Next Giant Leap, No Small Steps
Our focus today at the Space Launch System (SLS) program is on building a new rocket – the most powerful in the world. On its first test flight, Exploration Mission-1, SLS will carry atop it an uncrewed Orion spacecraft, which will someday carry astronauts on a...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Canada’s Devon Island has long been among the closest analogs to Mars on Earth. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spots an Apollo...
A drill to tunnel miles below the surface of Mars
It’s noon in Ocotillo Wells, California. A vast and empty patch of desert between San Diego and the Salton Sea, this part of California might as well be Mars. After just a few minutes, everything is covered with a fine white dust, soft to the touch, like powdered...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Top NASA spaceflight officials outline a direction for human exploration into the 2030s, with a new feature: a yearlong stay in lunar orbit by...
Orion’s EFT-1: 1 year later
Orion’s first flight one year ago was an extremely important milestone in the development of the vehicle. Orion performed admirably in the face of some of the most hazardous reentry conditions experienced by a spacecraft, and proved the technology that will one...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, December 7, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. The space community marked the first anniversary of the NASA/Lockheed Martin Exploration Flight Test-1, an unpiloted two orbit test flight of...
Gemini VII launched 50 years ago today
On this day in 1965, Gemini VII was launched from Cape Canaveral to become the 12th manned American spaceflight. Gemini VII, crewed by Frank Borman and Jim Lovell, set a record for the longest manned spaceflight at nearly 14 days, which was later broken by astronauts...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Friday, December 4, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Humans will settle Mars, but they may not venture further on a permanent basis, predicts exploration advocate Louis Friedman. Experts rush to...
‘Heart’ of NASA’s Orion Spacecraft to Undergo Stress Tests
A critical piece of NASA’s Orion spacecraft — which may carry astronauts to deep-space locations like Mars — is about to begin a series of crucial tests to determine whether or not it can withstand the rigors of spaceflight. The Orion service module, built by...Space Talk
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