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An incredibly cool (read: freezing) experiment by NASA could help unlock the secrets of quantum physics.
NASA’s Juno Mission Successfully Enters Jupiter’s Orbit
After traveling for five years and 1.7 billion miles, NASA's Juno Mission has successfully entered into Jupiter's orbit.
Introducing NASA’s “Maxwell” X-Plane
NASA has released new details about an experimental aircraft that is part of the agency’s reinvigorated X-Plane program. On June 17 at Aviation 2016 in Washington, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden desc... Read More...
Engineers Test Experimental Electric Aircraft on the Ground
A truck with an airplane wing attached to it barrels down a dusty road at 73 miles per hour. The contraption is even stranger up close, because the wing has 18 electric motors powered by lithium iron phosphate batteries built into its carbon composite body.
NASA Tests 3D Printed Rocket Engine Components
A NASA team is one step closer to building a 100 percent 3D-printed rocket engine. While they have been exploring additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, for the past three years, engine parts were previously o... Read More...
NASA Awards Grants to Broaden STEM Education for Underserved Students
NASA's Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) has selected four minority serving institutions for cooperative agreement awards totaling approximately $2 million to help strengthen scienc... Read More...
Universities Prepare Humanoid Robots for Extreme Space Missions
NASA has announced that two universities will receive robots and funding for research and development to prepare the robots for extreme space missions, such as exploring Mars. The work will support NASA’s goal ... Read More...
NASA Engineer Provides Update on “Impossible” EM Drive
After several months of silence, NASA engineer Paul March has confirmed that NASA’s work on the controversial electromagnetic (EM) drive continues at the Eagleworks Laboratory at the Johnson Space Center. The hypothetical technology could radically change space travel by allowing spacecraft to fly to the edge of the Solar System in just a few months without the use of a propellant.
JPL Develops Miniature 3-D Camera for Brain Surgery
It’s not exactly rocket science, but it is brain surgery. While NASA is usually known for astronauts, rocket ships, and space exploration, the U.S. agency is also responsible for researching all science and tec... Read More...
Students Send 3D Printer Into Space
A 3D printer built by 20 engineering students from Virginia Tech will lift off into space in a 900-pound rocket as an experiment to explore how additive manufacturing (a.k.a. 3D printing) withstands a launch an... Read More...