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  • NASA EDGE investigates NASA's Technology Demonstration Missions.

    NASA EDGE: Technology Demonstration Missions (TDM) Part 1

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  • The Microheater Array Boiling Experiment was conducted in the Boiling Experiment Facility, or BXF. Here, European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, installs the BXF into the Microgravity Science Glovebox aboard the International Space Station. (NASA)

    MABE: Low-Gravity Answers on the Bubble

    03.27.13 - Exploring the cooling impact of boiling bubbles in microgravity with space station's Microheater Array Boiling Experiment (MABE) investigation.

  • Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield, Expedition 34 Flight Engineer, installing Ultra-Sonic Background Noise Test sensors behind a rack in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. These sensors detect high frequency noise levels generated by station hardware and equipment. (NASA)

    Technology to "Hear" Potential Leaks

    03.11.13 - Space station's Ultrasonic Background Noise Test (UBNT) to detect air leaks by "listening" for high frequency sounds

  • NASA astronaut Catherine Coleman, Expedition 26 flight engineer, performs a Capillary Flow Experiment (CFE) Interior Corner Flow 2 (ICF-2) test. The CFE, which observes the flow of fluid in particular capillary phenomena in microgravity, is positioned on a maintenance work area in the U.S. Laboratory. (NASA)

    Station Researchers Report Science Gains

    03.08.13 - Investigators sat down to talk station research with colleagues gathered for the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

  • European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli operating the Light Microscopy Module microscope aboard the International Space Station on a previous mission. (NASA)

    ACE: Stacking the Deck in Our Favor

    03.06.13 - The Advanced Colloids Experiment is designed to help researchers understand how to optimize stabilizers to extend product shelf life.

  • The NanoRacks Plate Reader allows for in-orbit microbiological analysis, increasing life science and biological research. (NASA)

    'Goody Bag' Filled With Supplies Arrives on Station

    03.06.13 - A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft has delivered a "goody bag" to the crew aboard the International Space Station. But it's not filled with treats.

  • SpaceX Dragon berthed to station

    Dragon Arrives With Treasure Trove of Science

    03.03.13 - The International Space Station welcomed its second contracted cargo delivery flight Sunday with the arrival of the SpaceX Dragon.

  • Concept art of Orion during EFT-1.

    NASA On Course to Launch Orion Flight Test

    02.28.13 - The first spacecraft NASA has designed to fly astronauts beyond Earth orbit since the Apollo era is well on its way to making a flight test next year, agency officials said Wednesday.

  • The NanoRacks Plate Reader, shown here, will enable in orbit analysis of research samples for certain studies aboard the International Space Station. (NASA)

    Research Rides Dragon to International Space Station

    02.28.13 - A second contracted flight for the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station will be twice as nice for researchers.

  • International Space Station Expedition 30/31 flight engineer Don Pettit poses with a drinking water container, two syringes and a knitting needle at a workstation in the Harmony node. A video camera is set up to record his activities. A homemade Van de Graaff generator also is in view. (NASA)

    Astronaut Don Pettit Wins NASA Engineer of the Year

    03.01.13 - Don Pettit was awarded NASA Engineer of the Year by the National Society of Professional Engineers/Professional Engineers in Government.

  • [F-18 pictured] NASA EDGE Interviews Peter Coen about NASA's research into lowering the impact of sonic booms.

    NASA EDGE: NASA Lowers the Sonic Boom

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  • The Launch Abort System replica lifted in VAB

    Crews Rehearse LAS Stacking with Orion

    2.27.13 - Engineers, crane operators and technicians practiced the careful maneuvers that will be required to stack a Launch Abort System onto an Orion spacecraft.

  • Expedition 34 Commander Kevin Ford works with the Materials Science Laboratory's Solidification and Quenching Furnace, located in the Material Science Research Rack aboard the International Space Station. (NASA TV)

    Materials Science Research Rack Heats Up

    02.27.13 - Ever wonder how we develop new materials? Scientists at NASA do just that using the International Space Station Materials Science Research Rack.

  • Artist's concept of commercial spaceport

    Commercial Spaceflight - 60 Day Report, Issue 11

    02.25.13 - Eleventh issue, with articles on progress and milestone completed by the CCiCap partners.

  • Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle School Students (EarthKAM) is a NASA education program that enables thousands of students to photograph and examine Earth from a space crew's perspective using the Internet to control a digital camera mounted aboard the International Space Station. (NASA)

    Record Number of Students Control Station Camera

    02.21.13 - Wonder what it's like to control a camera on the International Space Station? More than 30,000 students found out as part of the EarthKAM mission.

  • Boeing concept of CST-100 operations in C3PF

    CST-100 Reviews Road to Mission Operations

    02.21.13 - Boeing's plans for its CST-100 spacecraft continue to firm up as the aerospace company works with NASA's Commercial Crew Program to establish what will be needed to communicate with the spacecraft and recover it when it returns from a mission.

  • A Biological Research in Canisters experiment package with five Petri dish fixation units (PDFU) installed. The PDFUs each contain a Petri dish with the biological sample to be flown in space. (NASA)

    Experiment Helping Study Plant Growth in Space

    03.04.13 - Researchers to grow knowledge of plants in microgravity environments with BRIC-17 investigations launching with SpaceX Dragon.

  • Crawlerway and Tractor

    Upgrades Will Prepare Crawlerway

    02.22.13 - Several sections of the crawlerway that lead from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pads at NASA's Kennedy Space Center are getting a facelift in preparation for the new Space Launch System rocket.

  • Wind Radar Field

    New Doppler Radar Wind Profiler Installed

    2.12.13 - NASA is replacing decades-old wind measurement equipment with upgraded Doppler radar near the Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility.

  • Antares vertical on launch pad 0A.

    Antares Engine Test Scheduled for Feb. 22

    02.20.13 - NASA's Wallops Flight Facility will provide launch range support for an Orbital Sciences Corp. Antares rocket engine test scheduled for Feb. 22 at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's Pad-0A.

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