Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration – New Exhibit Opens!
Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration opens today, organized by the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The just-opened exhibit launches visitors into the exciting future of space exploration as it boldly examines humanity’s next steps “out...Mars Rover Ready for Red Planet Duties
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is set for a November 25th liftoff. Its destination is Mars’ Gale Crater, with the robot slated to land there in August of next year. During the nearly two-year prime mission of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), the nuclear-powered rover...NASA seeks more “Right Stuff”
NASA needs new astronauts, and the competition for up to 15 opening is underway. As of Friday, 400 people had applied for a chance to “fly NASA” as a future astronaut assigned to a tour of duty aboard the International Space Station or a mission...Future NASA Rocket for Human Exploration Gives Stellar Performance
NASA’s muscular J-2X rocket roared to life for a 500 second, full duration ground test firing on Wednesday at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Miss. Derived from NASA’s legendary Saturn V Apollo-era moon rocket, the J-2X is...Book Review: Drifting on Alien Winds – Exploring the Skies and Weather of Other Worlds
Drifting on Alien Winds – Exploring the Skies and Weather of Other Worlds by Michael Carroll; Springer Science + Business Media, LLC, New York: $39.95 (Hardcover); 2011. From the creative and artistic mind of Michael Carroll comes an original and fact-filled look at...New Findings Suggest Mars More Suited to Underground Life
Life on Mars — if it ever arose — most likely flourished underground, according to scientists, who base their new conclusions on clay minerals detected by a pair of U. S. and European spacecraft circling the Red Planet. The findings, collected...Open the Pod Door! Mars Crew “Returns” to Earth
A team of six Mars explorers are ready to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere and land back on terra firma. The crew will “arrive back on Earth” on November 4 and go into quarantine for four days for medical checks. The Mars500 is the first full-duration simulation of a...Mars Rover Looks for Parking Spot to Endure Martian Winter
NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity continues to explore Endeavour crater. Rover operators are looking for a special parking spot for the robot – just in time to face winter on Mars. “The power situation for the upcoming Martian winter requires that Opportunity...NASA-led Undersea Asteroid Analog Mission Underway off Key Largo
Anchored 60 feet below the Atlantic Ocean just off Key Largo,Fla., the Aquarius undersea habitat is serving as a outpost for an international astronaut crew, one of the world’s foremost experts on Martian geology and a NASA support team focused on the...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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