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Except for the occasional headline of some important achievement, the general public today is largely unaware of how space technology affects them despite the pervasiveness of […]
The launching of the first two Sputniks was a terrible blow to America’s self-image of technical preeminence that had developed in the years following World War […]
Back during the days of the Apollo lunar missions, young budding space enthusiasts like myself were all aware of the trio of unmanned lunar programs which […]
World-Class Science and Engineering Team to Measure Hurricanes from Space – to provide faster, more accurate measurements and forecasts of intensities and tracks, potentially saving billions […]
NASA today enjoys the reputation of being the best in the field of lunar and planetary exploration as a result of decades of highly successful missions. […]
While interest in miniaturized satellites for a range of applications has been growing in recent years, as a class these satellites are hardly new. By necessity, […]
From the first flight of the Titan IIIC in 1965 to the last flight of the Titan IVB four decades later, the Titan III and IV […]
After the launch of the first Soviet Sputnik satellites, the US found itself scrambling to get its first satellites into orbit. But in order to repair […]
At the beginning of the Space Age, a number of new technologies were being examined to support increasingly sophisticated missions then being considered. Among these were […]
Nanosatellites are generally defined as small satellites with masses in the one to ten-kilogram range. With the growing availability of off-the-shelf hardware and standardized nanosatellites like […]
While the history of spaceflight is filled with well-known spacecraft that have flown historic missions, it could be argued that there are a far greater number […]
There has been increasing interest in recent years in using the technology employed in miniaturized Earth-orbiting satellites for lunar and planetary exploration. NASA’s recent call for […]
