Soyuz Arrival Returns International Space Station to Six Crew Operations
The International Space Station became the long term home for six astronauts for the first time since mid-September on Friday with the arrival of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three U. S., Russian and European crew members. The two spacecraft docked at 10:19...Fading 2011 Brings Strides in Search for Life Beyond Earth
The last two months of 2011 have produced some remarkable strides in the quest to determine whether life exists elsewhere in universe — at least life as we know it. Life as we know it, means biological activity in environments where liquid water is...U.S. Russian and European Crew Begins Soyuz Journey to the Space Station
U.S., Russian and European astronauts began a five to six month mission to the International Space Station early Wednesday, climbing to orbit from the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome inKazakhstanaboard a Soyuz rocket. NASA’s Don Pettit, Russian Oleg...New NASA App Available for Meteor Watching!
Attention all you skywatchers! There’s a brand new NASA handheld device application for mobile devices that gives you the ability to better track, count and record data about sporadic meteors and meteor showers anywhere in the world. This “Meteor Counter” app enables...U.S., European Satellites Enable Scientists to Explain Japanese Earthquake’s Destructive Force
Three Earth observing satellites are helping scientists explain the enormous destructive force of the tsunami summoned by the Tohoku-Oki Earthquake centered off northeast Japan in March. The magnitude 9 quake on March 11 and the events that followed...Book Review: When Biospheres Collide – A History of NASA’s Planetary Protection Programs
When Biospheres Collide – A History of NASA’s Planetary Protection Programs by Michael Meltzer; NASA History Program Office (NASA SP-2011 – 4234), Washington, D.C.; 2011. Note: Available as NASA e-Book. This is an absorbing look at a topic that receives little...NASA Develops Promising Treatment for Heart Disease — an Example of the Spin Off Potential From Space Exploration
Sometimes the road to success involves a detour to a blind alley. Such is the case with a recent invention developed by a team of creative NASA engineers and scientists at the Johnson Space Center that shows great promise as a minimal invasive treatment for...Mars-bound Rover to Probe Radiation Conditions for Future Astronauts, Living Organisms
NASA’s Curiosity rover now en route for an August 2012 landing on the red planet carries a unique Radiation Assessment Detector – or RAD for short. That device will measure radiation levels at the Martian surface for the first time ever. And in doing so,...Opportunity Mars Rover: Getting Ready for Winter
While NASA’s Curiosity rover is en route to Mars, the Opportunity robot has been busy scoping out sites for the approaching winter on the red planet. Opportunity is on the prowl for locations with a favorable northerly tilt on the north end of Cape York on the rim 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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