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... exoplanets, or planets around stars other than the sun, were discovered almost 20 years ago, X-ray observations have detected an exoplanet passing in front of its parent star. An advantageous ... Observatory and the European Space Agency’s XMM Newton Observatory to observe a dip in X-ray intensity as the planet transited the star. "Thousands of planet candidates have been seen ... layers of the planet's atmosphere that are transparent to optical light but opaque to X-rays," said co-author Jurgen Schmitt of Hamburger Sternwarte in Hamburg, Germany. "However, we need ...

... be completed in early spring. ''RELEASE 17-022'' '''NASA Wind Tunnel Tests Lockheed Martin’s X-Plane Design for a Quieter Supersonic Jet''' Supersonic passenger airplanes are another step closer to ... awarded Lockheed Martin a contract in February 2016 for the preliminary design of a supersonic X-plane flight demonstrator. This design phase has matured the details of the aircraft shape, performance ...

... thousands of people lining and cheering the runway. This remarkable vehicle had just broken the X-15 high altitude flight record held since 1963. It became the first fully reusable spacecraft ... down deposits for a chance to fly in space - hardware sight unseen. Now, the regular X Cup event held in Las Cruces, Mexico, showcases every known commercial space vehicle developer around ... carried enough ballast for two more passengers inside the spacecraft, a requirement to win the X Prize. The implications of those two empty seats played out as multi-billionaire Sir Richard ...

... the “Personal Spaceflight Revolution”, or “NewSpace”. Many of these new ventures sprang from the Ansari X PRIZE. This pioneering space prize challenge offered US$10 million for the first privately funded ... space habitats for “participants”, in-orbit experimentation plus the Bigelow America’s Challenge, and the X PRIZE initiatives continue within the bounds of normal commercial activities and market based Initial Public ...

... NACA, USAF, and USN. Contracts were awarded to North American Aviation for construction of three X-15 aircraft and to Thiokol Chemical Corp.'s Reaction Motors Div. for manufacture of rocket ... physiological aspects of high­speed, high-altitude flight. Follow on program, begun in 1962, utilizes X-15 as test-bed for scientific experiments beyond earth's atmosphere. ''(TWX, FRC to NASA ...

... Lunney File:67-11-15-Countdown-Seamans-Lunney.mp4 Category:Almanac Audio NASA X-15 (No. 3) crashed in Mojave Desert when the aircraft "exceeded its structural limitations during ... Pilots School. Although assigned to Manned Orbiting Laboratory MOL program, he had requested transfer to X-12 operations. Board was continuing att6mpt to determine the probable cause. ''(FRC Release26-67; AP ...

... -mi (144-km) altitude in American Science & Engineering, Inc., experiment to collect data on celestial x-ray sources for location of sources and flux levels in 1-20 kev range. One ... No. 2 had been suspended by FRC until review of flight operating procedures was completed. X-15 No. 1 was awaiting captive flight checkout under wing of B-52 carrier plane ... crash was unknown. The pilot, Maj. Michael J. Adams , had difficulty with control booster system; X-15 failed to recover from a dive from extremely high altitude, the pilot losing control ...

... 's signature. ''(CR, 7/22/66, 15981-4; Wash. Post, 7/23/66, A6)'' GEMINI X Astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins flew from recovery ship U.S.S. Guadalcanal ... used in preparation of PSAC report on post-Apollo goals. ''(Text)'' Implications of the GEMINI X mission received editorial comment. Watertown N.Y. Daily Times: "The mind and the body of ... themselves through training and perseverance." ''(Watertown Daily Times, 7/22/66)'' Los Angeles Times: GEMINI X flight moved U.S. a few steps closer to the goal of landing a man ...

... nose down and sideways, then stopping in upside-down position. McKay sustained only superficial injuries; X-15 nose gear, wings, and tail were damaged. Flight was supposed to have reached 120 ... Illinois radiotelescope at Vermilion River Observatory was dedicated. The radiotelescope, world's largest, included 400' x 600' x 65' parabolic reflector. Prof. George W. Swenson, Jr., Univ. of Illinois project engineer for ...

... for HERO-A. and HEAD-B High Energy Astronomy Observatories. HERO-A payload to observe x-rays over wide variety of wavelengths at same time would include ... rays up to 20 mev and the diffuse background of radiation at x-ray and gamma-ray wavelengths. Experiments included high-resolution x-ray Bragg crystal spectroscopy,, spatial and spectral structure of x-ray sky study, high-energy gamma-ray astronomy study, superconducting magnetic spectrometer for ...

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