NASA Designates Orion as Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle for Future Human Deep Space Missions
The four person Orion spacecraft, once part of the Constellation program, will emerge as a center piece of U. S. plans to resume the exploration of deep space with astronauts, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and other agency officials announced on Tuesday. The...Student Experiments Hurled Into Space
UP Aerospace rocket liftoff from New Mexico carries student experiments to the edge of space. Credit: Spaceport America SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico – NASA’s Summer of Innovation had a special liftoff here on May 20 with a powerful suborbital rocket scooting to the...Book Review: Realizing Tomorrow – The Path to Private Spaceflight
Realizing Tomorrow – The Path to Private Spaceflight by Chris Dubbs and Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom; University of Nebraska Press; $34.95 (Hard cover); 2011. Tighten your seat belt for a wonderful ride of a read that tells the incredible tale of the dedicated people...Picking Up Speed! SpaceShipTwo Glide Flights
SpaceShipTwo completes 6th glide test. Photo Credit: Bill Deaver, Deaver-Wiggins and Associates Things have been busy at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California! It’s the home of Scaled Composites and the firm’s ongoing work to develop a passenger-carrying...NASA Medical Breakthroughs Spotlighted on HowStuffWorks.com
Credit: NASA Spinoff HowStuffWorks.com has posted an impressive listing of what breakthroughs in medicine came from NASA. The roster of medical advances that came at least in part from NASA research includes: Cool suit to lower body temperature in treatment of...NASA Selects Four Companies to Pursue Commercial Crew Space Transportation Development
NASA selected four companies on Monday for additional funding under the agency’s Commercial Spaceflight Development Program to accelerate work on multiple spacecraft capable of transporting astronauts to and from the International Space Station. The awards...President Signs Compromise 2011 Budget Continuing Resolution, Including $18.485 billion for NASA
President Obama has signed into law the 2011 budget continuing resolution, a deficit cutting compromise with the House and Senate that funds the federal government through Sept. 30 and includes $18.485 billion for NASA. The measure, which is $239 million less for the...Call by Private Spaceship Company: Pilot-Astronauts, Please Apply!
The call is out for astronaut-pilots to fly passengers on suborbital treks. Credit: Virgin Galactic Wanted: Pilot-Astronauts! The call is out from the private spaceliner group, Virgin Galactic, regarding its need for pilot-astronauts. Bankrolled by the UK’s Sir...NASA Closing on Heavy Lift, Crew Capsule Strategy
NASA is looking to late June to unveil of a comprehensive plan to transition from the space shuttle and Constellation programs to a new deep space exploration strategy fashioned around the 2010 NASA Authorization Act, the agency’s top exploration official...Space Talk
A new eye on the cosmos is almost ready to soar!
#NASA’s #NancyGraceRoman Space Telescope is now set to launch on 30 August 2026 - eight months ahead of schedule.
With its powerful wide-field infrared vision, #Roman will reveal vast, uncharted regions of the #universe,
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🇲🇦🇧🇷| Brazilian company Saipher presented its HORUS SDA/SSA/STM software during a meeting with FAR 4th Bureau officials. The system provides Space Domain Awareness (SDA), Space Situational Awareness (SSA), and Space Traffic Monitoring (STM) capabilities.
Everybody say "Hi, LESTR" 👋
This machine at our center is helping NASA study how materials behave in super-cold environments.
Putting electronics and other flight hardware to the test at extremely low temperatures will be critical as we look to build a Moon Base near the lunar
BREAKING: Astronauts on the International Space Station ordered by NASA to shelter in their spacecraft and prepare for potential evacuation as a Russian crew attempts to fix a worsening leak of air on its portion of the orbital laboratory. #NASA #ISS