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Harnessing Electricity from ‘Chemical Gardens’
Harnessing Electricity from ‘Chemical Gardens’

This photo simulation shows a laboratory-created “chemical garden,” which is a chimney-like structure found at bubbling vents on the seafloor.

Testing Hardware for Growing Plants and Vegetables in Space
Testing Hardware for Growing Plants and Vegetables in Space

Astronauts on the International Space Station continue testing the VEGGIE hardware for growing vegetables and plants in space. VEGGIE provides…

Small Prototype Earth Return Capsule Flight Tested
Small Prototype Earth Return Capsule Flight Tested

A Near Space Corporation high-altitude balloon is highlighted by the sun as it lifts a prototype space reentry capsule designed…

Algae Bloom in Lake St. Clair
Algae Bloom in Lake St. Clair

On July 28, 2015, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite captured images of algal blooms around…

Looking Up to the Giant
Looking Up to the Giant

Thanks to the illumination angle, Mimas (right) and Dione (left) appear to be staring up at a giant Saturn looming…

Where Are They Now: D-558-II #1
Where Are They Now: D-558-II #1

The Douglas D-558-II “Skyrockets” were among the early transonic research airplanes like the X-1, X-4, X-5, and X-92A.

Small Prototype Earth Return Capsule Flight Tested
Small Prototype Earth Return Capsule Flight Tested

Technicians fill and prepare a Near Space Corporation high-altitude balloon for a Small Balloon System test flight at the Tillamook…

Small Prototype Earth Return Capsule Flight Tested
Small Prototype Earth Return Capsule Flight Tested

Terminal Velocity Aerospace technicians prepare an orbital entry return capsule for a Small Balloon System test flight aboard a Near…

Streaming Push and Pull
Streaming Push and Pull

Elongated streams of plasma zipped back and forth along magnetic field lines suspended above the sun limb on July 26-27,…

A Large Blanket of Smoke from the Wolverine Fire, Washington
A Large Blanket of Smoke from the Wolverine Fire, Washington

NASA’s Terra satellite spotted a large area of smoke from the Wolverine Fire that stretched over central and western Washington,…