Space science: The women who launched NASA

NASA CONFERENCE on SPACE TELEROBOTICS

Mechanical Engineering Department University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA Abstract Robot manipulators are designed to perform tasks which would otherwise be executed by a human operator. No manipulator can even approach the speed and accuracy with which humans execute these tasks. But manipulators have the capability to exceed human ability in one particular area; strength. Through an...

Nasa Directions in Space Propulsion

In his National Space Policy of 1988, President Reagan committed to a goal of expanding human presence and activity in the solar system. This goal has provided the impetus for a resurgence of activity across a broad range of space technology efforts in general and for a number of propulsion technology programs in particular. Building on recommendations from several detailed studies of the U.S. ...

REVIEW ARTICLE The NASA Spitzer Space Telescope

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Spitzer Space Telescope formerly the Space Infrared Telescope Facility is the fourth and final facility in the Great Observatories Program, joining Hubble Space Telescope 1990 , the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory 1991–2000 , and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory 1999 . Spitzer, with a sensitivity that is almost three orders of magnitude greater tha...

Science Results — NASA Final Report December 2008

NASA Ocean Vector Wind Science Team Meeting

Professor Mark Bourassa Florida State University 200 R.M. Johnson Building, 2035 E. Paul Dirac Drive, PO Box 3062840 Tallahassee, FL 323062840 USA [email protected] Barry Vanhoff (Oregon State University) David E. Weissman (Hofstra University) Contributed Talk Calibration/Validation and definitions Scatterometers have long been considered to respond to surface turbulent stress. They have b...