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NASA once rejected the sensor technology that is now in every smartphone camera

Image: Tech Transfer HQ CMOS sensors are now so ordinary that it's easy to forget how transformative they were. They're used ...

NASA’s Lithium-Fed Nuclear Thruster Flares to Life in First of Its Kind Test

NASA fired up a prototype of its electromagnetic thruster inside a vacuum chamber, reaching power levels of up to 120 ...
The Debrief

NASA Tests Prototype ‘Magnetoplasmadynamic’ Electric Propulsion Thruster Designed to Power Future Trips to Mars

NASA announced a successful test of a sci-fi-sounding lithium metal vapor electric thruster propulsion system that could ...

NASA tests high-powered thruster that could send humans to Mars

Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have developed a new thruster that increases power 25 times stronger than ...
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NASA’s Largest Airborne Laboratory Will Fly Its First Mission in Early 2027

The first time the plane is expected to take to the sky is January 2027, when it will be part of a mission called North ...
Aviation Week Network

NASA Receives Modified Boeing 777 Research Aircraft

NASA has taken delivery of its newly modified Boeing 777-200ER airborne science laboratory from conversion specialist L3Harris Technologies, marking a key step toward the aircraft’s initial research ...

NASA takes early delivery of next-gen flying laboratory

Delivered five weeks ahead of schedule in partnership with aviation services provider Yulista, the aircraft, a converted ...

NASA fires up powerful lithium-fed thruster for trips to Mars

A technology that could propel crewed missions to Mars and robotic spacecraft throughout the solar system was recently put to ...
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NASA’s largest research aircraft can carry 75,000 pounds of science gear at 43,000 feet

Most Boeing 777s spend their lives shuttling passengers between global hubs. But one specific ...