NASA technologists will get a chance next summer to relive the good old days when Agency engineers would affix space-age gizmos to rockets just to see if the contraptions worked.
A technology that mimics the structure of a lobster's eyes is now being applied to a new instrument that could help revolutionize X-ray astronomy and keep astronauts safe on the International Space Station.
The sun erupted with an M-class flare that peaked at 9:47 PM EDT on May 17, 2012. A CME also burst from the sun at 9:48 PM EDT, traveling at over 930 miles per second.
On Sunday, May 20 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. EST, It's a free afternoon for children of all ages and their families with a look at how NASA studies the sun and space weather with the SDO satellite.
The public is invited to a free talk on May 10 to called "Investigating Worlds Around Other Stars: Progress Towards the Discovery of Another Earth," by Dr. Avi M. Mandell, a NASA research scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
Hubble cannot look at the sun directly, so astronomers are planning to point the telescope at the Earth's moon, using it as a mirror to capture reflected sunlight that is filtered through Venus's atmosphere.
Representatives from Goddard's Office of Communications and the Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate participated in the University of Maryland's annual spring open-house on April 28.
