-Based Solar Power Beams Become Next Energy Frontier The idea of using satellites to beam solar power down from space is nothing new, but cost has limited it from coming to fruition. |
Geotimes January 2005 Naomi Lubick |
Bombing a Comet Yesterday at 1:47 p.m. EST, NASA successfully launched a rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., carrying the Deep Impact spacecraft toward its rendezvous with a comet. |
AskMen.com |
Europe Horns In On Mars By 2016, the U.S. may unite with the European Space Agency for future Mars trips - a move that would mark a significant shift for NASA. |
Popular Mechanics November 20, 2008 Andrew Moseman |
For 10th Anniversary, 10 Headaches and Near-Mishaps on the International Space Station It's not the fault of any single mishap, but today is the space station's 10th birthday and it's still not fully assembled. |