2016 - Blog Posts
Sometimes it blows my mind that there are people that don’t wear glasses/contacts. Like they can literally see with no aid. Like they wake up and just be out here seeing. What a wild concept.
Petersen Automotive Museum - Abstract by Rob DeGraff
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FiFi the Boeing B-29 Superfortress WWII Bomber was at the California Capital Airshow 2016 first weekend of October. Commemorative Air Force, CAF AirPower History #boeingb29 #B29 #superfortress#CaliforniaCapitalAirshow #CapitalAirshow#Airshow #WWIIBomber #WWII #AirPlane#airpower #militaryaircraft #fifib29 #2016#sacramentocounty #Sacramento #AviationHistory#WarPlane #warhistory former #MatherAFB#MatherField #MatherAirport#boeingb29superfortress #militaryflight #commemorativeairforce (at Sacramento Mather Airport-Mhr)
FiFi the Boeing B-29 Superfortress WWII Bomber was at the California Capital Airshow 2016 first weekend of October. #boeingb29 #B29 #superfortress #CaliforniaCapitalAirshow #CapitalAirshow #Airshow #WWIIBomber #WWII #AirPlane #airpower #militaryaircraft #fifib29 #2016 #sacramentocounty #Sacramento #AviationHistory #WarPlane #warhistory former #MatherAFB #MatherField #MatherAirport #boeingb29superfortress #militaryflight (at Mather Field, California)
I never felt so much joy, hope, and excitement as the 2008 election. Now, all I feel is dread, anxiety, and fear. No matter the outcome, the political atmosphere will not fail to feed me anxiety for months to come. Political chaos breeds fascism, totalitarianism, and nationalism.
2016 wasn’t all bad as Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield explains. Humanity did some good this year.
2016: This Year at NASA!
As 2016 comes to a close and prospects of the new year loom before us, we take a moment to look back at what we’ve accomplished and how it will set us ahead in the year to come.
2016 marked record-breaking progress in our exploration activities. We advanced the capabilities needed to travel farther into the solar system while increasing observations of our home and the universe, learning more about how to continuously live and work in space and, or course, inspiring the next generation of leaders to take up our journey to Mars and make their own discoveries.
Here are a few of the top NASA stories of 2016…
International Space Station
One Year Mission…completed!
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko returned to Earth after spending a year in space. Testing the limits of human research, findings from their One Year Mission will help send humans farther into space than ever before.
Commercial Resupply
Commercial partners Orbital ATK and SpaceX delivered tons (yes literally tons) of cargo to the International Space Station. This cargo supported hundreds of science experiments and technology demonstrations crucial to our journey to Mars.
Mars
Expandable Habitats
The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) was one of the technology demonstrations delivered to the space station in April. Expandable habitats greatly decrease the amount of transport volume for future space missions.
Booster Test Firing
In June, a booster for our Space Launch System (SLS) rocket successfully fired up. It will be used on the first un-crewed test flight of SLS with the Orion spacecraft in 2018. Eventually, this rocket and capsule will carry humans into deep space and one day…Mars!
InSight
This year we updated the milestones for our InSight mission with a new target launch window beginning in May 2018. This mission will place a fixed science outpost on Mars to study its deep interior. Findings and research from this project will address one of the most fundamental questions we have about the planetary and solar system science…how in the world did these rocky planets form?
Solar System and Beyond
Juno
On July 4, our Juno spacecraft arrived at Jupiter. This mission is working to improve our understanding of the solar system’s beginnings by revealing the origin and evolution of Jupiter.
OSIRIS-REx
In September, we launched our OSIRIS-REx spacecraft…which is America’s first-ever asteroid sample return mission. This spacecraft will travel to a near-Earth asteroid, called Bennu, where it will collect a sample to bring back to Earth for study.
James Webb Space Telescope
In February, the final primary mirror segment of our James Webb Space Telescope was installed. This will be the world’s most powerful space telescope ever, and is scheduled to launch in 2018. Webb will look back in time, studying the very first galaxies ever formed.
Kepler
In May, our Kepler mission verified the discovery of 1,284 new planets. Kepler is the first NASA mission to find potentially habitably Earth-sized planets.
Earth Right Now
Earth Expeditions
Our efforts to improve life on Earth included an announcement in March of a collection of Earth Science field campaigns to study how our planet is changing. These Earth Expeditions sent scientists to places like the edge of the Greenland ice sheet to the coral reefs of the South Pacific to delve into challenging questions about how our planet is changing…and what impacts humans are having on it.
Small Satellites
In November, we announced plans to launch six next-generation Earth-observing small satellite missions. One uses GPS signals to measure wind in hurricanes and tropical systems in greater detail than ever before.
Aeronautics Research
Our efforts in 2016 to make air travel cleaner, safer and quieter included new technology to improve safety and efficiency of aircraft arrivals, departures and service operations.
X-Plane
In June, we highlighted our first designation of an experimental airplane, or X-plane, in a decade. It will test new electric propulsion technology.
Drone Technolgy
In October, we evaluated a system being developed for the Federal Aviation Administration to safely manage drone air traffic.
Technology
Electric Propulsion
We selected Aerojet Rocketdyne to develop and advanced electric propulsion system to enable deep space travel to an asteroid and Mars.
Spinoffs
Our technology transfer program continued to share the agency’s technology with industry, academia and other government agencies at an unprecedented rate.
Centennial Challenges
Our Centennial Challenges program conducted four competition events in 2016 to spark innovation and enable solutions in important technology focus areas.
Watch the full video recap of ‘This Year @NASA’ here:
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Everything we know about Zika
Everything we know about Zika
A mysterious virus called Zika is spreading rapidly around the globe, leading the World Health Organization to issue a global emergency. The mostly mild virus is raising concerns because of a condition it’s linked to called microcephaly, a birth defect characterized by an irregularly small head. Zika is a mosquito-borne illness named for the forest in Uganda where it originates. American and…
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How to Take a Screenshot in Windows
How to Take a Screenshot in Windows
If you are wondering how to capture and save a dynamic entity on your screen or how to show someone an issue you are facing with the system, taking a screenshot of your current display is just a quick keystroke away. Follow any of these simple steps to take a screenshot of your whole screen or a specific window. Taking a Full Screen Screenshot Press the “Print Screen” (Prt Sc) key on your…
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Multiply your time for productivity and success
Multiply your time for productivity and success
Everything you know about time-management is wrong. In this challenging and counter-intuitive video, Self-Discipline Strategist and New York Times bestselling author of Rory Vaden, shows you why you can’t solve today’s time-management challenges with yesterday’s time-management strategies. More importantly he explains why procrastinating on purpose is the key to being able to Multiply your time.…
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"Li-Fi" 100 times faster than wi-fi, available within three to four years.
“Li-Fi” 100 times faster than wi-fi, available within three to four years.
A new method of delivering data, which uses the visible spectrum rather than radio waves, has been tested in a working office. Li-fi can deliver internet access 100 times faster than traditional wi-fi, offering speeds of up to 1Gbps (gigabit per second). It requires a light source, such as a standard LED bulb, an internet connection and a photo detector. It was tested this week by Estonian…
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Mars One Selects 100 Would-Be Colonists
Mars One Selects 100 Would-Be Colonists
Mars One has narrowed down its list of applicants for a one-way ticket to Mars to 100 final candidates. The results of round three of the Amersfoort, Netherlands-based non-profit’s Astronaut Selection Process were announced Monday. You can see the full list here of the 50 men and 50 women from around the world who were selected from round two’s pool of 660 hopefuls, a group that was itself…
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This is What A 200 km/h Crash Looks Like
This is What A 200 km/h Crash Looks Like
I’ve always considered speeds above 140 km/h (86 mph) to be reserved for the racetrack. However, it seems like more and more people are starting to throw caution to the wind when it comes to speeding—getting caught driving at speeds such as 180 km/h (111 mph) or higher! When a car accident occurs at any speed there is always a possibility that someone could be severely hurt, but watching this 200…
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Former spy seeks to show UK knew of Guantanamo torture
Former spy seeks to show UK knew of Guantanamo torture
A former senior British intelligence officer wants to give evidence that the country’s security services knew about the torture of inmates at the U.S. prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, a newspaper reported. The former officer is seeking permission to present evidence to a forthcoming parliamentary inquiry that British officials saw detainees being tortured in December 2002, the Sunday Times said…
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Beats will exclusively provide Bayern Munich with headphones and speakers to help players prepare for games.
Beats will exclusively provide Bayern Munich with headphones and speakers to help players prepare for games.
Beats by Dr. Dre has become an official partner of Bayern Munich, the club announced Thursday, with the company exclusively providing Die Roten with headphones and speakers to help players prepare for matches. The likes of LeBron James, Serena Williams and Bayern playmaker Mario Gotze are among the world-class athletes already using equipment from Beats Electronics LLC. “With Beats, we have…
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After nine TV seasons and two movies, The X-Files has a new life on Fox.
After nine TV seasons and two movies, The X-Files has a new life on Fox.
Last fall, the broadcast networks bet that the best way to attract viewers was by programming reboots and revivals of popular series and movies. However, Limitless, Minority Report, The Muppets and Heroes Reborn had limited success at reigniting that spark with audiences. Limitless is a hit for CBS. But Fox’s Minority Report and NBC’s Heroes Reborn won’t be returning for Season 2, and ABC is…
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