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NASA Develops Batteries to Power Humanity’s Return to Moon

If you’ve ever had your car start sluggishly, or not at all, on a particularly frigid winter morning, you know standard batteries do not like extreme cold. That’s why NASA researchers are working to develop a battery that could function in the brutal cold of the Moon’s South Pole, where nighttime temperatures plunge to minus […]

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NASA Experimental Mars Helicopter Blade Designs Target Longer Flights

NASA researchers are developing the future of flight on Mars, laying the groundwork for helicopters with the ability to fly higher and farther while conducting science on the Red Planet. Using high-fidelity computer simulations and wind tunnel tests, engineers are reimagining the rotorcraft blades that could carry the next generation of Mars flyers.

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Advanced Ducted Propulsor (ADP) Fan Commissioning Test (side view) in the 9x15 Low-Speed Wind Tunnel.

Experimental Facilities

Research teams at the NASA Glenn Research Center perform experiments in world-class facilities such as the 9- by 15-Foot Low-Speed Wind Tunnel (9 x15 LSWT), the Aero-Acoustic Propulsion Laboratory (AAPL), the Small Hot Jet Acoustic Rig (SHJAR), the Nozzle Acoustic Test Rig (NATR), the DGEN AeroPropulsion Research Turbofan (DART), and the Acoustical Testing Laboratory (ATL). […]

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  1. 01NASA, Energy Department Advance New Era of Nuclear-Powered ExplorationGerelle Q. Dodson
  2. 02NASA’s Curiosity Rover Catches Stunning Martian DawnStephen Carney
  3. 03I Am Artemis: Allison MjoenJason Costa
  4. 04Sun Prairie district meeting approves $99.3M levy estimatePeter Lindblad