The Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator, or LOFTID, spacecraft is pictured after its atmospheric re-entry test in November 2022. Credit: NASA / Greg Swanson The Low-Earth Orbit ...

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A public-private research initiative in Pacoima, Calif., a Los Angeles section, is testing a new type of maintenance pavement coating across roads and hardscapes to improve longevity and mitigate ...

Back in the summer of last year, shortly after the Perseverance rover had landed on Mars, NASA presented the idea of an inflatable heat shield. Such a presentation is not something NASA hadn’t done ...

Bryophytes and lichens are ubiquitous in subarctic ecosystems, but their roles in controlling energy fluxes are rarely studied at the species level despite large, recent observed shifts in subarctic ...