Comet Flyby: Stand By for Strangeness
NASA’s EPOXI mission is closing in on its target – comet Hartley2. The spacecraft is to fly within 700 kilometers (435 miles) of the comet’s nucleus on Thursday, November 4. Closest approach of comet Hartley 2 is expected to occur at roughly 9:50 am EDT, 6:50 am PDT)....Coalition launches Think Outside the Circle online campaign
The Coalition for Space Exploration today launched its Think Outside the Circle campaign with the release of an online public service announcement featuring the space shuttle Discovery on its final “rollout.” The 60-second online video depicts Discovery in unexpected...This Week: A Comet Close-Up!
NASA’s EPOXI mission is set for an up close and personal look at comet Hartley 2 on Thursday, November 4. Cameras onboard the mission spacecraft will get within 700 kilometers (that’s about 435 miles!) of the comet. The name EPOXI itself is a combination of the...Star Travel Study Led by NASA/DARPA
NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are joining forces to take the first step in the next era of space exploration – a journey between the stars. Called the 100-Year Starship study, the joint appraisal looks to develop the business case for...Upcoming Shuttle Flight: A Healthy Dose of Medical Investigation
Here’s a medical mix: the space shuttle, immune systems in space, and elderly and young children here on Earth. Onboard space shuttle Discovery’s STS-133 mission, there are sixteen rodent hitchhikers, riding in their own self-contained modules. The mice aboard...NASA’s Bolden Tours China, Space Progress Noted
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden led a delegation to China earlier this month at the invitation of the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSE). While no specific proposals for cooperation were agreed to, Bolden has stated that the trip led to increased...Asteroid Impact on Earth: Dramatic Environmental Effects
If a medium-sized asteroid smacked into deep ocean waters here on Earth, what are the consequences? Elisabetta Pierazzo, a senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute (PSI) in Tucson, has some bad news. An asteroid crashing into the deep ocean could have...Book Review: Space Commerce – The Inside Story By The People Who are Making It Happen
Space Commerce – The Inside Story By The People Who Are Making It Happen by Langdon Morris and Kenneth J. Cox, Editors, An Aerospace Technology Working Group Book; $27.95; 2010. Here’s a very readable and informative look at giving space the business! That is, how...Runway to Suborbital Space Dedicated, Virgin Galactic Hints at Orbital Vehicle
SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico – An amazing day here at Spaceport America as the New Mexico Spaceport Authority dedicated the nearly two-mile long runway – a specially-built runway to bolster the future of public space travel to the edge of space. During the...Space Talk
A new eye on the cosmos is almost ready to soar!
#NASA’s #NancyGraceRoman Space Telescope is now set to launch on 30 August 2026 - eight months ahead of schedule.
With its powerful wide-field infrared vision, #Roman will reveal vast, uncharted regions of the #universe,
#Space
🇲🇦🇧🇷| Brazilian company Saipher presented its HORUS SDA/SSA/STM software during a meeting with FAR 4th Bureau officials. The system provides Space Domain Awareness (SDA), Space Situational Awareness (SSA), and Space Traffic Monitoring (STM) capabilities.
@Eric3Gribble Not how Congress works. SLS gets money allocated to it by Congress. SLS receiving money doesn’t take money from other parts of NASA.
And it’s a good thing that we didn’t fall for this trap too, because then no part of Artemis would be working
Everybody say "Hi, LESTR" 👋
This machine at our center is helping NASA study how materials behave in super-cold environments.
Putting electronics and other flight hardware to the test at extremely low temperatures will be critical as we look to build a Moon Base near the lunar
