New Horizons to Pluto: Stay the Course!
Launched in January 2006, the NASA New Horizons mission to distant Pluto is on target to whisk by that faraway world in July 2015. New news from the New Horizons team: Unless significant new hazards are found, the spacecraft is set to stay on its original course past...Book Review: The Space Book: From the Beginning to the End of Time, 250 Milestones in the History of Space & Astronomy
The Space Book: From the Beginning to the End of Time, 250 Milestones in the History of Space & Astronomy by Jim Bell; Sterling Publishing Co. Inc; New York, New York; (hard cover) $29.95; May 2013. This elegant, eye-catching book offers stunning photographs and...NASA’s Next Moon Mission Arrives at Launch Site
NASA’s next mission to the Moon has moved closer to its launch later this year. The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) has arrived at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. LADEE is a robotic mission that will orbit Earth’s Moon to gather...Book Review: The Little Book of Space Law
The Little Book of Space Law by Matthew J. Kleiman; ABA Book Publishing; Bolingbrook, Illinois; $19.95 (Regular)/$17.95 (American Bar Association Member); 2013. This is an excellent and very readable treatment regarding space law – the international and national laws...New Stethoscope for Space Travelers
Even in outer space…the beat goes on! The heart beat that is. But how best to monitor its condition on lengthy space treks, say to Mars? An engineering team of students has designed a new stethoscope for NASA to deliver accurate heart- and body-sounds to medics who...Large Explosion Detected on Moon
NASA researchers have reported the biggest explosion on the lunar surface in the 8 year history of a Moon-monitoring program. The object was about the size of a small boulder and struck in the Moon’s Mare Imbrium, creating a flash nearly 10 times as bright as anything...Mars Rocks! Yearly Red Planet Crater Count
This set of images from cameras on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter documents the appearance of a new cluster of impact craters on Mars. The orbiter has imaged at least 248 fresh craters, or crater clusters, on Mars.Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Univ. of...Winged Dream Chaser Prepares for First Flight Test
Sierra Nevada Corporation’s winged Dream Chaser is bound for NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Prior to Dream Chaser’s first autonomous free flight Approach and Landing Test (ALT), the craft will continue a series of tests,...All Aboard for Mars! Submit Your Name Campaign
If you want to be outbound and onboard NASA’s next mission to Mars – better hurry. NASA is inviting members of the public to submit their names and a personal message online for a DVD to be carried aboard a spacecraft that will study the Martian upper atmosphere. The...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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