NASA Satellite Re-entry: The Fall of UARS (Updated)
Note: Go to: http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/591662main_UARS%20Map.pdf NASA UPDATE: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 09:37:25 AM MDT NASA’s decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite fell back to Earth between 11:23 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 23 and 1:09 a.m. EDT Sept. 24. The...Video Tour of Asteroid Vesta! Dawn Spacecraft Unveils Surprises
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is circling asteroid Vesta – a world that’s an eye-full of oddness. A video has been created to show the rocky world with enormous craters and mountains. The spacecraft is carrying a German camera system on board, has been orbiting the asteroid...Mars Rover Opportunity: Stand by for New Discovery?
There is exciting news streaming in from Mars. That’s the word as NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover appears to be on the verge of a new discovery – more evidence of a wet Mars. The Mars rover Opportunity has been scouting about after reaching the rim of the huge Endeavour...Obstacle Course Yields Clues to Human Space Travel
How best to develop a way to measure astronauts’ physical capacities and keep them safe in space, whether they are onboard the International Space Station, working on the Moon or outbound on a future mission to Mars? A research project at Kansas State University is...NASA Satellite: Re-entry Update
NASA’s Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS, is expected to re-enter later this month. According to a NASA-posted UARS update, as of Sept. 12th, the orbit of UARS was 145 mi by 165 mi (235 km by 265 km). Re-entry is expected during the last week of September,...Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle: Progress on First Space-Bound Craft
Construction is underway on the first space-bound Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. Engineers at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have started welding together the craft. The first welds were completed last week using an innovative new friction...A Down to Earth, but A “Mazing” Story: Space Farms!
For the moment, forget crop circles and off-Earth aliens playing havoc with a farmer’s real estate! Here’s a new and more down to Earth space-farm connection. In collaboration with NASA, seven farms across the U.S. will invite the public to get lost in space this...NASA Satellite to Reenter: Public to be Updated
A hefty NASA satellite is nearing a nose-dive to Earth – almost six years after the end of a productive scientific life. The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite — or UARS — is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere in late September or early October 2011....GRAIL Twosome Set for Moon Voyage
All is in readiness at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 17B in Florida for Thursday’s liftoff of NASA’s twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL, spacecraft. A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is being used for the...Space Talk
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Why Mars?
Mars fascinates researchers because it shares certain similarities with Earth, including seasons, polar ice caps, volcanoes, and rocky terrain.
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Partial lunar eclipse magic ✨
The moon dipped in Earth’s shadow glowing like a copper orb. Pure cosmic beauty! 🌕❤️
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Day 1048 - NGC 5584
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