Atlantis Embarks on New Mission
Under brilliant blue Florida skies, Atlantis, the last of NASA’s shuttle orbiters to leave the Kennedy Space Center nest, made its way Friday to the nearby Kennedy Visitor Center Complex. There, it will star in an inspirational $100 million public exhibit...U. S., Japanese Astronauts Team for Space Station Spacewalk
U. S.and Japanese astronauts attempted to isolate a small but growing thermal control system leak outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk Thursday that spanned nearly seven hours. The excursion took NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, the...SpaceX Achieves Successful Space Station Cargo Delivery and Return Mission With Sunday Splashdown
 SpaceX’s Dragon capsule splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean off the southern California coast Sunday afternoon, successfully restoring a U. S. cargo delivery and return capability to the International Space Station once shouldered by NASA’s long...U. S., Russian Astronauts Depart for Space Station
 Three U. S.and Russian astronauts lifted off from Kazakhstan early Tuesday bound for the International Space Station and a five month stay. The Soyuz rocket carrying NASA astronaut Kevin Ford and cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin blasted off from the...Astronauts Welcome SpaceX Dragon Aboard Space Station
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station hauled SpaceX’s Dragon re-supply craft aboard early Wednesday, successfully ending the outbound leg of the Hawthorne, Calif., based company’s first contracted re-supply mission to the orbiting...SpaceX Dragon Mission Gives U. S. New Cargo Access to the International Space Station
SpaceX’s Falcon 9/Dragon spacecraft lifted off late Sunday on the first of a dozen scheduled commercial re-supply missions to the International Space Station, restoring a U. S. capability lacking since the 2011 retirement of NASA’s space...Space Station Research Reported: Nanotechnology Manufacturing Advanced
New research findings based on experiments carried out on the International Space Station could lead to the creation of unique materials and electro-mechanical devices. The Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal Emulsion – 2 – or...U. S., Russian Soyuz Crew Safely Back on Earth
Three U. S. and Russian astronauts descended safely to Earth aboard a Soyuz spacecraft late Sunday, following a 125-day mission to the International Space Station. Helicopter born Russian recovery forces quickly greeted U. S. astronaut Joe Acaba and cosmonauts...International Astronautical Federation to Share Flags Flown Aboard U. S., Russian and Chinese Spacecraft
Three hundred commemorative flags belonging to the International Astronautical Federation and the only objects to have flown in space by all nations with active human space programs will be returned to the organization by a Chinese delegation at the ILA Berlin Air...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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