RS-25 Engines: Extreme Operating Conditions
Four RS-25 engines developed and manufactured by Aerojet Rocketdyne will power the Space Launch System (SLS) when it makes its first flight in 2018. Today, at NASA Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, one RS-25 engine is being tested to ensure it can meet the...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Thursday, August 13, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA’s Orion crew exploration capsule begins the Critical Design Review phase of development, leading to a late 2018 test flight atop a...
Ready to Rumble?
Be sure to watch NASA test fire the RS-25 engines for the rocket they are building to take humans to Mars. The engines are being tested at the A-1 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi August 13, live on NASA TV beginning at 3:30 p.m. EDT. There will also...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Texas Congressman Brian Babin, chair of the U.S. House Science Space Subcommittee, urges a strong NASA focus on human exploration and...
New Horizons is still rocking the Kuiper belt
NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto continues to amaze. Have you seen the latest? New images are being transmitted now and will be released over the coming weeks and months. Check out a few below, and visit NASA’s New Horizons site for more info!
Look at detailed imagery of the Martian surface with Mars Trek
Have you seen NASA’s Mars Trek? Mars Trek is a free, web-based application that provides high-quality, detailed visualizations of the planet using real data from 50 years of NASA exploration and allowing astronomers, citizen scientists and students to study the...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Monday, August 10, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Images from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft raise a crater mystery at giant asteroid Ceres. Engineers overcome navigation challenges to guide New...
Orion, Dragon and CST-100
Orion is America’s next generation deep-space exploration vehicle, and will be deployed along with a fleet of other new spacecraft from NASA’s partners. New vehicles from Boeing and SpaceX will be transporting our astronauts to and from the ISS in the very...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Friday, August 7, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. The National Research Council presses NASA for a response to a year-old assessment of the agency’s human deep space exploration strategy,...Space Talk
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