NASA, FAA Announce Agreement on Regulation of Commercial Crew Spaceflight
NASA and the Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration unveiled a far-reaching agreement for the oversight of future U. S.commercial human spaceflight on Monday. Human missions, like those involving the launch of commercial...House, NASA Reach Compromise on Future Commercial Crew Transportation Services
NASA and House appropriators have struck a compromise on the future of the space agency’s commercial crew transportation initiative. The deal with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, announced on Tuesday by U. S. Rep. Frank Wolf, chair of the House...Dragon Splashes Down, Ending Successful Commercial Space Demo
The SpaceX Dragon mission splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the southern California coast on Thursday, bringing a successful conclusion to a nine-day test flight. The voyage marked the first U.S.commercial re-supply mission to the six-person International Space...SpaceX Dragon Successfully Berths with Space Station
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft successfully rendezvoused and berthed with the International Space Station on Friday, accomplishing the first cargo delivery by a U. S.commercial supplier. The milestone was a significant step in the push by U. S.policy makers...Dragon Flyby Sets Stage for 1st U. S. Commercial Space Station Mission
The unpiloted SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carried out a successful flyby of the International Space Staton early Thursday, a milestone in the company’s bid to achieve the first U. S. commercial re-supply mission to the orbiting science laboratory. The four hour...Soyuz Spacecraft Delivers U.S., Russian Astronauts to International Space Station
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft reached the International Space Station early Thursday, safely delivering a pair of cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut to the orbiting science laboratory. New arrivals Gennady Padalka, Sergei Revin and Joseph Acaba were greeted by...Book Review: Space Chronicles – Facing the Ultimate Frontier
Space Chronicles – Facing the Ultimate Frontier by Neil deGrasse Tyson (Edited by Avis Lang); W.W. Norton & Co., New York; $26.95 (hardcover); 2012. This delightful read comes courtesy of a thoughtful, charismatic astrophysicist and renowned popular speaker – an...U. S., Russian Crew Launches to the International Space Station
A three-man U. S.and Russian crew successfully lifted off for the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan late Monday. The Soyuz capsule with Joseph Acaba, of NASA, and cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin...Shot on Location! Space Videos Show Novel Experiments
NASA astronaut and space station crew member, Don Pettit, is cranking out video that examines how microgravity affects scientific principles. The series is called “Science Off the Sphere” – physics experiments performed on the International Space Station using...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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