News Archive / Tagged: Cornell University
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Proposed CAESAR mission could return a sample from comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
Tomasz NowakowskiJune 19th, 2018A proposed mission known as Comet Astrobiology Exploration Sample Return (CAESAR), could greatly improve our knowledge about the origin and history of the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. If selected by NASA, it could return a sample from this comet to Earth, enabling scientists to study the leftover material from the formation of our Solar System.
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NASA names David W. Miller as agency’s new chief technologist
Press ReleaseMarch 13th, 2014NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced Thursday that David W. Miller, professor of aeronautics and astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Mass., has been named the agency’s new Chief Technologist. As chief technologist, he will be Bolden’s principal advisor and advocate on matters concerning agency-wide technology policy and programs.
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Carbon Worlds May be Waterless, Finds NASA Study
Press ReleaseOctober 28th, 2013Planets rich in carbon, including so-called diamond planets, may lack oceans, according to NASA-funded theoretical research.