Physical Fitness Test Studied for Space Travelers
Space travel…can you pass a test? Yes, even in outer space you have to make the grade. That’s the news from a team of Kansas State University researchers, funded by NASA to research what physical characteristics are necessary for an astronaut to perform tasks on the...Cool Time-lapse Video: Shuttle Mission STS-131
Credit: NASA Go For Launch! Is a stunning, one-of-a-kind, four-minute chronicle of Discovery’s trip from the Orbiter Processing Facility to the pad, beginning with the “rollover” to the Vehicle Assembly Building on February 22 and ending with the STS-131 launch on...New Tool For Space Weather Forecasting
There’s a new space-based system to monitor Earth’s space environment. Introducing the Active Magnetosphere and Planetary Electrodynamics Response Experiment (AMPERE) – the system provides real-time magnetic field measurements using commercial satellites as part...Book Review: The Fallen Sky – An Intimate History of Shooting Stars
The Fallen Sky – An Intimate History of Shooting Stars by Christopher Cokinos; Tarcher/Penguin, New York, New York (soft cover) $16.95; August 2010. If you found yourself craning your neck toward the heavens of late looking for shooting stars – here’s a terrific...Just In! Cassini Raw Imagery of Saturnian Moons
Raw and unprocessed image of Saturn’s Tethys taken by Cassini spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute The word is in…and so are the new photos! The Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations (CICLOPS) posted today the raw preview of imagery...Answering Profound Questions about the Cosmos: What are the Top Priorities?
A new report by the National Research Council identifies the highest-priority research activities for astronomy and astrophysics in the next decade that will “set the nation firmly on the path to answering profound questions about the cosmos.” It’s called a decadal...Einstein@Home: Volunteer Computing Finds Unusual Pulsar
Einstein@Home has become one of the world’s most popular volunteer computing projects. What makes it even more impressive is this week’s report of an unusual pulsar discovered through the network computing effort. Einstein@home, launched in 2005, was one of the first...Search for Dark Matter in the Universe Goes Underground
What does a Canadian mine more than a mile underground have to do with dark matter in the universe? This month, scientists are putting in place a bubble chamber in the Canadian mine – part of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) in Ontario, Canada. Scientists...Extraterrestrial CSI Detective Story
The icy face of Jupiter’s Europa. A site for life? Credit: NASA What might be waiting for discovery at the frost-covered ground at the poles of Mars? What about on the icy bodies in our Solar System, such as Jupiter’s Europa? Those are cool questions. And to...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
