NASA investing in 3-D food printer for astronauts

Yahoo! News | Wed, 22 May 2013 19:20:28 -0700

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - In a scene right out of Star Trek, a Texas company is developing a 3-D food printer for astronauts to create custom meals on the fly. With support from NASA, the firm, Systems and Materials Research Corp of Austin, ...

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NASA's SDO Observes Mid-level Solar Flare

NASA | Wed, 22 May 2013 19:11:44 -0700

UPDATE 16:30 p.m. EDT: The M7-class flare was also associated with a coronal mass ejection or CME, another solar phenomenon that can send billions of tons of particles into space. While this CME was not Earth-directed, it has combined with an earlier ...

NASA Ships Sensors for Seafaring Satellite to France

Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Wed, 22 May 2013 15:05:52 -0700

The three NASA-built instruments and associated ground support equipment for the U.S./European Jason-3 ocean altimetry satellite are removed from a Cargo Lux 747-800 transport plane in Luxembourg on May 21, 2013, following a transatlantic flight.

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NASA's Asteroid Mission a Dead-End to Mars?

Discovery News | Wed, 22 May 2013 13:26:56 -0700

NASA's newly announced plan to capture an asteroid and re-position it around the moon for an astronaut visit sounds cool, but it's a side-show on the road to Mars, scientists and long-time space mission managers told Congress. “To me, the connection ...

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