Pick of the Crop! Space Farm 7 Corn Maze Contest
It is being called the newest form of “agritainment”. In a special outreach titled Space Farm 7, seven of the nation’s top agritourism farms have been selected to celebrate and honor the U.S. space program in collaboration with NASA this fall. Each farm has planted...Could Human Missions to Mars be Possible in 25 years? A Collection of the World’s Most Capable Space Agencies Believes So
A collaboration among 12 national space agencies, including NASA — and working under the wing of the International Space Exploration Coordination Group believes so. They established a blue print, The Global Exploration Roadmap, which was made public...Book Review: Psychology of Space Exploration
Psychology of Space Exploration, Edited by Douglas Vakoch, NASA History Series SP-2011- 4411, Government Printing Office (GPO); (Hardcover) $27.00; (Paperback) $23.00; Washington, D.C.; 2011. You’re going to find a rich, motherload of information here regarding a...Apollo Legends Urge Congress to Hasten the Pace of Human Space Exploration
The first and last of the Apollo program astronauts who walked on the moon urged the House Science, Space and Technology Committee on Thursday to ramp up support for NASA’s human exploration efforts. Neil Armstrong, who commanded the July 1969...NASA Recognized for Assitance to Trapped Chilean Miners
NASA medical, psychological and engineering experts who leaped to the aide of 33 trapped Chilean miners in 2010 were recognized this week for their contributions to a successful rescue effort with the National Security and International Affairs Medal, an annual award...Mars Rover Opportunity: Stand by for New Discovery?
There is exciting news streaming in from Mars. That’s the word as NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover appears to be on the verge of a new discovery – more evidence of a wet Mars. The Mars rover Opportunity has been scouting about after reaching the rim of the huge Endeavour...NASA Unveils Plans for Super Rocket to Launch Explorers on Deep Space Missions
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, flanked by a bi-partisan gathering of Washington lawmakers, unveiled the agency’s heavy lift rocket strategy on Wednesday, a monstrous spacecraft that will eventually eclipse the legendary Saturn V and propel future...Obstacle Course Yields Clues to Human Space Travel
How best to develop a way to measure astronauts’ physical capacities and keep them safe in space, whether they are onboard the International Space Station, working on the Moon or outbound on a future mission to Mars? A research project at Kansas State University is...Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle: Progress on First Space-Bound Craft
Construction is underway on the first space-bound Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. Engineers at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have started welding together the craft. The first welds were completed last week using an innovative new friction...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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