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First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan

NASA to use KTH technology to study solar impact on Earth

When NASA launches four satellites next year to study the sun's impact on Earth's magnetic field, scientists will rely on engineering developed at KTH.Instruments developed in part by KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm will be used by NASA ... [Published Noodls - May 22 2013]

Entities: Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, NASA, Space Physics, Plasma Physics

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 4 reports

Extreme Solar Storm May Cause Widespread Disruptions on Earth

UTCIf an extreme solar storm aimed at the Earth hits in just the right way, it could put interconnected electrical grids around the world at serious risk, experts say.In addition to creating beautiful auroras, extreme solar storms could knock out a wide ... [Published Mashable - May 22 2013]

Entities: Space.com, NASA, Daniel Baker, Coronal Mass Ejections

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Weird Gravity Waves Pulse From a Tropical Cyclone

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on TwitterNighttime image of southern India and Tropical Cyclone Mahasen (NASA/NOAA)Last Monday, May 13, the Suomi NPP satellite captured a fascinating image of Tropical Cyclone Mahasen ... [Published Universe Today - May 20 2013]

Entities: Tropical Cyclone, NASA, India, Atmosphere

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

University of Colorado at Boulder

NASA invites public to send names, messages to mars

WASHINGTON — NASA is inviting members of the public to submit their names and a personal message online for a DVD to be carried aboard a spacecraft that will study the Martian upper atmosphere.The DVD, which will be in NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile ... [Published PhillyBurbs.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: NASA, Atmosphere, Space Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp

CU Researchers Trying To Save Kepler Telescope

The Kepler Telescope was built at Ball Aerospace in Boulder (credit: Ball Aerospace)Filed underLocal, News, Syndicated LocalRelated tagsBall Aerospace, Boulder, CU, Kepler Telescope, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, LASP, University of C ... [Published CBS Denver - May 17 2013]

Entities: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp, Space Physics, University of Colorado

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

NASA

NASA's Kepler spacecraft is critically damaged

, threatening to prematurely end the world's most successful planet-hunting mission.The second of four reactor wheels that point the telescope out toward its cosmic targets has stopped working. The next several months of testing and the spacecraft's future ... [Published Denver Post - May 16 2013]

Entities: NASA, Space Physics, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Space.com

How to Send a Haiku to Mars on NASA Spacecraft

Think you've got out-of-this-world poetry skills? Here's your chance to send a short piece through the cold depths of space, all the way to Mars.NASA is asking the public to submit haikus three-line poems with a standard 5-7-5 syllable structure to ride ... [Published Space.com - May 13 2013]

Entities: Spacecraft, NASA, Space.com, Atmosphere

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

NASA Invites Public to Send Names And Messages to Mars

NASA is inviting members of the public to submit their names and a personal message online for a DVD to be carried aboard a spacecraft that will study the Martian upper atmosphere. Scheduled for launch in November, the DVD will be in NASA's Mars Atmosphere ... [Published SpaceRef - May 07 2013]

Entities: NASA, Space Physics, Atmosphere, University of Colorado

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 4 reports

Etch Your Name on Mars

Not just the world but even the universe is a small place in modern times with space exploration missions to various planets. While travelling to the moon or Mars is just a dream for the common man, NASA is now helping the dream come true.NASA is inviting ... [Published Indiatimes - May 04 2013]

Entities: NASA, Atmosphere, Bruce Jakosky, Space Physics

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 5 reports

Nasa sending haikus to orbit Mars

Nasa has announced it will be sending three haikus to orbit Mars aboard a spacecraft due for launch in November.The poetry will sit aboard the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (Maven) spacecraft and forms part of the organisation's Going To Mars ... [Published Wired.co.uk - May 03 2013]

Entities: NASA, Atmosphere, Bruce Jakosky, Space Physics

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 2 reports

University of Colorado builds package to study space weather

BOULDER The University of Colorado has completed design and construction of a $95 million instrument package for the study of space weather that is now ready for delivery in advance of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration launch slated for ... [Published Denver Post - May 03 2013]

Entities: Space Weather, University of Colorado, NOAA National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Irradiance, Extreme Ultraviolet

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 19 reports

NASA Wants To Send Your Haiku To Mars

Submit your three-line ode to the red planet by July 1!When NASA launches the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft in November, it wants to pack onboard a DVD containing three poetic messages to everyone's second-favorite planet. ... [Published Popular Science - May 02 2013]

Entities: NASA, Atmosphere, Bruce Jakosky, Space Physics

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...Acceleration, Reconnection, and Turbulence (SMART), will contribute to solving problems on Earth caused by magnetic reconnection, Marklund says. "In connection with solar flares and space storms, the Earth's atmosphere is hit by intense particle flows."

NASA to use KTH technology to study solar impact on Earth [Published Noodls - May 22 2013]

"There's a lot of space to be explored in terms of computer models that are becoming ever more powerful," Schrijver added. "The heliophysics division at NASA has a wonderful fleet of observatories that looks at the space between the sun and the Earth and the Earth's environment."

Extreme Solar Storm May Cause Widespread Disruptions on Earth [Published Mashable - May 22 2013]

"We're trying to see what kind of science we can do if we're stuck with only having two reaction wheels," Possel said. "It's certainly disappointing at this point, but I don't want anybody to give up hope yet."

LASP teams hoping to fix Kepler telescope [Published Boulder County Business Report - May 17 2013]

"It happened prematurely. Clearly we didn't design this to have the wheels fail at four years" Troeltzsch said

NASA's Kepler spacecraft is critically damaged [Published Denver Post - May 16 2013]

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Extreme Solar Storm Could Cause Widespread Disr... [Published LiveScience.com - May 21 2013]
Extreme Solar Storm Could Cause Widespread Disr... [Published Space.com - May 21 2013]
Weird Gravity Waves Pulse From a Tropical Cyclone [Published Universe Today - May 20 2013]
NASA invites public to send names, messages to ... [Published PhillyBurbs.com - May 17 2013]
CU Researchers Trying To Save Kepler Telescope [Published CBS Denver - May 17 2013]
LASP teams hoping to fix Kepler telescope [Published Boulder County Business Report - May 17 2013]
NASA's Kepler spacecraft is critically damaged [Published Denver Post - May 16 2013]
How to Send a Haiku to Mars on NASA Spacecraft [Published Space.com - May 13 2013]
Send Your Name and a Haiku Poem to Mars on a So... [Published Universe Today - May 08 2013]
NASA Invites Public to Send Names And Messages ... [Published SpaceRef - May 07 2013]
Etch Your Name on Mars [Published Indiatimes - May 04 2013]
Satellite instrument ready early [Published Federal Computer Week - May 03 2013]
$95M Satellite Project at CU to Help Earthlings... [Published Xconomy - May 03 2013]
NASA wants to send your best haiku... to Mars [Published CNET News - May 03 2013]
Poetry On Mars: NASA Solicits Haikus For Martia... [Published International Business Times UK - May 03 2013]
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Nasa sending haikus to orbit Mars [Published Wired.co.uk - May 03 2013]
Now, send Literary Messages to Mars! [Published French Tribune - May 03 2013]
Lots of Rain(!)... More on the Upper "Cut-Off" ... [Published Action News Jacksonville - May 03 2013]
University of Colorado builds package to study ... [Published Denver Post - May 03 2013]
Nasa invites budding poets to send Haiku to Mars [Published Firstpost.com - May 03 2013]
Mars calling: Send your name, three-line poem [Published Indian Mirror - May 03 2013]
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First GOES-R instrument ready to be installed o... [Published National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - May 02 2013]
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Extreme Solar Storm May Cause Widespread Disrup... [Published Mashable! - May 22 2013] If an extreme solar storm aimed at the Earth hits in just the right way, it could put interconnected electrical grids around the world at serious risk, experts say. In addition to creating beautiful auroras, extreme solar storms could knock ...
NASA invites public to send names and messages ... [Published EarthSky - May 02 2013] The DVD will be in NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft, which is scheduled for launch in November. The DVD is part of the mission’s Going to Mars Campaign coordinated at the University of Colorado at Boulder’s Laboratory ...
NASA lets poets / send haiku to Red Planet / on... [Published Cosmic Log - May 02 2013] NASA / GSFC The MAVEN orbiter, shown in this artist's conception, is to be launched toward Mars in November. NASA is taking names that will be digitized for inclusion on the spacecraft. /div>By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News Poets, take note: ...
The Humans2Mars Summit [Published Wired: Beyond the Beyond - Mar 04 2013] That seems lively. http://h2m.exploremars.org/agenda/ “H2M is a comprehensive Mars exploration conference, organized by Explore Mars, Inc. to address the major challenges that need to be overcome to send humans to Mars by 2030.” Agenda Humans to ...
NASA’s Van Allen Probes reveal a new radiation ... [Published EarthSky - Mar 01 2013] Previous observations of Earth’s Van Allen belts have long documented two distinct regions of trapped radiation surrounding our planet. Particle detection instruments aboard the twin Van Allen Probes, launched Aug. 30, quickly revealed to scientists ...