September 2, 2014
Students send experiments to the International Space Station
As Orb-2, the latest mission to resupply the International Space Station (ISS), lifted off on July 13, no one at NASA’s Mid-Atlantic Regional …
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October 1, 2013
Undergraduates build and launch a satellite to measure atmospheric drag
In 2000, the International Space Station (ISS) was the victim of a severe geomagnetic storm: a wave of solar particles hit Earth’s atmosphere, …
January 5, 2012
Hazardous Living: Discovery's emotional final voyage
Today, at 4:53 p.m. ET, the space shuttle Discovery launched for the last time. When it returns to Earth in 11 days, the shuttle will be retired. …