Mars Trek via Utah, Video Adventure!
Kavya Manyapu is a Boeing 777 aircraft engineer. While airplane travel is one thing…a space trek to Mars is on her mind too. Manyapu recently spent two weeks in a desert environment with limited water and food supplies. She took part in an Analogue Mars Habitat...Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle Readied for Acoustical Testing
NASA’s Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, or MPCV, is moving forward as the space agency’s deep space vehicle for human exploration. At the Lockheed Martin Waterton facility near Denver, Colorado, work is underway to integrate the Crew Module and the tower-like Launch...Video Extravaganza! Space Shuttle -The Complete Missions
Check out this just issued and impressive video from the Nature Video Channel. NASA’s 30-year Space Transportation System (STS) program came to an end on 21st July 2011. The Space Shuttle fleet delivered the Hubble Space Telescope, the International Space Station, and...Book Review: Falling to Earth – An Apollo 15 Astronaut’s Journey to the Moon
Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut’s Journey to the Moon by Al Worden with Francis French; Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.; $29.95 (hardcover); July 2011. This is a great read, one that is frank in telling the tale of an Apollo astronaut first...Dawn Spacecraft: New View of Asteroid Vesta
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has relayed an impressive new image of asteroid Vesta. Making use of its Framing Camera – a project funded by Germany’s Max Planck Society, the DLR German Aerospace Center, and NASA/JPL — the smallest detail visible on Vesta is about 1.2...New Poll: Ending NASA Shuttle Program – Bad for the Country, Private Space Sector Supported
A new CNN/ORC International Poll has found that 50 percent of Americans say curtailing the NASA space shuttle program is bad for country. The findings from the new national survey were released shortly after the space agency’s last shuttle mission came to a wheel’s...Next Mars Rover to Land at Gale Crater
Official word from NASA this morning: The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) — the huge Curiosity rover — will touch down at Gale crater. That site offers access to diverse rock strata, including interbedded sulfates and phyllosilicates in a three mile (5...Surprise at Faraway Pluto!
Researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope have found a fourth moon orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto. The discovery of the tiny, new satellite — temporarily designated P4 — was uncovered in a Hubble survey searching for rings around the dwarf planet....NASA’s Next Red Planet Rover: Where on Mars Will It Land?
This Friday, NASA is set to announce just where the Mars Science Laboratory will set down on the red planet. The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), or Curiosity robot, will land on the surface of Mars in August 2012. But where? The two candidate sites are Eberswalde...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
📷Hubble
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