Sep 7, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Exploration, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science, Space Research, The Moon
NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere & Dust Environment Explorer mission began a 30-day trek to the moon late Friday, successfully blasting off from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility inVirginia. Flight controllers encountered then quickly addressed a problem with the...
Aug 29, 2013 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Space Research
Introducing “SpiderFab™” technologies – a new development for in-space fabrication of spacecraft components. The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program has announced it has selected Tethers Unlimited, Inc. of Bothell, Washington for a Phase II contract...
Aug 29, 2013 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space and Science
NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars geared itself into autonomous navigation (autonav) – a first time drive that helps the robot steer itself en route to Mount Sharp. The capability uses software that engineers adapted to this larger and more complex vehicle from a similar...
Aug 27, 2013 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, Multimedia, NASA, Space and Science
Want to go along for the ride aboard NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission? Here’s a way without packing your bags. The MAVEN Mars orbiter is being groomed for liftoff in November, 2013. It will carry with it selected art and haiku entries from...
Aug 26, 2013 | Asteroid Exploration, Exploration, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research
NASA’s Asteroid Redirect Mission Notional Concept Video, released on YouTube, offers a fast paced account of how U. S. astronauts might launch aboard an Orion spacecraft mounted atop a Space Launch System rocket to rendezvous with a small asteroid and gather...
Aug 22, 2013 | Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, NASA, Space Race, Space Research
NASA partner Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) of Louisville, Colo., successfully completed a captive-carry test of the firm’s Dream Chaser spacecraft today at the agency’s Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif. It’s another milestone achieved under the...
Aug 22, 2013 | Asteroid Exploration, Benefits of Space Exploration, Exploration, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research
NASA will bring its Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, a 16 inch space telescope, out of retirement in September to scan the solar system for potential destinations for the agency’s proposed Asteroid Retrieval Mission — an ambitious bid to corral...
Aug 21, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space Research
A low-profile, lightweight, space suit simulator has been delivered to NASA, designed to meet the space agency’s research and training needs. Aurora Flight Sciences headquartered in Manassas, Virginia has collaborated with MIT experts to create an exoskeleton to...
Aug 20, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Canadian Space Agency, Education Station, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, Our Solar System, Space and Science, Space Race, The Moon, Why Space
A new report has been released, the Global Exploration Roadmap for 2013, an action plan for space exploration. The Global Exploration Roadmap is being developed by space agencies participating in the International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG): Italy,...
Aug 19, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, NASA, Space Research, Why Space
A research project — Resonant Inductive Near-field Generation System, or RINGS – is a new electromagnetic propulsion technology. The idea could revolutionize the capabilities of satellites and future spacecraft by reducing reliance on propellants and extending...