Space vets all-go for Cradle of Aviation ‘Countdown’
By GREGORY ZELLER // A star-studded crew of cosmic heroes was on board Thursday, when the Cradle of Aviation Museum started the clock on its 18-month-plus “Countdown to Apollo at…
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In space, no one can hear your nervous breakdown
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s lonely out in space. And the mental health of astronauts embarking on long-term missions to the final frontier is a paramount concern for the National…
NASA taps NYIT for critical rocket-propulsion sensors
By GREGORY ZELLER // A New York Institute of Technology engineering professor is contributing to the creation of specialized sensors that could help test the next generation of space propulsion…
To infinity, and beyond, at FSC commencements
Farmingdale State College will go global, and then some, at its annual commencement exercises. The college is planning two separate ceremonies this year – one for students graduating from the…
The SBU ecologist who came in from the cold
If you’ve ever dreamt of tracking Antarctic penguin populations – and really, who hasn’t? – Stony Brook University can now make it happen. No, the university won’t fly you to…
At SBU, Rocking the Space Vibe
By GREGORY ZELLER // The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is funding a five-year mission that has Stony Brook University geologists exploring strange, new worlds – and gearing up for…
You know the mother of invention. Here’s the son.
By GREGORY ZELLER // Science research coordinator Lisa Runco has seen many students come through Great Neck’s North Shore Hebrew Academy High School, but never one quite like Scott Soifer….
Visualizing where food, water and energy meet
By GREGORY ZELLER // Nada, meet NASA. That’s Dr. Nada Anid, thank you, dean of the New York Institute of Technology’s School of Engineering and Computing Sciences, and her plans…
NASA tests its heading-for-Mars rocket engine
NASA hot-fired an RS-25 engine on Thursday, one of four that will power the core stage of the agency’s new Space Launch System and carry the agency’s Orion crew capsule as…