Thumbs Up! Orion Pad Abort-1 Test Success
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, New Mexico – It was all thumbs up and back slaps here today as the Orion Pad Abort -1 flew flawlessly – a test to help develop safer vehicles for human spaceflight applications. Within 97 seconds of an initial 500,000-pound blast of solid...Discovery Education and 3M Young Scientists Challenge
Do you have what it takes to be America’s Top Young Scientist? Discovery Education and 3M are looking for students in grades 5-8 who are enthusiastic about science. The top 10 students will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to New York City and the grand prize...NASA Opens Applications for ‘INSPIRED’ high school students
High school students in the United States are invited to participate in NASA’s Interdisciplinary National Science Program Incorporating Research Experience, or INSPIRE, through the program’s online learning community. Applications are being accepted from...James Cameron at Caltech: The Science of Pandora
Source: Discovery News Last week, I had the good fortune to part of a packed house in Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium when director James Cameron came to Caltech on the evening of April 27 to talk about the fictional world called Pandora that he created in the...New Mexico’s Rocket Week!
Credit: NASALAS CRUCES, New Mexico — It’s a big space week here for New Mexico. Preparations are underway for a major educational launch from the state’s Spaceport America and NASA’s preparing Pad Abort 1 – a step to develop safer vehicles for human spaceflight...Caution Space Travelers: Getting Strep Throat on Mars
It’s called “forward contamination” in terms of inadvertently sending Earth bacteria to other worlds. Indeed, fouling the nest of say Mars – perhaps a niche for microbial life – is a concern of NASA researchers. New research published in the April issue of the journal...Reflect on This! Lost Light Reflector Found on the Moon
NASA orbiter spots Lunokhod 1 on the MoonScientists have located on the lunar surface a long lost light reflector attached to the former Soviet Union’s Lunokhod 1 rover. The French-built laser reflector was sent aboard the robotic Luna 17 mission. That craft landed on...Video contest a new frontier for space kids
Source: The Houston Chronicle Houston astronaut asks youths to give views on exploration Houston’s only native astronaut is reaching out to the next generation of Space City children to learn what NASA can do to motivate them. Shannon Walker, who will launch...Kids Wanted! Send In Your Moon Station Design Drawings
Odyssey magazine has devoted their April issue to “Fly Me to the Moons” – including a heavy dose of exploring Earth’s next-door neighbor – our own Moon. Odyssey is an award-winning science magazine for young people ages 10 to above (grades 5 and up) and features...Space Talk
@DaveOTGphotog just a heads up the @NASA WB-57 Canberra N926NA NASA926 is heading to Bangor from Houston 👍🏼👌🏼🤙🏼😍 @nasawb57 @sipjack1776 @Borrowed7Time @Saint1Mil @ArmchairAdml @Andyyyyrrrr @thenewarea51 @flightradar24 #NASA #WB57
#OTD 8/9/2005: Commanded by Eileen Collins, Space Shuttle Discovery (#STS114) made a safe landing at Edwards Air Force Base. This mission was the first "Return to Flight" after the Columbia disaster, a crucial step for the space program. 🚀
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'NGC 7635: Bubble in a Cosmic Sea'
Image Credit & Copyright: Rolf Geissinger
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap171026.html 10-26-2017
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Amaero Inc. (ASX:3DA) has re-signed CEO and Chair Hank Holland to a four-year contract through to June 2030.
Read more: https://stocksdownunder.com/amaero-asx3da-ceo-contract/
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