Science news articles about 'nasa engineers'

NASA engineers were trying to identify an object that floated away from Discovery and were analyzing a protrusion found on its rudder Friday, a day before the space shuttle was scheduled to land.

Detectives named two "persons of interest" in the investigation into the slayings of a NASA engineer and three others.

NASA engineers are beginning their examination of the fuel leak that stalled last week's launch of the space shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station.

Black is black, right? Not so, according to a team of NASA engineers now developing a blacker-than pitch material that will help scientists gather hard-to-obtain ...

NASA engineers have adjusted the flight path of the Phoenix Mars Lander, setting the spacecraft on course for its May 25 landing on the Red Planet.

NASA engineers Thursday successfully completed the first series of tests in the early development of the J-2X engine that will power the upper stages of the Ares I and Ares V rockets, key components of NASA ...

NASA engineers are guaranteeing that damage to the flame trench will be fixed before the August rollout of the space shuttle Atlantis.

... summer, NASA engineers will try to realize a dream older than the Space Age itself: the deployment of a working solar ...

... day, the engineers work on NASA's new Ares moon rockets. By night, some go undercover to work on a competing design ...

... day, the engineers work on NASA's new Ares moon rockets. By night, some go undercover to work on a competing design ...

... PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., have completed a series of tests on a key component of the J-2X engine. The J-2X powers the upper stage ...

An artist's illustration of an Advent Launch Services launch. Credit: Advent Launch Services.

... when they return to the moon and establish a lunar outpost. NASA engineers are exploring the possibility of nuclear fission to provide the necessary power and taking initial steps ...

To improve hurricane forecasting, NASA engineers are spending time in a spooky room where 'no one can hear you scream.'

... dust exposure standard by 2010, in time for NASA engineers to design a safer and cleaner trip to the Moon. **WHEN & WHERE** Thursday, 9 October, 8 ...