“We have the tools and team who can help us improve our understanding of the unknown,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for science at NASA, in anofficial statement. “That’s the very definition of what science is. That’s what we do.” In this, Zurbuchen sounds not unlik...
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HP delivered a complete Z8 workstation that enabled the use of powerful NVIDIA GPUs and available CPUs to satisfy their software requirements and data science workflows. In a desktop-size tower, NASA gained a system with high-density storage, mixing fast NVMe disks with enterprise-class spinning...
In this week of Science Saturday, we look at the latest news in science and tech fields, ranging from hidden water to a new species. Touching the Sun A spacecraft touched the sun for the first time. It was a goal that NASA set 60 years ago. Its Parker Solar Probe ...
3)“We are exploring two new landing options,”said Dr. Nicky Fox, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate.“One is to leverage technology that was previously used to land both (the) Perseverance and Curiosity (...
Earth Science about Explore our changing planet The St. Clair River flows into the freshwater Lake St. Clair and separates the American state of Michigan (top) from the Canadian province of Ontario (bottom) in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 260 miles above...
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate recently funded the solar sail technology to reach a new technology readiness level, or TRL 6, which means it’s ready for proposals to be flown on science missions. “This was a major last step on the ground before it’s ready to be proposed for space...
“In a six-month mission, we can do research on counteracting bone loss that would take an equivalent of roughly a five-year longitudinal study on Earth,” said Scott M. Smith, Ph.D., manager for the Nutritional Biochemistry Laboratory at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. “This he...
So you're probably not surprised to hear that NASA employs a pretty awesome brain trust of scientific and engineering talent in a wide array of fields, from astronomy and physics to chemistry, biology and materials science. NASA has invented all sorts of technology to solve the peculiar ...
So you're probably not surprised to hear that NASA employs a pretty awesome brain trust of scientific and engineering talent in a wide array of fields, from astronomy and physics to chemistry, biology and materials science. NASA has invented all sorts of technology to solve the peculiar ...