Aerojet Rocketdyne and the Path to Mars
Aerojet Rocketdyne, besides being the annual winner of the most awesome company name in history, has a critical role in the development of SLS, Orion, and new technologies that will enable the human exploration of deep space. Take a look at this video that shows how...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Friday, September 4, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. An Earth bound, yearlong Mars mission simulation raises a question: What will I miss most? Astronomers not ready to give up to very distant...
Viking 2’s 39-year landing anniversary
On this day in 1976, the Viking 2 Mars lander touched down on the red planet, becoming only the second spacecraft to successfully soft-land on Mars. Viking 2 remained active for over three years, returning extremely valuable data on the planet’s surface...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Thursday, September 3, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. The soon to open feature film, The Martian, is as realistic as it gets, suggests a top NASA planetary scientist. Women scientists were a...
David Hitt’s RS-25 experience
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center’s David Hitt recently authored a blog post about his close-up experience at the RS-25 test fire in August. As a senior writer for NASA’s SLS team, David has had the opportunity to see several actual launches, but an engine...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. There is sound, then space: NASA’s Orion prime contractor will subject the developing human spacecraft to acoustic forces during ground...
Expedition 45 launches to the ISS tonight
Don’t forget–tune in to NASA TV tonight to watch Expedition 45 launch to the International Space Station at 12:34 a.m. EDT. This will be a taxi flight aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, taking up Sergey Volkov and Aidyn Aimbetov of Roscosmos and Andreas...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Essayist urges the space community to temper its expectations of The Martian and the film’s power to enlist support for exploration. NASA...
Experience Mars with ‘Experience Curiosity’
Want to drive a Mars rover? NASA JPL’s ‘Experience Curiosity’ lets you be a virtual commander of the Curiosity rover in a 3D representation of the Martian surface. The simulation uses real photos from Curiosity and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter....Space Talk
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