Canada’s 1st Space Station Commander, U. S., Russian Astronauts Land in Kazakhstan
Three International Space Station astronauts reached Earth safely late Monday, including the first from Canada to command the six person orbiting science laboratory. The landing followed a flurry of activities that led to a Saturday spacewalk for the repair of a...Space Station’s First Canadian Commander to Depart for Earth
Three International Space Station crew members, including the orbiting lab’s first Canadian commander, are scheduled to depart for Earth late Monday, following a whirlwind spacewalk over the weekend by two U. S. astronauts to stem a sudden leak in the ammonia...Tops in Innovation, NASA Marks Anniversary of Al Shepard’s Mercury Mission
Now ranked as the most innovative place to work within the U. S. federal government, NASA on Sunday marked the 52nd anniversary of the first American spaceflight. On May 5, 1961, NASA astronaut Alan B. Shepard lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., aboard the...NASA Signs $424 Million Russian Crew Launch Extension for Space Station Missions
NASA has signed a $424 million contract extension with Roscosmos, the Russian federal space agency, to assure the launch and return of U. S., European, Japanese and Canadian astronauts to and from the International Space Station aboard Soyuz spacecraft through...Former U. S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison Receives 2013 Rotary National Award for Space Achievement
Kay Bailey Hutchison, retired long time U. S. Senator from Texas who helped to shape and fund NASA’s future over nearly two decades as a Washington legislator, was honored Friday as the 2013 recipient of the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement and the...NASA PhoneSats in Orbit – A “Ringing” Success
NASA’s Smartphone Nanosatellite mission is underway. Now circling the Earth are Alexander, Graham and Bell! The trio of smartphones rode to space April 21 aboard the maiden flight of Orbital Science Corp.’s Antares rocket from NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility in...Destination Mars
The “Destination Mars” video was unveiled Monday, April 8, during the opening ceremony of the 29th National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs. Follow two childhood friends from the moment Curiosity’s landing on Mars captures their imaginations to...U. S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Welcomes Three
Three NASA shuttle-era astronauts, two of them women, were inducted into the U. S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on Saturday. Those honored in ceremonies at the Hall, close to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., included Eileen Collins, the first woman...Happy Anniversary Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope, a successful collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency, will mark its 23rd anniversary in Earth orbit on Wednesday, April 24th. In celebration the partnership, along with the Space Telescope Science Institute and other...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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