Mars Rover Begins Exploration Duties
PASADENA, Calif. — The one-ton Curiosity rover has touched down on Mars, the end point of its space travels from Earth that took 36-weeks. Dangling by nylon ropes from a rocket backpack, the robot appears to be in good health to start a two-year investigation of...SUCCESS! The Landing of Curiosity Mars Rover
PASADENA, Calif –NASA’s high-stakes mission to Mars has succeeded in its attempt to land on the red planet. Hurled toward Mars on November 26, 2011, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission has toted a car-sized rover named Curiosity to the surface of Mars. The...Boeing, SpaceX and Sierra Nevada to Carry NASA’s Commercial Crew Initiative Forward
NASA will back Boeing, SpaceX andSierra Nevada with $1.1 billion during a third round of commercial crew space transportation development, top space agency officials announced on Friday. Started in 2008, the NASA-private sector partnership is intended to...Mars Mission Feels Gravity Grip of Red Planet
PASADENA, Calif. – NASA’s en route Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) has begun to feel the tug of gravity of the red planet. The MSL’s Curiosity rover is set to touch down on Mars at 10:31 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 5 PDT (1:31 a.m. Monday, Aug. 6 EDT). That’s the official...Target Mars!
NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission carrying the one-ton Curiosity rover is on target to land on the red planet at 10:31 p.m. PDT on Sunday, Aug. 5 (1:31 a.m. EDT, 0531 GMT on Aug. 6). That spacecraft is headed for Gale Crater, a154 kilometer wide feature that dots...Times Square: New York Gathering Place for Live Mars Landing Coverage
New York City’s Times Square will broadcast live coverage on the big outdoor Toshiba Vision screen as NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory rover attempts to land on the Red Planet early Aug. 6. The towering screen will come to life with NASA mission...Video – Beat the Heat: Mars Science Lab’s Taming of Temperature
It will last all of seven minutes, but as engineers say, it’s all a “gulp moment”. NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory’s (MSL) entry, descent and landing (EDL) – will determine the fate of the mission. And MSL’s aeroshell is absolutely vital to getting the Mars Curiosity...Watch It! NASA Set to Fly Inflatable Reentry Vehicle Experiment (Update 2)
UPDATE: IRVE-3 Scores Successful Test A large inflatable heat shield developed by NASA’s Space Technology Program has successfully survived a trip through Earth’s atmosphere while travelling at hypersonic speeds up to 7,600 mph. The Inflatable Reentry...Mars Science Laboratory: NASA’s Most Difficult Planetary Mission
NASA’s $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory mission, a two year effort to determine whether the neighboring planet hosts, or once hosted, environmental conditions suitable for some form of life, represents the most challenging U. S. planetary mission ever...Space Talk
HiPOD: Marvelous Martian Mega-Ripples
In a down-wind perspective view we can see mega-ripples collecting along the flanks of dark sand dunes near the North Polar deposits. A closer look illustrates the fine scale details of some active mega-ripples.
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The rounded top of the container is interesting — presumably you'd want square corners.
Maybe a vestigial requirement, so it fits in the space-modified C5s?
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has arrived at the Space Coast! Carried inside NASA's Pegasus barge, this new telescope is set to launch on Falcon Heavy later this year.
@pronounced_kyle I didn’t know that NASA had a barge, but I am now obsessed with the NASA barge.
@mualphaxi @pronounced_kyle The Pegasus barge replaced the Poseidon and Orion barges that served the Saturn program and has been in service since 1999 when it served the Shuttle program. I'll just leave this here to feed that new obsession. 😉
Oh, there were recovery ships too!
NASA’s Pegasus Barge - NASA
NASA’s barge, Pegasus, will ferry the massive core stage of the agency’s new rocket, the Space Launch System, ...
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Celebrating a Remarkable Legacy of Service
Recently, the Titusville Police Department had the honor of recognizing four incredible employees as they begin their well-earned retirements.
Together, these dedicated professionals represent an astounding 120 years of service to the
For the first time, NASA will launch two student missions on one sounding rocket!
The sounding rocket will launch Wednesday, June 24, with a window opening at 5:30 a.m. EDT. A livestream will be available on the Wallops YouTube channel. Stay tuned for our launch viewing map!
