Opportunity Mars Rover Inches Toward Next Target
NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover is rolling its way toward Endeavour crater, eyeing the western rim of the huge feature as seen in new imagery. Endeavour crater has a diameter of about 14 miles (22 kilometers). Scientists are expecting the robot to gain access to...Book Review: Martian Summer – Robot Arms, Cowboy Spacemen, and My 90 Days with the Phoenix Mars Mission
Martian Summer – Robot Arms, Cowboy Spacemen, and My 90 Days with the Phoenix Mars Mission by Andrew Kessler; Pegasus Books; New York, New York; $27.95 (Hardcover); April 2011. NASA’s Phoenix Mars lander was a milestone in red planet probing. Touching down on Mars on...NASA Hustles to Overcome Mars Science Laboratory Launch Obstacles
NASA faces significant cost and technical challenges in its bid to launch the $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory, also known as the Curiosity rover, during a 23-day window late this year, according to a new report from the agency’s independent Inspector...Next Mars Rover Readied for Action – But Where Will It Land?
Nuclear-powered Mars rover, Curiosity, is expected to open up a new arm of red planet research. Credit: NASA/JPL NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory is named Curiosity. And if you are curious about where Curiosity is going to land on the red planet, stay tuned. The final...Living Space on Mars: Tapping Textile Technology
Living on Mars – New ideas for habitats Credit: NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute Advanced textile materials may be just the ticket to help make a human mission to Mars a 21st century reality. Aeronautical and textile engineering students from North...Book Review: First Contact – Scientific Breakthroughs in the Hunt for Life Beyond Earth
First Contact – Scientific Breakthroughs in the Hunt for Life Beyond Earth by Marc Kaufman; Simon & Schuster; New York, New York; $26.00 (hard cover); 2011. The author is a science and space reporter for the Washington Post – and capitalizes on his aptitude...So Long Spirit! Attempts to Reawaken Mars Rover End
Spirit’s last picture show. One of the last images from the Mars rover. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover continues on its long-distance trek. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell It appears that it’s all over for NASA’s spirited Mars rover. The...NASA Designates Orion as Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle for Future Human Deep Space Missions
 The four person Orion spacecraft, once part of the Constellation program, will emerge as a center piece of U. S. plans to resume the exploration of deep space with astronauts, NASA  Administrator Charles Bolden and other agency officials announced on Tuesday. The...Wanted: Teachers for Micro-gravity Flight!
Powell Middle School math and science teachers Carrie Brunner, Courtney Poloney and Kara Kwolek experience weightlessness during the Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery in Detroit. Credit: Northrop Grumman The Northrop Grumman Foundation is...Space Talk
Artemis is more than a mission - it is humanity united in exploration, led by #NASA at the centre stage.
At its heart, #Orion carries our collective aspirations into deep space, powered by the European Service Module - a powerful example of global collaboration in action.
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How does NASA prepare for a Moon mission?
One way is through simulations, or sims. While the Artemis II crewmembers are in the Orion trainer spacecraft several buildings over, flight controllers practice every mission milestone and how they would respond to various spacecraft
How does NASA prepare for a Moon mission?
One way is through simulations, or sims. While the Artemis II crewmembers are in the Orion trainer spacecraft several buildings over, flight controllers practice every mission milestone and how they would respond to various spacecraft
Meet the four astronauts who will fly Orion around the Moon. 🌕
On this week’s #HWHAP, we’re joined by our sister show NASA's Curious Universe for a special conversation with the @NASAArtemis II crew about their journeys to @NASA and what the mission means to them. Episode 417
