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Goldschimmerndes Hellas-Becken auf dem Mars

By Guest PostNovember 29, 2014Science3d, antibiotika in milch, biohybride System, dlr, intelligente materialien, orbit, science fact, sea burial ceremony, wilfried weber

In warmen Bronze- und Goldtönen präsentiert sich ein Teil des Hellas Planitia-Einschlagsbeckens auf diesen Bildern, die von der HRSC-Kamera an Bord der ESA-Raumsonde Mars Express aufgenommen wurden. Betrieben wir diese Kamera vom Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR). Mit ihr wird zum ersten Mal auf einer Weltraummission eine Planetenoberfläche systematisch in 3D und in Farbe abgebildet. Nach mittlerweile zehn Jahren in der Marsumlaufbahn wurden mit der HRSC-Kamera mehr als 90 Prozent der Oberfläche erfasst. (more…)

TanDEM-X: Beginn der wissenschaftlichen Missionsphase

By Guest PostOctober 19, 2014Sciencebehind the window, bob mcpherson, brad thompson, die erde, dlr, guofang zhou, inside microsoft lab, krishna darbha, moralische trittbrettfahrer, moralisches freerider, nathan patterson, orbit, reliability lab, surface pens, tandem x, terrasar x

Nach vier Jahren erfolgreicher Datenakquisition für die neue globale Topographie der Erde beginnt die Science Phase

Seit Juni 2007 kreist der Radarsatellit TerraSAR-X um die Erde, im Juni 2010 folgte ihm sein Zwilling TanDEM-X ins All. Seit knapp vier Jahren wurden beide Satelliten beim Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) im engen Formationsflug betrieben. Die Satelliten nahmen dabei Daten für die neue globale Topographie der Erde auf. (more…)

ATV “Georges Lemaitre” soll am 12. August die Raumstation erreichen

By Guest PostAugust 12, 2014Sciencealexander gerst, angriffspunkt fuer krebstherapien, atv, cloud identity connect, dlr, esa, florian weinberg, hybrid cloud, idaas, interview, jason keenaghan, metastasenbildung, orbit

Mit dem fünften Raumfrachter endet die Ära der europäischen ISS-Transporter – Interview mit DLR ATV-Programm-Manager Volker Schmid

Nach seinem Bilderbuchstart am 30. Juli 2014 ist das fünfte und letzte Versorgungsraumschiff der europäischen ATV-Reihe auf dem Weg zur Internationalen Raumstation ISS. Der nach dem belgischen Begründer der Urknall-Theorie “Georges Lemaitre” benannte Frachter, der ungefähr so groß ist wie ein Londoner Doppeldeckerbus und inklusive Gepäck mehr als 20 Tonnen wiegt, soll am 12. August um 15.34 Uhr Mitteleuropäischer Sommerzeit an der Raumstation andocken und für mindestens fünf Monate die ISS mit Treibstoff, Nahrung und neuen Experimenten versorgen. Deutschland war federführend am ATV-Programm der Europäischen Weltraumagentur ESA beteiligt und hat rund 48 Prozent der Beiträge des rund 3 Milliarden schweren Programms finanziert. Die Rolle und Bedeutung dieses komplexesten jemals in Europa gebauten Raumtransporters erläutert Volker Schmid, ATV-Programm-Manager beim Raumfahrtmanagement des Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR). (more…)

Martian moon samples will have bits of Mars

By Guest PostNovember 13, 2013Scienceamounts of water, brown university geologists, james head, ken ramsley, large projectile impacts, mars, martian bits, martian material, martian moon phobos, martian moon samples, orbit, phobos, planetary geosciences group, regolith, russian mission, russian space agency, spacecraft

A Russian mission to the Martian moon Phobos, launching in 2020, would return samples from Phobos that contain bits and pieces of Mars itself. A new study calculates how much Martian material is on the surface of Phobos and how deep it is likely to go.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — A planned mission to return a sample from the Martian moon Phobos will likely be a twofer, according to a study by Brown University geologists. (more…)

NASA Probe Gets Close-Up Views of Large Hurricane on Saturn

By Guest PostMay 1, 2013Scienceandrew ingersoll, angle, boulder, cassini huygens mission, cassini spacecraft, counter clockwise spin, earth, equinox, eye, france, Germany, hexagon, high clouds, hurricane, hydrogen atmosphere, jet propulsion laboratory, kunio sayanagi, mysterious hurricane, NASA, north pole, northern hemisphere, orbit, pasadena, saturn, saturn hurricane movie, saturnian storms, scott edgington, six sided, space science institute, the rose, united kingdom, united states, water vapor, weather pattern

PASADENA, Calif. – NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first close-up, visible-light views of a behemoth hurricane swirling around Saturn’s north pole.

In high-resolution pictures and video, scientists see the hurricane’s eye is about 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) wide, 20 times larger than the average hurricane eye on Earth. Thin, bright clouds at the outer edge of the hurricane are traveling 330 mph(150 meters per second). The hurricane swirls inside a large, mysterious, six-sided weather pattern known as the hexagon. (more…)

NASA’s Kepler Discovers 461 New Planet Candidates

By Guest PostJanuary 11, 2013Science461 new planet, ames research center, candidate, christopher burke, discovery, earth size, exoplanet archive, habitable zone, institute, jack lissauer, kepler catalog, kepler data, kepler mission, liquid water, masquerade, moffett field, mountain view, multi planet system, NASA, orbit, orbital period, planet, planetary candidates, potential planet, seti, size of earth, spacecraft instrumentation, steve howell, surface

PASADENA, Calif. – NASA’s Kepler mission Monday announced the discovery of 461 new planet candidates. Four of the potential new planets are less than twice the size of Earth and orbit in their sun’s “habitable zone,” the region in the planetary system where liquid water might exist on the surface of a planet.

Based on observations conducted from May 2009 to March 2011, the findings show a steady increase in the number of smaller-size planet candidates and the number of stars with more than one candidate. (more…)

From Cassini for the Holidays: A Splendor Seldom Seen

By Guest PostDecember 20, 2012Sciencecarolyn porco, cassini spacecraft, dark side, earth, european space agency, high solar phase, in saturns shadow, jpl, NASA, orbit, planet saturn, rings, saturn, sun

PASADENA, Calif — Just in time for the holidays, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, in orbit around Saturn for more than eight years now, has delivered another glorious, backlit view of the planet Saturn and its rings.

On Oct. 17, 2012, during its 174th orbit around the gas giant, Cassini was deliberately positioned within Saturn’s shadow, a perfect location from which to look in the direction of the sun and take a backlit view of the rings and the dark side of the planet. Looking back towards the sun is a geometry referred to by planetary scientists as “high solar phase;” near the center of your target’s shadow is the highest phase possible. This is a very scientifically advantageous and coveted viewing position, as it can reveal details about both the rings and atmosphere that cannot be seen in lower solar phase. (more…)

Monitoring Hurricanes: Georgia Tech Engineers Assist NASA with Instrument for Remotely Measuring Storm Intensity

By Guest PostDecember 14, 2012Environment, Scienceairborne system, analog beam former, aperture, array antenna, data, electromagnetic energy, electromagnetic radiation, fan beams, flight center, georgia, gigahertz range, glenn hopkins, global hawk, gtri, high winds, hirad, hurricane imaging radiometer, in the system, innovation research, jim maloney, knowledge, marshall, massachusetts, michigan, microwave, microwave radiation, minimizing noise, NASA, next generation system, noaa, numerical modeling, ocean waves, orbit, pacific frontal system, polarized array, project, prosensing, radiometer, rain rate, research institute, satellite, sbir, sea foam, sensitivity, small business, Space, spatial resolution, storm, surface wind speeds, synthetic, tech, timothy miller, university, wind direction

A device designed by engineers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is part of the Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD), an experimental airborne system developed by the Earth Science Office at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama.

Known as an analog beam-former, the GTRI device is part of the radiometer, which is being tested by NASA on a Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle. The radiometer measures microwave radiation emitted by the sea foam that is produced when high winds blow across ocean waves. By measuring the electromagnetic radiation, scientists can remotely assess surface wind speeds at multiple locations within the hurricanes. (more…)

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