Milky Way Math: Billions of Potentially Habitable, Earth-size Planets
For those interstellar travelers hungry to hit high speed, there are places to visit! New research indicates that there are several tens of billions of potentially habitable, Earth-size planets, in the Milky Way Galaxy alone. Analysis by Univ. of Calif. Berkeley and...Book Review: Apollo 13 Owners’ Workshop Manual
Apollo 13 Owners’ Workshop Manual – An engineering insight into how NASA saved the crew of the failed Moon mission; Quayside publishing group/Zenith Press; Minneapolis, MN; $28.00; November 2013. For those of you that didn’t experience the “real deal” in 1970 – beyond...Luxury Looks at Planet Earth
Imagine yourself tucked inside a luxuriously appointed space-qualified capsule, then lifted by a high altitude balloon to over 18 miles (30 kilometers). On location, you and fellow passengers will remain aloft for approximately two hours before gliding back to Earth...Asteroid Impacts on Earth: Sweat the Small Stuff
In dealing with asteroids that could cause damage to people and property, Earth has a blind spot. According to space rock expert, Jay Melosh, a distinguished professor of earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences and physics at Purdue University in West Lafayette,...Space Jump Video Documents Longest Human Freefall
Space diver, Felix Baumgartner, made a historic leap into the record books in October of last year. Ballooning to the edge of space, Baumgartner jumped from his free-flying perch and became the first human to break the speed of sound in freefall with a top speed of...Challenging Puzzle: Crash Marks on Mars
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) sweeps around the red planet, equipped with a number of specials sensors. New images of the region northwest of Gale Crater, the landing site of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover, Curiosity, have revealed a cluster of...Juno Spacecraft Flyby of Earth: Coming to a Sky Near You?
On Oct. 9, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will fly past the Earth for a gravity-assist boost that will slingshot the probe onward to Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system. The time of closest approach is 3:21 p.m. EDT (12:21 p.m. PDT / 19:21 UTC) when Juno will pass...Book Review: Russia in Space – The Past Explained, The Future Explored
Russia in Space – The Past Explained, The Future Explored by Anatoly Zak; Apogee Prime; Burlington, Ontario, Canada; $49.95 (soft cover); July 2013. Get this book! This is an impressive, artfully done and seminal masterpiece. The 316-page, large format volume is a...Well Suited for Space
A low-profile, lightweight, space suit simulator has been delivered to NASA, designed to meet the space agency’s research and training needs. Aurora Flight Sciences headquartered in Manassas, Virginia has collaborated with MIT experts to create an exoskeleton to...Space Talk
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#NASA estimates that a human mission to Mars could take months or years with current propulsion technologies. To accelerate this timeline, NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are exploring nuclear thermal propulsion.
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.@NASA_Langley is testing the Lightweight Surface Manipulation System AutoNomy capabilities Development for Surface Operations (LANDO), a robotic arm designed to lift payloads and place them on the #lunar surface.
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