The latest on New Horizons
Eight months after its rendezvous with Pluto, the New Horizons probe continues to return incredible data and images of the most famous dwarf planet. Click the links below for the latest news! Night Falls on Pluto’s Largest Moon Charon – Discovery...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, February 3, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The inaugural test flight of NASA’s Space Launch System exploration rocket will introduce 13 CubeSats to deep space while propelling an unpiloted Orion crew capsule around the moon. Human Deep Space Exploration NASA picks tiny...
Orion takes Super Guppy ride to Kennedy Space Center
The future of human spaceflight may be headed into deep space, but first it needed a ride to Florida from the Super Guppy. Now at Kennedy Space Center is the Orion spacecraft pressure vessel, which had been housed at the Michoud Assembly Facility in Louisiana. It flew...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, February 2, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s Super Guppy air transport delivers the Exploration Mission-1 Orion capsule to the Kennedy Space Center. Human Deep Space Exploration NASA’s `Super Guppy’ delivers EM-1 Orion to Kennedy Space Center...
#MarsMonday: Images of the Red Planet
Celebrate #MarsMonday with some of our favorite images of the red planet! These selections were taken by the Curiosity rover and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, February 1, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Exploration Mission-1 Orion spacecraft ready for Super Guppy flight to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Human Deep Space Exploration NASA’s EM-1 Orion spacecraft ready to ship to Florida Spaceflight Insider (1/30): After...
Orion being put together as next signature American spacecraft
The little spaceship that someday will carry American astronauts back into “real” space – somewhere beyond low-Earth orbit – is making steady progress, with the so-called pressure vessel now fully intact. The pressure vessel is the heart of...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Friday, January 29, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA prepares to start work on a powerful new Space Launch System upper stage to extend human deep space exploration. Human Deep Space Exploration NASA’s Bill Hill talks SLS scheduling and Exploration Upper Stage Spaceflight...
Coalition for Deep Space Exploration Honors Fallen NASA Astronauts
We take the time today to honor and remember the brave men and women who gave their lives to further human knowledge through space exploration. These explorers made the ultimate sacrifice, and we are both inspired by and thankful to them. As our nation takes the next...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.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/49Hko0r #SpaceExploration
#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.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4bWYvvP #BeAnAstronaut
The @NASA astronaut selection window is open! #ArtemisGeneration #BeAnAstronaut