Landing Test: Boeing’s Commercial Crew Capsule for Space Station
A commercial crew space transportation capsule made a step forward on April 3, parachuting into a desert landscape. The Boeing Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft floated down into the Delamar Dry Lake Bed near Alamo, Nevada – a first test of a fully...Video Captures Robotic Refueling Mission of Santa!
Just in time for Christmas, there’s a new example of services that the Robotic Refueling Mission on the International Space Station provided Santa Claus. Thanks to the NASA’s Satellite Servicing Capabilities Office, Santa was able to complete all his rounds on...New Private Launch System Unveiled
Billionaire Paul Allen, investor and philanthropist who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates, introduced today a new project: Stratolaunch Systems promising to provide “any orbit…any time.” The announcement today brought together, once again, Allen with maverick...Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration – New Exhibit Opens!
Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration opens today, organized by the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The just-opened exhibit launches visitors into the exciting future of space exploration as it boldly examines humanity’s next steps “out...Book review: Out of This World – New Mexico’s Contributions to Space Travel
Out of This World – New Mexico’s Contributions to Space Travel by Loretta Hall; Rio Grande Books, Los Ranchos, New Mexico; $19.95 (Paperback); 2011. For a good many readers, I’m sure you’re hungry to slip into a spacesuit and head for the heavens. No doubt you are...Virgin Galactic Dedicates a “Gateway to Space”
SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico – The scene here is a little bit like being in Tommorowland – but it’s a 21st century reality. Virgin Galactic – a spaceline business spearheaded by British entrepreneur, Sir Richard Branson – has dedicated its terminal/hangar facility,...Keys to a New Dawn: Commercial Space Travel
All is in readiness for dedication ceremonies of Spaceport America’s new Terminal Hangar Facility – a futuristic structure to house Virgin Galactic space vehicles and serve as a departure and arrival terminal for the spaceline firm’s space passengers. Virgin...Something Like the Ultimate Science Fair — A Chance for YouTube Savvy Teens to Fly an Experiment Aboard the International Space Station
NASA is teaming with global space agencies as well as some of the top names in commercial space, Internet communications and personal computers to underwrite a pair of out of this world opportunities for teens to develop a life science or physics experiment...Pick of the Crop! Space Farm 7 Corn Maze Contest
It is being called the newest form of “agritainment”. In a special outreach titled Space Farm 7, seven of the nation’s top agritourism farms have been selected to celebrate and honor the U.S. space program in collaboration with NASA this fall. Each farm has planted...Space Talk
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#BlueOrigin is eyeing the launch of an uncrewed lander to the Moon within the next 12–16 months. The launch is to demonstrate #MK1's capabilities, which include the ability to deliver up to three tons of payload anywhere on the #Moon.
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.@NASAWebb is providing new scientific insight into how stars and their protoplanetary disks form planets. The #JWST recently observed a system that just finished forming its planets.
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#NASA's latest class of #astronaut candidates has graduated and is now eligible for missions to the Moon, Mars, and the @Space_Station. The agency is also accepting applications for a new class of astronauts.
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The @NASA astronaut selection window is open! #ArtemisGeneration #BeAnAstronaut