Next Up for Mars: MAVEN Orbiter
NASA’s next mission to Mars is now assembled and has started environmental testing, headed toward launch later this year. The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft is now undergoing environmental testing at Lockheed Martin’s Space Systems...Skywatch 2013: Close Call with Asteroid – Viewing Resources!
It’s coming to a sky near you – a late Valentine’s Day gift from the heavens! On February 15, a small asteroid is flying by within 18,000 miles of Earth. The asteroid, known as 2012 DA14, was discovered last year and is roughly the size of a school gymnasium (130 to...Moon’s Last Man Chats with the International Space Station Crew
International Space Station commander Kevin Ford and hisU. S., Russian and Canadian crewmates received praise from Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan on Wednesday and encouragement to serve as an inspiration to the world’s young people. “I’m...President Obama, Family, Friends Remember Columbia Astronauts, Urge U. S. Ahead in Space Exploration
Though separated by many miles, President Obama joined with the families of shuttle Columbia’s crew and the many from NASA who fanned out across the country on Friday to pay tribute to the seven astronauts who perished a decade ago as they...Mars Underground: Niche for Past Life?
Yet more data about the Red Planet boosts the idea that the subsurface environment on Mars once had an active hydrology and could be a good place to search for evidence of past life. Using high-resolution images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, networks of...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...Video Explores Overview Effect – Astronaut Perspectives of Earth and Space
The “Overview Effect” was first described by author Frank White in 1987 – an experience that transforms astronauts’ perspective of the planet and humankind’s place upon it. A recently released short film — ‘Overview’ explores this phenomenon through...Lost in Space: The Need for a Definitive U.S. Space Policy?
In a special program sponsored by the Baker Institute, noted space policy experts reviewed the present status and future of NASA and the U.S. civil space program, as well as the need for a definitive national civil space policy. This event was held Jan 24, 2013 and...Book Review: Near-Earth Objects – Finding Them Before They Find Us
Near-Earth Objects – Finding Them Before They Find Us by Donald K. Yeomans; Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey; $24.95; 2013. This is a superb book that brings the reader up-to-speed on those menacing denizens of the deep – Near Earth Objects, or...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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