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A laboratory model of a multi-tube solar reactor at the University of Colorado Boulder that can be used to split water in order to produce clean... Read more →
Novel Thrusters Being Developed for Nanosats
L. Brad King's prototype of a ferrofluid ion thruster. When subjected to voltage, the points of the crown arise from a ring-shaped trench circling a... Read more →
Producing Jet Fuel from Berries with a Little Help from Microgravity
Zero Gravity Solutions Inc (ZGSI), a Florida based company, is performing microgravity experiments to modify a plant named jatropha curcas to grow in... Read more →
Growing Plants in Lunar And Martian Soil
Is the Red Planet capable of sustaining plant growth? (Credits: NASA) For long duration space exploration missions on the Moon and Mars, growing... Read more →
CAMRAS: NASA’s CO2 and Moisture Removal System Ready for Final Tests
Amine Swingbed (Credits: NASA). Carbon dioxide And Moisture Removal Amine Swingbed (CAMRAS) is ready for final performance tests, NASA reports,... Read more →
NASA’s Asteroid Tracking Sensor Green Lighted in Test
The NEOCam sensor (right) is the basis of the proposed NEOCam orbital telescope (Credits: NASA/JPL). NASA’s Near Earth Object Camera (NEOCam)... Read more →