Red Planet Poll of the “Mars Generation”
The findings and full analysis of a nationwide survey of U.S. citizens that focused on their opinions about the exploration of Mars were released today. The poll found that 76 percent of Americans agree or strongly agree with the statement: “it is worthwhile to...Jupiter’s Europa: New Evidence for Life-sustaining Ocean?
Europa is an icy moon of Jupiter – and may well be an astrobiology target of a future spacecraft mission. Thanks to NASA’s Galileo mission, that spacecraft showed Europa to be covered with a veneer of ice, a cracked façade that may cover a global ocean over 60 miles...SpaceX Dragon Reaches the International Space Station
SpaceX’s Dragon resupply craft reached the International Space Station early Sunday, permitting two NASA astronauts to successfully capture the capsule with the orbiting lab’s Canadian robot arm after some post launch difficulties. The grapple at 5:31...Attention All Skywatchers! Comet Spotting Alert
The first of this year’s two potential bright comets is visible for those who can see low on the western horizon. Officially called comet 2011 L4 (PANSTARRS), this comet is expected to first become viewable March 8 in the northern hemisphere by looking (with a set of...Mission for America Envisions Bold U.S. Trip to Mars
A dozen years ago, wealthy Los Angeles, Calif., businessman Dennis Tito leveraged his wealth as a successful investor and experience as a one time NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientist to make his way into space aboard a Russian rocket. His eight...SPACECAST: Space Weather System for Protecting Satellites
An international effort including Europe, the United States and Japan is focused on protecting the global satellite network from Sun-driven space weather. Satellites can be damaged by high energy charged particles in the Earth’s radiation belts, and during solar...Rock Solid Idea for Deflecting a Killer Asteroid?
If an asteroid has Earth’s name on it, how best to deflect such an incoming menace? A spurt of special spray paint is the possible answer from Dave Hyland, professor of physics and astronomy and also a faculty member in the aerospace engineering department at Texas...Hunt for Exoplanet Atmospheres Intensifies
The count is impressive! The search for exoplanets — planets beyond our own solar system — has taken off over the last decade. A huge tip of the celestial hat goes to NASA’s Kepler mission that was launched in 2009. This mission, encompassing a 100-member...Asteroid Drama Prompts Disaster Concerns
The skies have spoken, and their message was one of concern. Early Friday, while people around the world watched and waited for an asteroid half the size of a football field, 2012 DA14, to skim by the Earth between the orbits of communications and navigational...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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