Technology
The Dust “Windshield Wiper” That Didn’t Go to Mars
A device that works as a windshield wiper to eliminate Mars dust from the sensors on Mars spacecraft. Credit: UC3M…
Want to Look Inside a Burning Rocket Engine?
Here's a bit of pretty amazing hobby rocket porn. Ben Krasnow walks us through -- in a rather matter-of-fact way…
Sonic-Powered Levitation Allows for Zero-G Drug Research
It's not special effects: researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois have developed a way…
NASA Looking at Dozens of Advanced Technology Concepts
The Contour Crafting Simulation Plan for Lunar Settlement Infrastructure Build-Up, a NIAC-supported concept. Rendering courtesy of Behnaz Farahi and Connor…
Captains, Cylons and Wizard World Chicago
After years watching from the sidelines, I'm fast becoming a comic convention convert. It seems there is something at cons…
CINEMA and the Cube-Shaped Future of Space Science
Caption: Jerry Kim, a former student and systems engineer, holds the CINEMA nanosatellite before it was packaged up and sent…
DARPA Moving Ahead with Building Zombie Frankensatellites
Caption: Phoenix satellite concept. Credit: DARPA “Alien” meets “Bride of Frankenstein” and “Night of the Living Dead?” Straight from a…
Solar Powered Airplane Makes First Intercontinental Round-trip Flight
Caption: The Solar Impulse airplane in flight during on July 24, 2012. Credit: Solar Impulse/ Jean Revillard A unique airplane…
Hypersonic Inflatable Heat Shield Tested Successfully
Caption: IRVE-3 was launched by a sounding rocket at 7:01 a.m. Mon., July 23, from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. Credit:…
Designing Future Space Habitats
[/caption] Editor’s note: This guest post was written by Andy Tomaswick, an electrical engineer who follows space science and technology.…