Atlantis Reaches Launch Pad, Shuttle Schedule Under Review
Atlantis reached the launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center this morning, where the spacecraft is under going preparations for a May mission to the International Space Station, one of three, possibly four final missions before the winged spacecraft reach...Happy birthday, Hubble – is your best yet to come?
Source: New Scientist Twenty years after its launch, the Hubble Space Telescope’s spectacular images are a familiar sight. Yet it is incredible that the observatory has survived this long, given the near-death experiences it has faced along the way, says David...10 Things You Didn’t Know About NASA’s Space Shuttle Program
Source: US News and World Report 1. The space shuttle was the first reusable, human-carrying spacecraft designed to orbit around Earth. 2. Space shuttles have four fundamental elements: the orbiter craft, two rocket boosters, an external fuel tank, and the engines. 3....NASA official battles the bugs of space travel
Source: The Washington Post In H.G. Wells’s “The War of the Worlds,” Earth’s unwitting defense against the Martian hordes comes in the form of pathogenic bacteria to which the invaders lack immunity. In reality, earthlings have created an...Former astronaut blasts Obama’s plans for space program
Source: The Cap Times Former astronaut Harrison Schmitt, one of the last men to walk on the moon, has nothing good to say about President Barack Obama’s plan to all but ground the Constellation program, which calls for a return to the moon by 2020 and human landings...Obama’s Vision for NASA Bolsters Space Science
Source: Discovery News President Obama’s new direction for NASA as outlined in his speech at Kennedy Space Center last Thursday — if successfully implemented in the coming years — will help us better pursue fundamental questions about the universe:...NASA University Student Launch Initiative – April 17-18
The NASA University Student Launch Initiative, or USLI, is a competition that challenges university-level students to design, build and fly a reusable rocket with scientific payload to one mile in altitude. The project engages students in scientific research and...The Conrad Foundation announces the 2010 Pete Conrad Scholars
Recipe for the Future: Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Awards Program Combines Entrepreneurship, Imagination and High-School Innovators Moffett Field, CA – April 12, 2010 – The Conrad Foundation’s 2010 Innovation Summit concluded over the weekend with the...Rough rides, valuable lessons for students
Source: The Huntsville Times By Steve Campbell Times Staff Writer steve.campbell@htimes.com 17th Moon Buggy Race draws local, world competitors The races started with fist bumps, concentration, and even hoots and hollers reminiscent of a pre-game pep rally. But after...Follow Us
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#NASA estimates that a human mission to Mars could take months or years with current propulsion technologies. To accelerate this timeline, NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are exploring nuclear thermal propulsion.
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.@NASA_Langley is testing the Lightweight Surface Manipulation System AutoNomy capabilities Development for Surface Operations (LANDO), a robotic arm designed to lift payloads and place them on the #lunar surface.
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