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Dawn Fires Up Engines
Technology The Dawn spacecraft might have a 3-billion-mile journey ahead of it, but that doesn't mean NASA engineers are rushing to get the trip started. The mission control team has… The Dawn...
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GOCE Harnesses Ion Propulsion to Capture First 'Gravity Map' of Earth
Technology After six months of testing and very careful calibration, the European Space Agency’s GOCE satellite is sending back its first data sets as it now begins precisely mapping… After six months...
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NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Sets Record for Acceleration in Space
Technology NASA has a fine track record when it comes to winning space races, so it should come as no surprise that the space agency's Dawn spacecraft has set a new record for velocity… NASA has a...
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Satellite Creates First Global Gravity Map of Earth
Science Using only two months of data, the GOCE gravity-tracking satellite has built the first-ever full map of Earth's gravitational field. The map, called a geoid, reflects the… Using only two...
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Russia, NASA to Meet This Month to Discuss Collaboration on Nuclear-Powered...
Technology In the last century, Russia and the United States engaged competitively in both a space race and a nuclear technology race. In this century, it appears the two are… In the last century,...
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NASA Puts Its Money on Quantum Communications, Plasma Propulsion, and Other...
Technology Firing up the fission fragment rocket engine NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program has selected 30 proposals for future space technologies for funding, including schemes for...
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Germany Builds a 'Space Tunnel' for Testing the Ion Engines of the Future
Technology If you want to test an aircraft, a race car, a motorcycle, or just about anything that’s going to be slicing its way through the fluid that is air, you put it through wind… If you want to...
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NASA Inspects Ion Engine Prototype For Asteroid-Hauling Rocket
Science A look at possible propulsion for NASA's plan to bring an asteroid home for study. When NASA sends a rocket out to tow an asteroid into Earth orbit, it'll be ion propelled. Ion propulsion...
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Ion Thrusters In NASA Mission Redraw The Boundaries Of Space Exploration
Space The Dawn spacecraft could change the shape and scope of future missions In early March, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft will enter the orbit of the dwarf planet Ceres. “We’re going to see a whole new...
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