NASA’S Refueling Demonstration Proves Viability Of Satellite-Servicing Technologies For many years steps have been taken to develop technology to refurbish/refuel…
Month: February 2013
Sunspot AR 1667 Unleashes C9 class Flare, CME could be Earth Directed
Update – The CME is not directly headed for Earth but should give us a glancing blow on Feb. 8-9.…
Super-Tiger Balloon Breaks Records While Collecting Data
(Source NASA) – A large NASA science balloon has broken two flight duration records while flying over Antarctica carrying an…
Curosity’s MAHLI First Night Imaging Under Ultraviolet Lighting
This cool looking image of a Martian rock illuminated by ultraviolet LEDs (light emitting diodes) is part of the first…
Intelsat 27 lost in SeaLaunch Rocket Failure
SeaLaunch experienced a failure of it’s Zenit-3SL rocket on February 1st 2013. Early indications are that the RD-171M main engine engine shut…
