U. S., Russian Soyuz Crew Sprints to the International Space Station
The latest tenants of the International Space Station, NASA’s Chris Cassidy and Russia’s Pavel Vinogradov and Aleksandr Misurkin, reached the six person orbital outpost in a sprint Thursday, docking in less than six hours after they lifted off. ...GRAIL Impacts on the Moon: Plumes of Gas Detected
A science instrument onboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) detected plumes of gas rising from the December 17 impact on the Moon of the space agency’s twin GRAIL spacecraft. Viewing the impact sites, LRO’s Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) aboard LRO...Telltale Clues: Solar System Impact Bombardment
Howardites and eucrites are meteorite classifications, both of which are providing surprising clues to solar system-wide impact bombardment billions of years ago. New research unveils an unexpected link between asteroid Vesta and the Moon, providing new means for...Planck Mission Finds Universe a Bit Older, Still Mysterious
The European Space Agency’s Planck mission is revealing new details about the early universe, prompting scientists to revise estimates for the age, makeup, material consistency and expansion of the cosmos following the Big Bang. The European space telescope was...Mars Target: Mount Sharp
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has clicked away to create a panoramic view of Mount Sharp. The lower slopes of Mount Sharp are the major destination for the wheeled robot. A mosaic of images from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on Curiosity shows Mount Sharp in a...U. S., Russian Space Station Crew Descends Safely to Earth
Three U. S. and Russian astronauts returned to Earth late Friday, following a weather delayed departure from the International Space Station and the parachute descent of their Soyuz spacecraft into northern Kazakhstan. With the departure, veteran...NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds Mars Suitable for Ancient Biological Activity
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover, a resident of the red planet’s Gale Crater since early August, this week confirmed what many planetary scientists have long believed — Mars was once warm and wet enough to support microbial life. The announcement Tuesday...NASA Asks Students for Help in Protecting Future Space Explorers From Radiation
NASA and Lockheed Martin, the space agency’s aerospace company partner in the development of the Orion crew vehicle, asked students in kindergarten through high school on Monday to assist them in the development of critical radiation shielding for the...Astronomers Address Mystery Over Age of Universe
Astronomers appear closer to solving a celestial puzzle with the help of multiple space telescopes and some dogged data gathering. The enigma involves an aging star, Methuselah, dated at 14.5 billion years old, plus or minus 800 million years. At that age, Methuselah...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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