Apollo Stamp Wins Top Slot!
The votes are in! In a “stampede” of competition between stamps that are iconic images tied to the United States, the Moon landing stamp was voted top slot and will represent the USA in the International Gallery Exhibit of the new William H. Gross Stamp Gallery at the...NASA Offers $$ to Amateur Astronomers for Satellite Photos
NASA is rounding up amateur photographers who would like a chance to win up to $500 for the best photographs of the recently deployed NanoSail-D spacecraft, an orbiting solar sail experiment. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and Ames Research Center...Book Review: John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon
John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon by John M. Logsdon; Palgrave Macmillan; New York, New York; $35.00 (Hardcover); 2010. In a time when America is looking for another “Sputnik Moment” to spur the country on a number of fronts, this scholarly and well-written...Europe’s Mars Express Captures Closeup Photos of Phobos
The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter captured close up photos of the Martian moon Phobos on Jan. 9 A cratered surface is evident in the photos taken at a distance of less than 70 miles. The circled areas are landing sites for Russia’s...NASA’s Fleet of Comet, Asteroid, Moon, Mercury, Mars and Jupiter Spacecraft
A Valentine’s Day gift from space – that’s what scientists are looking for as NASA’s Stardust-NExT spacecraft zooms by comet Tempel 1. The craft is on track for an 8:37 p.m. PST (11:37 p.m. EST) close look at the celestial wanderer on February 14. But take note: The...On the Wing: NASA’s High-Flying Observatory Studies Star Formation
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy – SOFIA for short – has opened a new window on star formation in and around the nebula Messier 42 in the constellation Orion. The new image data were acquired using the Faint Object Infrared Camera for the SOFIA...NASA, Congress Clash Over Heavy Lift, Crew Capsule Funding, Timing
NASA began the New Year with a stir last week, when it furnished Congress with a legislatively required blueprint for a Space Launch System, a new heavy lift rocket, and a Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle — essentially a combination of rocket launcher and capsule...Mars Rover Sends Back New “Edgy” Photos
NASA’s Opportunity rover is engaged in survey work at the edge of a crater dubbed Santa Maria. Scientists are pleased with the robot’s imagery showing a crater with diverse textures – including sand dunes at the crater’s bottom. Opportunity has rolled up close to the...Safety Panel Urges U. S. Policy Makers to Settle on NASA’s Future Course
The White House, Congress and NASA must work quickly to resolve the space agency’s future exploration and transportation strategies, the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel concludes in the committee’s latest annual report. The Congressionally-chartered panel...Space Talk
@rookisaacman's MiG is a gorgeous jet to see in the skies
Congratulations to the SpaceX team on today’s very successful launch. That was a blast to watch!
@ThePrimalDino A rocket that has been undergoing test flights for three years still keeps failing. That’s why I’m bearish on Starship. The repeated setbacks of Starship have put America’s lunar landing program far behind schedule.
@xue_tu93527 I mean I wouldn’t call this flight a failure personally, but the impact of this extensive testing campaign is indeed noticeable on our lunar ambitions
Say cheese, Earth and Moon! 📸
One of our two Mars-bound ESCAPADE spacecraft captured Earth and the Moon from 363,250 miles (584,600 kilometers) away. In visible light, both worlds appear as slim crescents.
But switch to thermal infrared and it’s a different picture 👇 🧵1/2
🧵2/2 In thermal infrared, Earth's nightside glows in the dark, warmed by its own heat. The Moon, with no oceans or atmosphere to hold in warmth, stays locked at a bone-chilling -280°F.
The images help calibrate ESCAPADE's cameras for its mission to the Red Planet:
@NASA and @BlueOrigin announced Friday they recently agreed to conduct second stage hot fire testing for the company’s New Glenn rocket on the B-2 test stand at the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
The annex to a reimbursable Space Act Agreement
