In May, NASA’s Langley Research Center received Orion’s heat shield from December’s Exploration Flight Test, and will be integrating it into a crew module mockup and conducting several drop tests to simulate ocean landings. Using test dummies and...
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA and Lockheed Martin make changes to Orion capsule fairing separation system in response to December flight test. Star explosion solves a...
Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor for Orion, is hosting a Google Hangout today for an Orion fairing separation test. Using a series of precisely-timed, explosive charges and mechanisms, the team will evaluate design changes they’ve made to the...
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA’s technology investments bring scientists closer to discovery of life beyond the Earth. Some in Congress call for more spending on...
Today is the start of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Heliophysics Summer School in Boulder, Colorado. Graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and undergraduate teachers and instructors will meet with NASA scientists to learn about the interactions between...
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Experts suggest a moon base could offer a less costly means of reaching Mars with human explorers. NASA’s Dava Newman brings more than...
The 51st Joint Propulsion Conference kicks off today in Orlando, FL. Participants will be discussing next-gen commercial and government-sponsored launch systems, orbital insertions, satellites and interstellar propulsion. This conference regularly produces fascinating...
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Could NASA’s commercial models for launching supplies and humans to the International Space Station enable a near term, cost saving...
The Journey to Mars panels at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh are wrapping up today with panels on women in aerospace and the search for life in the cosmos. Check our Facebook and Twitter pages throughout the day for more updates! Former astronaut Charlie Precourt answers...
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA’s Space Launch System exploration rocket is closing in on the conclusion of a key milestone, Critical Design...
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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.
#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.