Soyuz Launches for Space Station with American, two Russians
A Soyuz rocket carrying NASA astronaut Ron Garan and two Russian cosmonauts lifted off safely from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan late Monday, initiating a five to six month journey to the International Space Station. Garan, Andrey Borisenko and Alexander...Endeavour Launching Slips to April 29 for Russian Supply Mission
The launching of shuttle Endeavour’s 14-day mission to deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer to the International Space Station will slip from April 19 to April 29 to accommodate the April 27 launching of the Russian 42 Progress supply capsule, NASA...Endeavour Receives Shuttle Program “Go” for Launch
NASA shuttle program manager provided initial clearance on Thursday for an April 19 launching of the shuttle Endeavour on her final mission with a crew of six astronauts and the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, an international observatory for studies of the cosmic...Wake These Guys UP!
NASA’s final shuttle missions are paying tribute to the musical alarm clock, a long standing tradition in Mission Control of waking up the astronauts each day with the strains of a popular song often picked by the family, friends and co-workers of the fliers....NASA Closing on Heavy Lift, Crew Capsule Strategy
NASA is looking to late June to unveil of a comprehensive plan to transition from the space shuttle and Constellation programs to a new deep space exploration strategy fashioned around the 2010 NASA Authorization Act, the agency’s top exploration official...Endeavour’s Crew to Break New Ground at the International Space Station
The International Space Station, a familiar destination for NASA shuttle missions, may be Endeavour’s last stop, but her crew of six astronauts promises to break new ground with the delivery of the first astronomical observatory and tests of a docking sensor for...Robonaut2 Unveiled
International Space Station astronauts Catherine Coleman and Paolo Nespoli have unpacked Robonaut 2, the experimental humanoid delivered during the shuttle Discovery’s recent mission. Robonaut 2 was unstowed on Tuesday, just before Scott Kelly, Alexander Kaleri and...Endeavour’s Final Flight Nears
NASA moved shuttle Endeavour from the Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A late Thursday and early Friday, setting the stage for the youngest member of the orbital fleet to lift off on a final mission on April 19. Veteran...Discovery Home For the Final Time
Shuttle Discovery sailed to a landing at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, wrapping up a storied 27-year career before a Florida homecoming that top agency officials called inspiring and bitter sweet. The six shuttle astronauts dropped from mostly sunny...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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