Aug 24, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space Research, The Moon
Space travel…can you pass a test? Yes, even in outer space you have to make the grade. That’s the news from a team of Kansas State University researchers, funded by NASA to research what physical characteristics are necessary for an astronaut to perform tasks on the...
Aug 19, 2010 | Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Mars
 Twins in space? It was bound to happen, someday. And some day is just around the corner, as veteran NASA astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly prepare to command missions aboard the International Space Station and the space agency’s final scheduled shuttle mission...
Aug 8, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, Mars, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science
The icy face of Jupiter’s Europa. A site for life? Credit: NASA What might be waiting for discovery at the frost-covered ground at the poles of Mars? What about on the icy bodies in our Solar System, such as Jupiter’s Europa? Those are cool questions. And to...
Aug 6, 2010 | Commercial Space, Constellation Program, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Mars, The Moon
 Though nearing an August recess, the full U. S. Senate on Thursday (Aug. 5) passed the NASA Authorization Act of 2010, which seeks to strike a compromise with the White House over the space agency’s future direction. The House, which is already in recess, has...
Aug 6, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Mars, NASA, Space Research, The Moon
On the move…ATHLETE robot wheels into the future. Credit: NASA/JPLÂ Sure, athletes are always in workout mode. But what about a robot? Check out the moves of the All-Terrain Hex-Limbed Extra-Terrestrial Explorer – short named: ATHLETE Under development at...
Aug 4, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space and Science
 Just relayed imagery from NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover show it making progress on its long distance trek toward Endeavour crater. Back here on Earth, operators of the rover have had Endeavour in their sights since the summer of 2008, when the wheeled machinery on...
Jul 29, 2010 | Mars, NASA, Space and Science
NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has spotted and photographed its first Dust Devil. The grainy black and white image was snapped by the rover’s camera on July 15, one day after a Martian breeze cleared Opportunity’s solar arrays of dust, producing a...
Jul 23, 2010 | Commercial Space, Constellation Program, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Mars, The Moon
After months of gridlock, the House and Senate have engaged with the White House in a recent flurry of legislative activities intended to produce an agreement on the future of NASA-led space exploration. However, key differences remain, especially over the much larger...
Jul 20, 2010 | Commercial Space, Constellation Program, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Mars, The Moon, Uncategorized
The House Science and Technology Committee meets Thursday to do what the Senate Commerce Science and Transportation Committee did on July 15, consider a NASA authorization bill that attempts to settle differences between the White House and Congress over the future of...
Jul 14, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Mars, NASA, NASA News, Newsroom, Our Solar System, Space and Science
Image of asteroid Itokawa taken by Japan’s Hayabusa spacecraft in 2005. Credit: JAXA NASA is holding next month an Exploration of Near Earth Objects Objectives Workshop, dubbed Explore NOW. The by-invitation only workshop has been sparked by U.S. President Obama’s...