Spacecraft 3D: Augmented-reality Apps for Apple devices
There’s a great way to study the 3-D nature of NASA spacecraft. Thanks to space specialists at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a new application can bring robotic spacecraft to life. It’s available for free on the iPhone and iPad…and just in time for the...Deep Space Diet: Handling Hunger on Mars
A team of researchers from the University of Hawaii at Mānoa and Cornell University are testing new forms of food and food preparation strategies for deep-space travel. The university investigators have picked six volunteers to make up the crew of a simulated Mars...First Space-bound Orion Reaches NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
NASA hosted ceremonies on Monday marking the arrival of the first space-bound Orion/Multi-purpose Crew Vehicle at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center launch site inFlorida. The spacecraft, manufactured by Lockheed Martin at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility...Moon of Mars – Rife with Life?
Phobos – one of two moons of Mars – could well be the site for life detection beyond Earth. That’s the belief of Purdue University researchers, arguing that Phobos may be an extraterrestrial repository for microbes blasted off of Mars by being on the receiving end of...Asteroids Gaining New Focus
Asteroids are gaining big time on the respect scale. Two years ago, President Obama directed NASA to alter plans for a human lunar return and focus instead on mission that would land U.S. explorers one of the small rocky bodies by 2025. The mission would...Astronauts Visit Undersea Base to Simulate Asteroid Exploration
Four U.S., European and Japanese astronauts will evaluate a range of asteroid exploration strategies, following their descent on Monday to NOAA’s Aquarius Reef Base under sea habitat off Key Largo,Fla., for a 12-day stay. Astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger, a...Take a Look! New Mars Atlas Spotlights Impact Craters
When you look up at the Earth’s moon – it’s obvious that it was on the receiving end of impacting objects. New research is also showing that Mars too is a beaten up and battered world. Here’s the count, according to scientists identifying impact craters on the red...Next Steps in Mars Exploration
WASHINGTON, D.C. — NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is drawing closer to a red planet touchdown at Gale Crater. That early August landing, if successful, will open a new chapter of investigating Mars in preparation for eventual human visits. The keys to...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...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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