Tag Archives: NASA
Newer posts →Discovery launched to deliver final solar wing to the ISS
March 19, 2009Space shuttle Discovery launched to deliver the final set of solar wings to the International Space Station. The set, called S6 will be shifted to the starboard side of the ISS and then unfurling the solar arrays. Each of these … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged "International Space Station", Discovery, NASA, Solar-Power | Leave a commentRaytheon ships Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor to NASA
March 14, 2009The Raytheon Company has shipped a special sensor to study climate change from space to NASA. The Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor was sent to Orbital Sciences’ facilities where it will be integrated with NASA’s Glory spacecraft and readied for launch. The … Continue reading3
Posted in Awareness and Hype | Tagged "Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor", climate, Earth, NASA, Raytheon | Leave a commentNASA says oceanic tides can be used to generate electricity
March 12, 2009The oceanic tides are beautiful from a distance but scary from up front. And since it is a very strong and powerful medium, why not put better use to it than surfing. That is probably what NASA scientists thought when … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged Electricity, NASA | Leave a commentNASA and JAXA satellites will monitor CO2 emissions from up there
February 16, 2009Back in December, we reported about NASA’s venture, the Orbital Carbon Observatory (OCO), to keep a tab on the CO2 levels. Here is a small update on that topic. Keeping up with America’s green space mission, Japanese space agency JAXA … Continue reading3
Posted in Awareness and Hype | Tagged America, CO2, Japan, JAXA, Methane, NASA, Satellite, Space | Leave a commentESA’s A-SCOPE mission employs Lasers to check CO2 levels
December 9, 2008Yesterday we reported about the NASA’s move to keep a tab on the CO2 levels and today its time to cover the European Space Agency, a.k.a., ESA’s strategy to do the same. The Europeans are working on laser based technology … Continue reading3
Posted in Awareness and Hype | Tagged A-SCOPE, carbon-dioxide, ESA, laser, NASA, Space | Leave a commentNASA splurges $270 million to keep a tab on CO2 levels
December 8, 2008If you are vary about the facts and the figures that are reported by various bodies to warn us about the dangerous levels of toxics in our environment then watch out for an assured source in the near future. To … Continue reading3
Posted in Awareness and Hype | Tagged "Orbital Carbon Observatory", carbon-dioxide, CO2, NASA, Space | Leave a commentNASA releases ducks on glaciers to curb global warming!
November 20, 2008With all the alternative energy techniques and products hitting the horizon, the current generation has an array of options to switch to an eco-friendly lifestyle. But NASA has some plans to duck the looming threat of global warming with ………ducks, … Continue reading3
Posted in Awareness and Hype | Tagged Glaciers, Global_warming, Greenland, NASA | Leave a commentRecycled urine to quench astronaut’s thirst in Space Station
November 17, 2008A trip in space may actually seem to be out-of-this-world for all of us. But for the natives of space, it isn’t as hunky-dory as it seems to us, sitting here on this planet and sipping onto a glass of … Continue reading3
Posted in Other Stuff | Tagged Astronauts, Endeavour, NASA, Recycle, Space, Space_Station, Urine, Water | Leave a comment Newer posts →