This #SpaceWeek post is an update to the 2014 article about Curiosity’s ChemCam, found here. Don’t you hate it when your photos turn out blurry? Scientists at the Energy Department’s Los Alamos National Laboratory do. So when the ultra-precise camera they developed for NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover started going fuzzy, they came up with a solution that not… Keep reading →
It’s #SpaceWeek on Energy.gov. Throughout the week we’ll be exploring energy and science on the cosmic frontier. Tune in on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and Instagram. Dark energy remains one of science’s great mysteries. Scientists believe it makes up about 70 percent of the universe and is causing an acceleration in the expansion of the universe,… Keep reading →
For nearly 60 years, humankind has been sending satellites, probes, spacecraft and even some of our own to space as part of a journey to understand the universe and our place in it. For much of that time, the Energy Department and its National Labs have been supplying the space power systems and instruments that make those… Keep reading →
Was Mars once capable of supporting life? This is the fundamental question the Curiosity rover seeks to answer as it makes its way across the Red Planet. Successfully landing on Mars in the summer of 2012 as part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, Curiosity is a roving, robotic laboratory studying the planet’s habitability. To carry… Keep reading →
It’s Space Week on Energy.gov. We’re exploring the solar system (and beyond) to highlight the contributions of the Energy Department and our National Labs to the U.S. space program. Check back every day this week for new videos, interactive graphics, timelines and more — and submit your questions for our Lab Twitter chat on dark energy,… Keep reading →
All this week on Energy.gov, we’ve highlighted how the Energy Department and the National Labs have developed technologies that have helped us explore new planets, harness thepower of the stars, and begin to venture past our own solar system. Not so long ago, these technologies would have been found only in the realm of science fiction. But… Keep reading →
It’s Space Week on Energy.gov. We’re exploring the solar system (and beyond) to highlight the contributions of the Energy Department and our National Labs to the U.S. space program. Check back every day this week for new videos, interactive graphics, timelines and more — and submit your questions for our Lab Twitter chat on dark energy,… Keep reading →
It’s Space Week on Energy.gov. We’re exploring the solar system (and beyond) to highlight the contributions of the Energy Department and our National Labs to the U.S. space program. Check back every day this week for new videos, interactive graphics, timelines and more — and submit your questions for our Lab Twitter chat on dark energy,… Keep reading →
It’s Space Week on Energy.gov. We’re exploring the solar system (and beyond) to highlight the contributions of the Energy Department and our National Labs to the U.S. space program. Check back every day this week for new videos, interactive graphics, timelines and more — and submit your questions for our Lab Twitter chat on dark energy,… Keep reading →
From the earliest days of the space race, the Energy Department and its National Labs have been indelibly linked with humanity’s quest to journey to the stars. This week on Energy.gov, follow along as we chart that course, from space power systems to dark energy and beyond. These are just a few of the stories we’ll be… Keep reading →
