NASA’s Next Mars Mission Readied for Florida Trek
It may not look like a time machine, but in regards to Mars, that’s what NASA’s next mission to the red planet will become. The spacecraft builders at Lockheed Martin near Denver, Colorado are set to ship NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) orbiter...Codename Red: Space Research ID’s Cholesterol-cutting Bacterium
A cholesterol-diminishing bacterium has been identified thanks to space research. The European Space Agency (ESA) has been looking into self-contained eco systems, ways to recycle mission waste into oxygen, water, and food. Under the ESA-led Micro-Ecological Life...How to Put Humans on Mars?: BBC/Imperial College London Explore Challenges
A team of academics from Imperial College London have blueprinted a concept on how best to place a trio of space travelers on the surface of the red planet. The mock mission to Mars is to be showcased on a special five-part program carried by the BBC. The researchers...NASA’s Curiosity Rover on Mars: On a Roll!
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has issued a map showing the route driven by the rover Curiosity through the 342 Martian day, or sol, as of July 21, 2013. Shown in the map, the numbering of the dots along the line indicates the sol number of each drive. North is up....Second NASA Curiosity Mission Would Seek Evidence of Past Life on Mars
NASA is refining plans for a second SUV-sized Curiosity rover mission to Mars in 2020 that would search for evidence of past biological activity, a potential international enterprise whose results may address the prospects for life elsewhere in the solar system and...New Studies Focus on Bone Loss, Infectious Disease Risk in Space Travel
New grants have been awarded, dedicated to detecting bone loss of astronauts in microgravity, as well as infectious disease risks for crews during long-term space travel. NASA and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) have announced that two Arizona...Atlantis Exhibit Makes Weekend Debut
Orbiter Atlantis, a veteran of 33 NASA shuttle missions, goes on public display in Central Florida on Saturday as the centerpiece of a $100 million Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex exhibit. More than 40 astronauts, including NASA Administrator...Eight New Astronauts to Help U.S. Define Space Future
NASA has chosen four men and four women, most of them with military aviation in their wide ranging professional backgrounds, to help define the nation’s post-space shuttle era. They report to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in August to prepare...Book Review: The Space Book: From the Beginning to the End of Time, 250 Milestones in the History of Space & Astronomy
The Space Book: From the Beginning to the End of Time, 250 Milestones in the History of Space & Astronomy by Jim Bell; Sterling Publishing Co. Inc; New York, New York; (hard cover) $29.95; May 2013. This elegant, eye-catching book offers stunning photographs and...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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