NASA’s S-MODE Takes to the Air and Sea to Study Ocean Eddies
Portal origin URL: NASA’s S-MODE Takes to the Air and Sea to Study Ocean EddiesPortal origin nid: 471065Published: Tuesday, May 18, 2021 - 15:30Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: After being delayed over a year due to the pandemic, a NASA field campaign to study the role of small-scale whirlpools and ocean currents in climate change is taking flight...
Controlling the Temperature of Telescope Mirrors to Search for Earth-like Planets
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Predictive Thermal Control (PTC) project
SNAPSHOT
Active thermal control technology helps enable large ultra-stable telescopes needed to detect and characterize Earth-like planets around other stars.
1.5-meter ULE© mirror in 25-zone thermal assembly ready for environmental testing at MSFC’s X-Ray and Cryogenic Facility (Inage credit: NASA MSFC)
“Are we alone in the...