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Research scientist Dr. Rebecca Bishop, left, and design engineer Steve Bielat of The Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo, California, test a sensor set to fly on the joint American and Brazilian SPORT Cubesat mission to study disruptive phenomena in Earth's upper atmosphere Credits: The Aerospace Corporation

Joint NASA-Brazil SPORT CubeSat Mission Planned

August 3, 2017 Guest Author or Contributor

Mission Will Unlock Complex Equatorial Phenomena, Lay Groundwork for Better Space Weather Prediction By Molly Porter, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama NASA and a team of Brazilian space researchers have announced a joint CubeSat mission […]

Three teams earned a $20,000 prize check and a slot to launch their CubeSat on Exploration Mission-1, the first integrated flight of NASA's Space Launch System. NASA’s Associate Administrator of the Space Technology Mission Directorate, Steve Jurczyk, Benjamin Fried of team CU-E3, Kyle Doyle of team Cislunar Explorers, Wesley Faler of Team Miles, and NASA’s Ames Research Center Director, Eugene Tu. Credits: NASA/Dominic Hart.

DIY CubeSats Score Rides on NASA’s First Flight of Orion, Space Launch System

June 8, 2017 Guest Author or Contributor

By Gina Anderson (NASA HQ) and Molly Porter (Marshall Space Flight Center) NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) has awarded rides for three small spacecraft on the agency’s newest rocket, and $20,000 each in prize money, […]

Can You Outrun the Space Station?

September 20, 2016 Kay Whatley

Nearly 200 Expected to Race the International Space Station This Saturday Released by Janet Anderson, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center The fifth annual Racin’ the Station duathlon is coming up September 24, 2016, at NASA’s Marshall Space […]

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The Strange-ness: Tiger Finds Friend in Goat

December 3, 2015

While the Bible may say that the leopard will lie down with the goat, at an animal park in Russia it is a tiger that has adopted a goat as a bunk mate. Right around the date […]

UFO Sightings by US State: May 2020

June 11, 2020

By Kay Whatley, Editor Across the United States each year, thousands of unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings are reported. UFO reports cover close encounters of various types, range from blinking lights in the sky to […]

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Got ESP? Join the “PSI Games” in Durham NC on July 28

July 24, 2017

** Updated with new date** Ever wondered about your ESP ability? Come for a unique event at the Rhine Research Institute and you may find out more about extrasensory perception, psychic abilities, and if you […]