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← Older postsNASA records warmest August globally in 2014
September 19, 2014If you’ve been wiping the sweat off your brow furiously all year long, here’s what you should know. NASA, the American agency full of geniuses who usually know more than the average human being, has stated that this August was … Continue reading3
Posted in Other Stuff | Tagged NASA | Leave a commentNASA to launch a green spacecraft in 2016 with environment-friendly propellants
August 23, 2014NASA, the guys who have been known to send men and monkeys into space, has now taken a step closer towards a greener tomorrow. The organization has decided to replace switches traditional (and toxic) propellants with a safer, more efficient … Continue reading3
Posted in Biofuels | Tagged NASA | Leave a commentNASA develops new compression technique to dispose trash in space
January 9, 2013Tossing out waste on earth is a breeze. Tossing waste while out in space isn’t such a smart idea however! Instead, researchers from NASA’s Ames Research Center in California have come up with a fantastic way to put waste to … Continue reading3
Posted in Other Stuff | Tagged NASA | Leave a commentSolar panels for NASA’s Juno spacecraft complete final flight tests
May 30, 2011NASA is all set to send Juno hurtling into space to Jupiter. And no, we aren’t talking about the whining orange-juice-drinking pregnant teen. Juno’s a solar powered state-of-the-art spacecraft that NASA will soon send out to Jupiter in an attempt … Continue reading3
Posted in Other Stuff | Tagged NASA, Solar_panels, Spacecrafts | Leave a commentSpacesuit with piezoelectric properties helps generate electricity from movement
April 8, 2011A human being is a walking-walking powerhouse. By simply walking down a street, a person generates energy, unknowingly, which obviously is wasted given that ways to harness energy as such are yet in their development stages. College student and designer, … Continue reading3
Posted in Gadgets and Tech | Tagged NASA, piezoelectric, Spacesuit | Leave a commentRV powered by chicken fat driven across the United States by NASA scientists
March 29, 2011Chickens have never had much to do with jets before. And neither has their fat, until now. NASA scientists are busy working on developing and perfecting an alternative fuel, made from chicken fat. NASA scientists these days have been driving … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged NASA | Leave a commentNASA can help the farms of the future go tech savvy and eco-friendly
January 7, 2011NASA has always been up there in space, busy looking at planets and setting up satellites. The organization has never had much to do with farmers before though, except searching for crop circles that is. Anyways, in the future, farmers … Continue reading3
Posted in Other Stuff | Tagged Eco-Friendly, NASA, Water_saving | Leave a commentNASA to develop solar-powered electric rocket
September 3, 2010We’ve seen them all go electric before, cars, bikes, buses and bicycles too. NASA has finally decided to work on an electric vehicle that will shoot through space now. The agency has currently set its mind on developing a prototype … Continue reading3
Posted in Transport | Tagged NASA, rocket, Solar_Power | Leave a commentNASA sails across space with solar sails
August 23, 2010NASA researches have forever been living in the skies above, forever dreaming about flying past stars and studying them. Well, the guys at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., and the Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. … Continue reading3
Posted in Gadgets and Tech | Tagged NASA | Leave a commentDesign a Solar-powered night rover and win $1.5 million from NASA
August 18, 2010Calling all innovative scientific minds, NASA has just opened its doors to challenge engineers to design a night rover that can be powered by solar, for exploring other worlds. This move comes after the solar-powered Mars exploration vehicles are forced … Continue reading3
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