Obama revising plans for NASA
Source: Houston Chronicle President seeks to revive Orion capsule, speed up development of rocket, may give shuttles a reprieve President Barack Obama will revamp NASA’s planned Orion crew capsule, speed up development of a massive deep space rocket and perhaps...Obama plan adds jobs, revives Orion
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In a first-of-its-kind experiment, the unique conditions of space flight will be used to examine how cells remain healthy or succumb to disease, particularly in the face of stress or damage. At Arizona State University (ASU) in Tempe, Biodesign Institute researchers...Astronaut Explains Importance of Moon Mission
From Universe Today The debate on why humans should or should not return to the Moon has been ongoing for years. Two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to hear astronaut Ron Garan speak eloquently on a subject he is passionate about, water sustainability on planet...Danger Mars Colonists! Need for Predicting Space Storms
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The Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn continues to churn out mind-blowing imagery. Collected last month during its closest flyby yet of Saturn’s “Death Star” looking moon, Mimas, new imagery is available for your perusal. The verdict from Carolyn...Space Talk
As air flows around iced wings ✈️🧊
Using NASA’s LAVA framework, engineers created this simulation of air flowing around ice buildup on a Common Research Model wing, helping predict how ice formation could impact aircraft performance.
As air flows around iced wings ✈️🧊
Using NASA’s LAVA framework, engineers created this simulation of air flowing around ice buildup on a Common Research Model wing, helping predict how ice formation could impact aircraft performance.
This is incredible. The new @NASA image release from #Artemis includes a sequence of 'Hello World' still photographs.
I've been processing / animating them and here's what the original didn't show us:
Satellites, including their solar arrays, lightning storms
and dancing aurora!
@Erdayastronaut Huge respect Tim. I can’t wait to watch, this is going to be a great video no matter what.