House Panel Greets NASA Asteroid Plan With Skepticism, Favors Moon as Next Step to Mars
Plans to robotically capture and corral a small asteroid into a stable lunar orbit so it can be explored byU. S.astronauts as early as 2021 got a chilly reception as the strategy was outlined Tuesday before the House Space Subcommittee, a NASA oversight...New Stethoscope for Space Travelers
Even in outer space…the beat goes on! The heart beat that is. But how best to monitor its condition on lengthy space treks, say to Mars? An engineering team of students has designed a new stethoscope for NASA to deliver accurate heart- and body-sounds to medics who...Mars Rocks! Yearly Red Planet Crater Count
This set of images from cameras on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter documents the appearance of a new cluster of impact craters on Mars. The orbiter has imaged at least 248 fresh craters, or crater clusters, on Mars.Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Univ. of...Tops in Innovation, NASA Marks Anniversary of Al Shepard’s Mercury Mission
Now ranked as the most innovative place to work within the U. S. federal government, NASA on Sunday marked the 52nd anniversary of the first American spaceflight. On May 5, 1961, NASA astronaut Alan B. Shepard lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., aboard the...All Aboard for Mars! Submit Your Name Campaign
If you want to be outbound and onboard NASA’s next mission to Mars – better hurry. NASA is inviting members of the public to submit their names and a personal message online for a DVD to be carried aboard a spacecraft that will study the Martian upper atmosphere. The...Former U. S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison Receives 2013 Rotary National Award for Space Achievement
Kay Bailey Hutchison, retired long time U. S. Senator from Texas who helped to shape and fund NASA’s future over nearly two decades as a Washington legislator, was honored Friday as the 2013 recipient of the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement and the...Book Review: Spacewalker – My Journey in Space and Faith as NASA’s Record-Setting Frequent Flyer
Spacewalker – My Journey in Space and Faith as NASA’s Record-Setting Frequent Flyer by Jerry Ross with John Norberg; Purdue University Press, $29.95; 2013. As a former astronaut, Jerry Ross has written a personal account of his childhood in rural Indiana, then taking...Destination Mars
The “Destination Mars” video was unveiled Monday, April 8, during the opening ceremony of the 29th National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs. Follow two childhood friends from the moment Curiosity’s landing on Mars captures their imaginations to...U. S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Welcomes Three
Three NASA shuttle-era astronauts, two of them women, were inducted into the U. S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on Saturday. Those honored in ceremonies at the Hall, close to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., included Eileen Collins, the first woman...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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