Virgin Galactic Dedicates a “Gateway to Space”
SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico – The scene here is a little bit like being in Tommorowland – but it’s a 21st century reality. Virgin Galactic – a spaceline business spearheaded by British entrepreneur, Sir Richard Branson – has dedicated its terminal/hangar facility,...Keys to a New Dawn: Commercial Space Travel
All is in readiness for dedication ceremonies of Spaceport America’s new Terminal Hangar Facility – a futuristic structure to house Virgin Galactic space vehicles and serve as a departure and arrival terminal for the spaceline firm’s space passengers. Virgin...Robonaut 2 Achieves First Motion
Robonaut2, a legless robot developed by NASA and automaker General Motors and launched to the International Space Station in February, moved for the first time this week by reaching out in response to ground commands. “We have his arms stretched...Experts Back Russian Soyuz Crash Probe, Say Space Station Will Likely Remain Staffed
Top NASA and independent safety experts told a House oversight panel on Wednesday they endorse Russian efforts to overcome the Aug. 24 failure of a Soyuz rocket carrying a Progress supply craft to the International Space Station and that...Scream In Space? Smartphone Apps to Run on Satellite
How to test the theory ‘in space no one can hear you scream’ – made popular in the 1979 film ‘Alien’? Space technology experts from Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) and the Surrey Space Centre (SSC) at the University of Surrey have announced the winners of a...Apollo Legends Urge Congress to Hasten the Pace of Human Space Exploration
The first and last of the Apollo program astronauts who walked on the moon urged the House Science, Space and Technology Committee on Thursday to ramp up support for NASA’s human exploration efforts. Neil Armstrong, who commanded the July 1969...NASA Unveils Plans for Super Rocket to Launch Explorers on Deep Space Missions
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, flanked by a bi-partisan gathering of Washington lawmakers, unveiled the agency’s heavy lift rocket strategy on Wednesday, a monstrous spacecraft that will eventually eclipse the legendary Saturn V and propel future...NASA Moves Forward With International Space Station National Laboratory
NASA has completed negotiations with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, the Florida-based nonprofit group selected by the space agency earlier this year to manage the U. S. National Laboratory segment of the International Space Station. CASIS...NASA Likely to Need More Astronauts, National Research Council Study Concludes
NASA’s shrinking astronaut corps is headed toward a post shuttle era shortfall because of the demands of long duration missions aboard the International Space Station, uncertainties over the role the fliers will play in nurturing commercial space...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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