Congress Urges U. S. to Forge Ahead With Human Space Endeavors
Thursday marked the first day of the U. S. 113th Congress, the members of the House and Senate elected in November to serve new two and six-year terms. However, before the 112th Congress adjourned, also on Thursday, the House and Senate produced a positive statement...Free Read! NASA Books Look Back, Gaze into the Future
NASA has issued an impressive volume, just right for reading as the space agency encounters a new year. NASA at 50: Interviews with NASA’s Senior Leadership is edited by Rebecca Wright, Sandra Johnson, and Steven J. Dick. The 50th anniversary of NASA on 1...NASA Report: Commercial Crew Progress Continues
A bi-monthly newsletter of accomplishments, progress, and happenings in NASA’s commercial crew and cargo development programs is available from the Commercial Spaceflight Development Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Four months into the Commercial...Strengthen NASA’s Strategic Direction, Experts Urge House Panel
NASA is in need of more effective strategic guidance from the White House and Congress, as both arms of government address the nation’s budget problems, outside experts cautioned the House Science Space and Technology Committee on Wednesday. The hearing focused...NASA Awards $30 million to its Commercial Crew Partners for Safety Certification Activities
NASA awarded $30 million to three U. S. companies on Monday to certify the safety of their commercial spacecraft to carry astronauts to the International Space Station. The space agency is already working with the companies, Boeing and its CST-100 capsule; SpaceX and...SpaceX Achieves Successful Space Station Cargo Delivery and Return Mission With Sunday Splashdown
 SpaceX’s Dragon capsule splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean off the southern California coast Sunday afternoon, successfully restoring a U. S. cargo delivery and return capability to the International Space Station once shouldered by NASA’s long...Europe Eyes Robotic Lunar Lander
Europe’s Astrium has briefed the major results of its Lunar Lander Phase B1 study, carried out on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA). The study has consolidated the mission concept for automatic landing near the Moon’s south pole in 2019 as well as the...Astronauts Welcome SpaceX Dragon Aboard Space Station
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station hauled SpaceX’s Dragon re-supply craft aboard early Wednesday, successfully ending the outbound leg of the Hawthorne, Calif., based company’s first contracted re-supply mission to the orbiting...SpaceX Dragon Mission Gives U. S. New Cargo Access to the International Space Station
SpaceX’s Falcon 9/Dragon spacecraft lifted off late Sunday on the first of a dozen scheduled commercial re-supply missions to the International Space Station, restoring a U. S. capability lacking since the 2011 retirement of NASA’s 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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