AcrimSat Stories
Monitoring Microorganisms
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Science in Space January 2024 Crew members on the International Space Station have a lot of company – millions of bacteria and other microbes. The human body contains 10 times more microbes than human cells, and bacteria and fungi grow…
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Hubble Sees a Spiral in a Furnace
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This Hubble image is a snapshot of NGC 986 — a barred spiral galaxy discovered in 1828 by James Dunlop. This close-up view of the galaxy was captured by Hubble’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2). NGC 986 is…
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Sun sets for a NASA solar-monitoring spacecraft
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After 14 years of monitoring radiation from the sun, NASA’s AcrimSat has lost contact with ground operations and its mission has been declared completed.
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