U. S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Welcomes Three
Three NASA shuttle-era astronauts, two of them women, were inducted into the U. S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on Saturday. Those honored in ceremonies at the Hall, close to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., included Eileen Collins, the first woman...NASA Asks Students for Help in Protecting Future Space Explorers From Radiation
NASA and Lockheed Martin, the space agency’s aerospace company partner in the development of the Orion crew vehicle, asked students in kindergarten through high school on Monday to assist them in the development of critical radiation shielding for the...Columbia, Challenger, Apollo 1 Astronauts Honored with NASA’s Annual Day of Remembrance
NASA’s annual Day of Remembrance, scheduled for Friday, Feb. 1, will pay tribute to astronauts from three U. S. missions who lost their lives while pursuing the exploration of space. A wreath laying ceremony led by NASA Administrator...Students Compete to Control Floating Space Station Robots
It’s not on commercial television, nor are the teams of high school students ranked weekly by the sports media. Yet the competition is intense as student teams sponsored by NASA and the European Space Agency and their respective partners compete for the...Scientists: Microbial Life Thriving in Isolated Antarctic Environment Hints at Possibility of Alien Life
Antarctica is providing scientists with a fascinating example of biological activity thriving in extreme environments. The research undertaken by experts from NASA’s Ames Research Center, the Desert Research Institute, and the University of...ISS Astronauts to Host Student Scientists during Live Educational Nov. 15 Video, Web Casts
Just days before she is scheduled to return to Earth after a four month mission, International Space Station commander Suni Williams will join with fellow NASA astronaut Kevin Ford on Thursday to host a live two-way event with middle and high school students...Astronomers Refine Universe’s Expansion Rate
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, one of the agency’s original Great Observatories and a sibling of the Hubble Space Telescope, enabled astronomers this week to announce a dramatic refinement in the expansion rate of the universe. The new studies...(101955) 1999 RQ36 Needs a Name, and Something Snappy
. It’s a planetary body known as a near-Earth asteroid. NASA is preparing to launch the Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission to this solar system body in 2016, and as if OSIRIS-REx isn’t a...NASA’s Mohawk Guy to Host Third Rock Radio Show on Thursday Afternoon
Bobak Ferdowsi, the NASA flight controller who earned an enthusiastic youthful following during the Aug. 6 landing of NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover, will host the NASA-sponsored Third Rock radio broadcast on Thursday at 4 p.m., EDT. “I never thought...Space Talk
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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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