Video: NASA’s Next Mars Rover – Extensive Testing Underway
NASA’s next Mars rover – Curiosity – is undergoing rigorous testing by engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Also known as the Mars Science Laboratory, the six-wheeled machine will depart Florida in late 2011, headed for a landing on...Greenhouse for the Moon, Mars Demonstrated
How does your garden grow…if you’re on the Moon or Mars? Answering that question is on the scientific menu of researchers at the University of Arizona (UA) Controlled Environment Agriculture Center (CEAC). They are demonstrating that plants from Earth could be grown...Mars Rover on a Roll
NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity continues its trek toward the long-term destination of Endeavour Crater. The camera system toted by the robot can view portions of Endeavour Crater’s rim on the horizon. During stops, Opportunity is also using its microscope...Desert RATS Rover Mobile, but Rustic
Astronaut Stan Love and NASA geologist Jake Bleacher have wrapped up their Desert RATS Â Space Exploration Rover test drive with some pretty down to Earth impressions of the prototype for a mobile habitat that would enable new generations of explorers to traverse the...2010 Desert RATS Nears Mid Point
 NASA’s Desert RATS is nearing the half-way point of its 15-day, 2010 field exercises on the Black Point Lava Flow in Northern Arizona. It’s been nearly 24/7 for the 100 engineers and scientists involved in the high tech demonstration of rovers, habitats...Ares 1 First Stage Undergoes Successful Ground Test at ATK in Utah
 With a thunderous roar, the world’s most powerful solid rocket motor, developed by Alliant Techsystems Inc., as the first stage for NASA’s Ares 1 crew exploration vehicle, fired for two minutes Tuesday at a desert test facility in Promontory, Utah. DM-2...Plans Advanced for Human Trek to an Asteroid
ANAHEIM, California –Â Sending humans into deep space to make an up-close-and-personal survey of an asteroid is getting increased attention. Speaking last April at the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida on space exploration in the 21st century, President...NASA’s 2010 Desert Rats, an annual Field Test of Rovers, Habitats and Space Suits Opens Tuesday. Follow Along. Ask Questions. Special Webcast on Wednesday
. While the White House and Congress debate the nation’s future course in the exploration of space, NASA is preparing its engineers and scientists to carry out their decision, whether it be ambitious missions to the moon, the asteroids, or Mars. And this year,...NASA Medical, Psychological Experts Respond to Call from Chile to Assist Trapped Miners
Early this week, a small team of experts from NASA’s Johnson Space Center will head for Chile under the sponsorship of the U. S. State Department to assist officials with what’s expected to be a long running effort to rescue 33 miners trapped a half-mile...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
