Beyond Low Earth Orbit: “Gateway” Habitats Advocated
A NASA, university and industry team is studying mid-decade human exploration beyond low Earth orbit. Detailed by the team are options for long-duration “Gateway” habitats. An interim look at such a prospect is being briefed at high-levels within NASA, a plan that...NASA Auditor Outlines Management, Financial Concerns
NASA faces significant management challenges as it carries out the shuttle’s retirement, termination of the Constellation Program and the start of a commercial space transportation initiative, according to agency Inspector General Paul Martin. In 14-page report made...NASA’s Garver Praises Congress for Visionary Legislation, Acknowledges the On-going Transition is Difficult for Workforce
NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver praised Congress on Thursday for bi-partisan passage of a three-year NASA authorization bill that sets the agency on a long term path of human deep space exploration, while also funding new orbital commercial space transportation...Greater Coordination of U. S. Space Policy Essential to Future of U. S. National Security, Economic Well Being, Says Aerospace Industries Association
The Aerospace Industries Association called Tuesday for a national space management and coordination body that reports to the U. S. president as part of a strategy to address significant issues that threaten national security as well as the domestic economic standing....House Poised to vote Wednesday on Senate Version of NASA Blueprint
The House is poised to take up a 2010 NASA Authorization measure on Wednesday prior to adjourning for the November elections, U. S. Rep. Bart Gordon, chair of the House Science and Technology Committee, said Monday in a statement. However, it will be the Senate...Revised House NASA Authorization Bill Aligns With Senate Measure
The House Science and Technology Committee has completed a revised 2010 NASA authorization bill that aligns closely with an already adopted Senate measure that accelerates work on a new heavy lift rocket and crew spacecraft for missions to the moon, asteroids, Mars...Asteroids – Tantalizing Targets for Exploration
Thanks to data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, scientists are finding out that asteroids somewhat near Earth – termed Near-Earth Objects, or NEOs – come in all sorts of colors and compositions. Getting to know these space rocks is a step closer in dispatching...Book Review: The Spaceflight Vault – A History of NASA’s Manned Missions
The Spaceflight Vault – A History of NASA’s Manned Missions by Mark Mayfield; Whitman Publishing, LLC; Atlanta, Georgia; $49.95 (hard cover/box); 2010. Here’s a book that keeps on giving and giving. This volume is designed as a scrapbook, but also provides a...Ares 1 First Stage Undergoes Successful Ground Test at ATK in Utah
With a thunderous roar, the world’s most powerful solid rocket motor, developed by Alliant Techsystems Inc., as the first stage for NASA’s Ares 1 crew exploration vehicle, fired for two minutes Tuesday at a desert test facility in Promontory, Utah. DM-2...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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