In the summer of 2015 a NASA-funded team of researchers camped out on the ablation zone--or melt zone--of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Their goal: to conduct a bold and coordinated set of measurements that..
In order to slow down spacecraft quickly and safely as they land, we get some help from an unexpected source: the planetโs atmosphere! To use the air around a planet to our advantage, we use heat..
the summer of 2015 a NASA-funded team of researchers camped out on the ablation zone--or melt zone--of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Their goal: to conduct a bold and coordinated set of measurements that..