In 2016, NASA deliberately set fire to an empty spacecraft after it left the ISS, creating the largest controlled fire experiment in space

NASA implemented extensive fire experiments aboard unmanned spacecraft following their ISS missions. The Saffire tests ...

The 1998 NASA laser experiment on the SR-71 that could shape Boeing's F-47

NASA's SR-71 Laser Air Data Sensor (LADS) experiments were ahead of their time, but could prove to have an influence on the F ...

NASA set fire to an empty spacecraft in 2016 to learn how flames behave in space

In June 2016, NASA carried out one of the most unusual experiments in the history of spaceflight. Instead of protecting a ...
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NASA Explores How to Conduct Science Experiments at Edge of Space

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., (NASA) — NASA scientists, academic researchers and potential future space flight service providers will discuss new ways to conduct autonomous and human-tended space, life and ...
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A NASA balloon launched an experiment despite government shutdown

A special exemption allowed a NASA-funded weather balloon to launch as planned Oct. 1, despite the ongoing government shutdown that began that day. But news about the balloon, and an exoplanet-hunting ...
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NASA's heliophysics experiment to study the sun on European mission

NASA announced Tuesday it selected a new instrument to study the sun and how it creates massive solar eruptions. The agency's Joint EUV coronal Diagnostic Investigation, or JEDI, will capture images ...
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Solar eclipse science experiments: NASA needs amateur scientists to gather info. How to help

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A solar eclipse is not just a spectacular cosmic sight and a massive temporary tourist attraction. It's also a great chance to ...

In 1970, NASA deliberately crashed Apollo 13’s rocket into the Moon; the impact made the lunar interior “ring” for over three hours

Despite facing a harrowing crisis, the Apollo 13 mission still managed to execute a scientific experiment. They intentionally ...
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NASA Invites Students To Send Experiments To The Edge Of Space

NASA is inviting student teams to design and build experiments the agency will fly into the stratosphere, a near-space environment, more than 100,000 feet above the Earth. NASA’s second annual ...