Big Asteroid to Dash Past the Earth on Tuesday
The image is grainy, but the bottom line is clear. Asteroid 2005 YU 55 is one large space rock. The blunt object, about the size of a U. S. Navy aircraft carrier, is on a course to glide past the Earth on Tuesday, making its closest approach at 5:28 p.m., EST....Book Review: Drifting on Alien Winds – Exploring the Skies and Weather of Other Worlds
Drifting on Alien Winds – Exploring the Skies and Weather of Other Worlds by Michael Carroll; Springer Science + Business Media, LLC, New York: $39.95 (Hardcover); 2011. From the creative and artistic mind of Michael Carroll comes an original and fact-filled look at...New Findings Suggest Mars More Suited to Underground Life
Life on Mars — if it ever arose — most likely flourished underground, according to scientists, who base their new conclusions on clay minerals detected by a pair of U. S. and European spacecraft circling the Red Planet. The findings, collected...Rina Forces Early End to NASA Asteroid Analog Mission
The NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations undersea asteroid analog mission off Key Largo,Fla., came to an early end on Wednesday. The six NEEMO crew members surfaced after forecasters predicted Hurricane Rina, a late season tropical storm in the western...Mars Rover Looks for Parking Spot to Endure Martian Winter
NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity continues to explore Endeavour crater. Rover operators are looking for a special parking spot for the robot – just in time to face winter on Mars. “The power situation for the upcoming Martian winter requires that Opportunity...NASA-led Undersea Asteroid Analog Mission Underway off Key Largo
Anchored 60 feet below the Atlantic Ocean just off Key Largo,Fla., the Aquarius undersea habitat is serving as a outpost for an international astronaut crew, one of the world’s foremost experts on Martian geology and a NASA support team focused on the...NASA Call: Preserve and Protect the Lunar Landing Sites
The Moon is peppered with human-made artifacts and historical sites that document humankind’s zeal for exploring the Moon. Robert Kelso, director of lunar commercial services for NASA, has developed a set of guidelines intended to safeguard the historic and scientific...Spitzer Telescope Spots Echo of Violent Early Solar System Activity
 NASA’s Spitzer space telescope has unveiled what may be a “nearby” replay of the same violent processes that unfolded in our own solar system billions of years ago. Imagery from the infrared observatory has spotted a stream of comets raining down on...Peter Frampton, Bandmates Chat with Space Station Astronauts
Count British born musician Peter Frampton, who soared to fame in the 1970s for his arena rock concerts and best selling album Frampton Comes Alive!, as a big fan of NASA and space exploration. The 61-year-old headliner and his band trekked to NASA’s...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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