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- NOAA GOES-R satellite black wing ready for flight
- From deep sea to deep space: Creating and optimizing food for people living and working in extreme conditions
- Spectral 'ruler' is first standardized way to measure stars
| NOAA GOES-R satellite black wing ready for flight Posted: 24 Jun 2014 02:23 PM PDT The solar array that will provide power to NOAA's GOES-R satellite has been tested, approved and shipped to a facility where it will be incorporated on the spacecraft. The five sections of the solar array come together as one to resemble a giant black wing. |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2014 07:57 AM PDT How do you feed a six-person crew on a three-year mission to Mars? Food scientists are working on this and other challenges related to creating and optimizing food for astronauts, soldiers, pilots and other individuals working and living in extreme environments. |
| Spectral 'ruler' is first standardized way to measure stars Posted: 23 Jun 2014 06:21 AM PDT A team of astronomers has created the first standardized set of measurement guidelines for analyzing and cataloging stars. Previously, as with the longitude problem 300 years earlier for fixing locations on Earth, there was no unified system of reference for calibrating the heavens. |
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