New Video: Severe Weather Views Via Satellite
The severe weather ravaging the central and eastern U.S. has been captured by a weather satellite. NASA has created an animation of data from NOAA’s GOES-13 satellite that shows the frontal system pushing east as it generated severe weather in Ohio, Kentucky,...New Data: Asteroid Bombardment of Moon
The Moon is a witness plate of a time when asteroids pummeled the Earth and Moon 4 billion years ago. New lunar data has revealed evidence about that process so long ago. Using information gleaned from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter — an instrument on NASA’s...Nomad Planets: Our Galaxy Awash in Homeless Worlds?
Bacteria-carrying planets may be wandering through space instead of orbiting a star. That’s the news from the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC), a joint institute of Stanford University and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. A...John Glenn, NASA Leaders Look to U. S. Space Future
Mercury astronaut John Glenn joined top NASA leaders in Ohio on Monday to mark the 50th anniversary of his historic three orbit mission around the Earth, with a look to the nation’s future in space. The NASA Future Forum at Ohio State University...Unexpected Discovery on Earth’s Moon
The Moon isn’t what it’s cracked up to be! It is more a stretch, according to new data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft. Imagery taken by LRO has shown the Moon’s crust is being stretched, forming minute valleys in a few small areas on the...Video: Now Hear This – The Sounds of Space!
Space travelers have an ear for music! Indeed, according to the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Euronews, there are many links between music and space. Astronauts take their favorite rock music with them to orbit, while musicians on Earth often take inspiration from the...Pluto Postage: Stamp of Approval Wanted!
As a part of its education and public outreach program, the NASA New Horizons mission to the Pluto system is proposing a stamp commemorating its exploration of Pluto to the U.S. Postal Service. The post office requires that stamp proposals be accompanied by a petition...Nation, John Glenn to Mark 50th Anniversary of First U. S. Human Orbital Mission
Mercury astronaut John Glenn, an accomplished Marine Corps aviator with deep Midwestern roots and a winning smile, became the first American to circle the Earth on Feb. 20, 1962. Now 90, Glenn plans to mark the 50th anniversary of the historic flight in Cape...New Horizons: Edition Apollo 104 Poster Set
New Horizons: Edition Apollo 104 Poster Set, By Robert Godwin; Apogee Books, Canada; $49.95; 2011. This is Apollo on steroids…panoramic photography on the Moon. It is imagery that you’ve never experienced. The folks at Apogee Books have done an incredible job of...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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