NASA Celebrates Ames’s Legacy of Research on National Aviation Day
20 Aug
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NASA Celebrates Ames’s Legacy of Research on National Aviation Day

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NASA Space Technology Tara FriesenAug 19, 2024NASA works every day to improve air travel – and has been doing so since its creation decades ago. On National Aviation Day, NASA and all fans of aviation get the chance to celebrate the innovative research and development the agency has produced to improve capability and safety in flight.NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley has a historic legacy in aeronautics research. When the center was founded in 1939 by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), its early research included working to reduce icing on aircraft wings.When ice coats the wings of an airplane, it reduces lift and increases drag, which can cause the aircraft to lose altitude and control. Ames researchers developed different approaches to solve the icing challenge, including a “hot wing” thermal anti-icing...
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Revisiting OSIRIS-REx
20 Aug
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Revisiting OSIRIS-REx

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NASA Space Technology Monika LuabeyaAug 19, 2024An OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule training model parachutes down in this image from Aug. 30, 2023. This drop test was part of NASA’s preparations for the return of samples from the asteroid Bennu on Sept. 24, 2023. OSIRIS-REx was the first U.S. mission to collect a sample from an asteroid.This photo was chosen by the NASA HQ photo team as one of the 100 best photos of 2023. Celebrate World Photography Day by browsing the gallery on Flickr.Image Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber
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NASA’s Apollo 15 Captures Earth’s Crest Over the Lunar Horizon
20 Aug
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NASA’s Apollo 15 Captures Earth’s Crest Over the Lunar Horizon

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NASA Space Technology This view of the Earth’s crest over the lunar horizon was taken on July 29, 1971, during the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission. Astronauts David Scott, Alfred Worden, and James Irwin launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a Saturn V launch vehicle. Credit: NASAThe Apollo 15 mission in 1971 marked a major advancement in lunar exploration with the debut of a sophisticated lunar rover. Astronauts Scott, Worden, and Irwin carried out extensive scientific experiments and explored new terrain during this groundbreaking journey.This view of the Earth’s crest over the lunar horizon was taken on July 29, 1971, during the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission. Astronauts David Scott, Alfred Worden, and James Irwin launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a Saturn V launch vehicle.Designed to explore the...
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The death toll in the collision between a van and a truck in Sariaya, Quezon, has risen to 8
20 Aug
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The death toll in the collision between a van and a truck in Sariaya, Quezon, has risen to 8

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NASA Space Technology SARIAYA, Quezon - The death toll has risen to eight in the tragic accident in Sariaya, Quezon that happened this Sunday morning.This is after one of the seven seriously injured died in the hospital.At this time, six other wounded remain in the hospital.The relatives of the victims have arrived in Sariaya.Around 5:50 this Sunday morning when a delivery truck and a van collided on Maharlika Highway in Sto. Christ.Seven people were reported dead based on the police spot report this Sunday.According to the report of the Sariaya Municipal Police Station, the van was heading towards Manila while the truck was heading towards Bicol.It appears from the investigation that the van collided with the line of the oncoming delivery truck, which caused a severe collision. The driver may have fallen asleep.The Sariaya Municipal...
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