Today’s Deep Space Extra, Monday, October 5, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. A successful box office debut for The Martian, a drama about a clever U.S. astronaut stranded on Mars, continues to stir discussions about how...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Friday, October 2, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Already touted for its scientific and engineering grounding, the film The Martian receives critical acclaim on the eve of its debut in...
‘The Martian’ Gathers Political Momentum To ‘Explore Mars’
The idea of sending man to Mars has captivated human minds since the early 1950s. A plan for NASA to conduct a Mars program was rejected in the late 1960s in favor of building the space shuttle. The Mars exploration idea was revived as part of President George H. W....
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Thursday, October 1, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. The U.S. House and Senate agreed to a budget Continuing Resolution Wednesday, preventing a U.S. government shutdown. Real astronauts and actors...
Happy birthday, NASA!
On this day in 1958, NASA first became operational. Intended to replace the US National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), NASA was founded as a direct result of Sputnik 1’s launch in 1957. NASA quickly became the world’s premier organization for...
Mobile Launcher Upgraded to Launch NASA’s Mammoth ‘Journey to Mars’ Rocket
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – NASA’s Mobile Launcher (ML) is undergoing major upgrades and modifications at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida enabling the massive structure to launch the agency’s mammoth Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion crew capsule on a...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related reporting and commentary from across the globe. The challenges faced by astronauts assigned to explore Mars are likely to differ from those living aboard the International Space...
The Solar System, to scale in the Nevada desert
NASA’s SLS will be the first system built to potentially reach any object in the solar system. But the solar system is huge–unfathomably so. So large that’s it’s incredibly difficult to visualize. Check out this video from Wylie Overstreet and...
Don’t miss the #Spacechat with @MarsJoe on Thursday, Oct. 1
Join in the fun and #Spacechat with @MarsJoe, also known as Joe Cassady, the executive director, space, for Aerojet Rocketdyne and a board member of Explore Mars Inc., on Thursday, Oct. 1 at 2:oo p.m. EDT. Joe is an Aerojet Rocketdyne rocket scientist working on...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.
https://bit.ly/49YOLPC (📷: Blue Origin)
.@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