Today, lithium-ion batteries are approaching their technological limits. “In first tests, the new battery cell was very stable over 500 charge and discharge cycles and retained over 84 percent of its original capacity”, said Dr. Shicheng Yu. The batteries will…

However, the graph still shows a long-term trend of global temperature time. One of those ways is to compare them with satellite measurements. And with about 15 years of data from a single satellite and surface data is possible. Experts…

MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) is a NASA-sponsored scientific investigation of the planet Mercury and the first space mission designed to orbit the planet closest to the Sun. As the MESSENGER spacecraft orbited the tiny planet, the…

Late last year the ESA launched a robotic assistant known as “CIMON” (Crew Interactive Mobile Companion) to the ISS to help astronauts with a variety of tasks ranging from schedule keeping to basic maintenance. These tasks and completing chores so…

About 574,039 square feet (53,330 square meter) complex, called “Mars Base 1” and also known as “Mars Camp”, saw students try on space suits and wander around the surrounding desert where Martian Caves have been constructed. A Mars base simulator…

They clearly stated that the decision to send Apollo 8 on a circumlunar mission was overwhelmingly determined by Apollo’s aggressive schedule and not Cold War competition. George Low argued that in place of a high Earth orbit mission, NASA should…

The testing of the flight model occurred in late January at NASA’ s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL, Pasadena, Calif., U. S.). Logging a total of one minute of flight time at an altitude of five centimeters, more than 1,500 pieces…

Princeton researchers have adapted silicon chip technology like that found in personal computers and mobile phones to act as a biosensors. The new technology allows the researchers to do away with this system by using tiny metal layers embedded in…

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is suffering its worst coral bleaching in recorded history with 93 percent of the World Heritage site affected, scientists said Wednesday, as they revealed the phenomenon is also hitting the other side of the country. A…

NASA engineers are still trying to figure out why the main tool of the Martian lander InSight stuck in the course of the earlier drilling of Martian soil. During the 50th annual Lunar-planetary science conference, the mission’s management team reported…