U. S., Canadian, Russian Crew Departs for the Space Station
A Soyuz rocket with U. S., Canadian and Russian astronauts sped toward a linkup with the International Space Station early Friday, following a flawless lift off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA’s Tom Marshburn, CSA’s Chris Hadfield and...Two Mars Rovers: Armed for Action!
At two distant locations on Mars, NASA rovers are “strong arming” the planet. The Curiosity rover is busy working with its robot arm to help researchers choose a rock to drill within the shallow depression named “Yellowknife Bay”. Meanwhile, the Opportunity rover is...NASA Report: Commercial Crew Progress Continues
A bi-monthly newsletter of accomplishments, progress, and happenings in NASA’s commercial crew and cargo development programs is available from the Commercial Spaceflight Development Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Four months into the Commercial...Live Broadcast: NASA Twin Probes Set to Impact Moon
Their fate is now sealed. NASA’s twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft are en route to a ruinous ending. The trajectory of both spacecraft have been modified, with each slated to impact the moon on Monday afternoon, Dec. 17, at about 2:28...Fiscal Cliff Jeopardizes Civil Space Jobs
The looming Fiscal Cliff could have dire consequences for NASA, the nation’s lead civil space agency, and NOAA, the agency responsible for satellite weather observations and climate studies, according to an analysis prepared for the Washington-based...Space Rock Flyby of Earth: Radar Images of Asteroid Toutatis
A crack team of planetary radar specialists at NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory snagged a sequence of images of asteroid Toutatis as it whisked by the Earth December 12th. An observing campaign of the space rock was carried out at the Goldstone facility in California....Airborne Search for Molecular Clues to Extraterrestrial Life
Scientists are taking to the air to look for life elsewhere. Astrobiologists will be surveying newly born stars for the presence of precursors to life – research that is anchored in use of NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), the...NASA Awards $30 million to its Commercial Crew Partners for Safety Certification Activities
NASA awarded $30 million to three U. S. companies on Monday to certify the safety of their commercial spacecraft to carry astronauts to the International Space Station. The space agency is already working with the companies, Boeing and its CST-100 capsule; SpaceX and...Space Foundation, National Research Council Call for Bolder Course for U. S. Space Exploration
The outside advice directed at NASA and theU. S.civil space program came in waves this week, just as the space agency was unveiling changes to its Mars exploration program, including plans for the launching of a second Curiosity class rover in 2020. An earlier...Space Talk
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