Posts Tagged ‘Aerospace’
Perseverance Faces Setback Following Initial Collection Attempt
In an unfortunate turn of events, the Mars Perseverance rover has hit a snag while attempting to collect its first sample of Martian rock for analysis. Data sent to Earth indicated that the sample collection tube was empty after the collection process concluded. The team at NASA responsible for overseeing the mission are currently investigating the issue to determine the best course of action moving forward with future…
Read MoreSpaceX First Starship Launch
SpaceX has had quite a rich history and has come a long way since its maiden launch of the Falcon 1 rocket on September 28, 2008. Falcon 1 became the first privately funded liquid-fueled rocket to successfully reach orbit. In the following year, they became the first privately funded company to launch a satellite in…
Read MoreNASA Kepler Mission: Update
The NASA Kepler mission is currently in its second phase of operation since the recovery of the craft and launch of K2. A couple of years ago Kepler lost some important technology and had to return to Earth, but now with K2 being launched, the campaigns can continue. The mission still retains its original goal…
Read MoreNASA Stereo Mission: Update
The STEREO probes continue to orbit the earth and obtain data despite completing its mission two years into the mission.October 1st, 2014, communications were disrupted between NASA and the Behind craft after a planned reset of the spacecraft’s systems. Ongoing attempts to resume communications with the Behind STEREO are happening. The two probes still monitor…
Read MoreNASA Messenger Mission: Update
The Messenger mission came to an official end the previous year in 2015 with a planned impact with Mercury’s surface The spacecraft began orbiting Mercury on March 17, 2011 and orbited a total of 4,105 times.The craft was successfully able to receive all the data it was sent to collect and more, wildly exceeding its…
Read MoreNASA STEREO Mission: Update
In 2006 Lenox Laser helped the NASA STEREO Mission get back on its feet by assisting on a critical test in which we precision drilled many optical apertures for the mission. STEREO is a solar observation mission that launched in 2006. It consists of two mostly identical spacecrafts which orbit the Sun. This has allowed…
Read MoreNobel Physics Prizes and 2nd International Light Seminar
Earlier this month, on October 4, we had Dr John C Mather speak at our 2nd International Light Seminar. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2006 for his part in the COBE mission regarding the Big Bang theory and the expansion of the universe. On that very day, the Nobel Prize in Physics…
Read More2nd International Light Seminar
Lenox Laser’s 2nd International Light Seminar Guest Speakers DR. ALEXANDER E. DUDELZAK Senior Scientist, Canadian Space Agency “Novel Concepts & Application of Lidar: From the Bottom of the Ocean to Mars” DR. JOHN C. MATHER Nobel Laureate 2006 Physics Senior Astrophysicist & Goddard Fellow, NASA Senior Project Scientist, James Webb Space Telescope “The Big Bang…
Read MoreGuest Speaker List for 2nd International Light Seminar
IN CELEBRATION OF LENOX LASER’S 30TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY Featured Speaker: DR. JOHN C. MATHER Nobel Laureate 2006 Physics Senior Astrophysicist & Goddard Fellow, NASA Senior Project Scientist, James Webb Space Telescope “The Big Bang Theory” and the James Webb Space Telescope Guest Speakers: DR. REZA SARHANGI Professor of Mathematics, Towson University President – “Bridges:…
Read More1st Annual Light Seminar
Lenox Laser’s 1st Annual Light Seminar Guest Speakers DR. CHARLES HARD TOWNES Nobel Prize Winner and Inventor of the MASER, Forerunner to the LASER “How New Things Happen” [embedyt]https://youtu.be/-37JB111n6Y?list=PL9A63E78C30C6170C[/embedyt] DR. JOHN WOOD NASA’S Spokesperson for “The Hubble”
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