Orion Monthly Accomplishments for January
The Orion roundup for January is out! In this issue: –The pressure vessel to be used for Orion’s Exploration Mission-1 is now in final testing and assembly at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. –New parachutes for Orion are being...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Friday, February 19, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… First lettuce, now zinnias and soon to come tomatoes. Space Station astronauts evaluate plant growth for future human deep space exploration. Human Deep Space Exploration Space farmer Scott Kelly harvests first “space...
Pluto was discovered 86 years ago today
On this day in 1930, Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto. The existence of a planet beyond Neptune was first proposed by Percival Lowell, who posited that orbital perturbations in the outer planets were being caused by an undiscovered body. Using Lowell’s...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Thursday, February 18, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA pursues Hall thruster development as part of a deep space propulsion strategy for future human exploration. Human Deep Space Exploration NASA taps Aerojet Rocketdyne to develop Hall electric propulsion system Spaceflight Insider...
NASA begins construction of SLS core stage mock-up
NASA has begun the process of constructing a mock-up of the vast core section of its planned Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. The simulated core will serve as a practice tool for NASA prior to the 2018 launch of the SLS, which the agency hopes will move mankind one...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, February 17, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA asks students for help with the design of eating utensils for astronauts on deep space missions. Human Deep Space Exploration Star Trek and NASA just issued a replicator challenge Popular Science (2/16): NASA has joined with the...
SLS Monthly Highlights for January
The January Highlights Report for SLS is out! In this issue: –The final welding for SLS’s launch vehicle stage adapter (LVSA) has begun at Marshall Space Flight Center. The LVSA will connect two major sections of the SLS — the core stage and the...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, February 16, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Human explorers: an important part of advancing scientific discovery on Mars Human Deep Space Exploration Why a Mars landing could be terrific for science The Space Review (2/15): Essayists Chris Carberry and Rich Zucker, of Explore...
NASA Prepares Orion Spacecraft for Its First Big Mission
The Orion space capsule is expected one day to carry astronauts to Mars, but for now, NASA is busy getting the vessel ready for its first big exploration mission to the moon. The conical-shaped Orion crew module pressure vessel arrived at Florida’s Kennedy Space...Space Talk
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