Space launch to rescue stranded astronauts rescheduled. Could be visible along SC coast.
A NASA and SpaceX rocket launch from Florida should be visible along the South Carolina coast the evening of March 12. The ...
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Watch moon dust fly as private Blue Ghost lunar lander touches down (video)
"The successful SCALPSS operation is a key step in gathering fundamental knowledge about landing and operating on the moon, ...
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What happened after the Big Bang? SPHEREx mission seeks answers to cosmic mysteries
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set for launch from the California coast will carry a space telescope and satellites designed to ...
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Say cheese: Cameras built at NASA Langley are landing on moon’s surface Sunday
Stereo Cameras for Lunar Plume-Surface Studies, or SCALPSS 1.1, is a group of cameras to measure the interaction between the lander’s rocket plume and the lunar surface. Michelle Munk ...
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‘Moon Dust on Our Boots’: Texas Company’s Blue Ghost Lands on Lunar Surface
“We’re taking stereo imaging as we descend to the surface to see how the rocket plume is affecting the lunar regolith. And we’re going to test the usage of electromagnetism to mitigate or ...
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How can we build landing and launch pads on the moon?
Jehn foresees larger launch and landing vehicles on the moon. Those comings and goings mean larger rocket plumes interacting with the lunar landscape. "Mitigating the effects of rocket plume ...
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Rocket exhaust plume at 30 km (IMAGE)
Rocket exhaust plume at 30 km as obtained by high-resolution computational fluid dynamics simulations. Temperature varies from 680 K (dark yellow) to 2,400 K (bright yellow). Journalists may use ...
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High Altitude Flows
Such high Knudsen number conditions give rise to important nonequilibrium effects affecting vehicle aerothermodynamics and rocket plume structure. The NGPDL projects in this area have some overlap ...