NASA Satellite to Reenter: Public to be Updated
A hefty NASA satellite is nearing a nose-dive to Earth – almost six years after the end of a productive scientific life. The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite — or UARS — is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere in late September or early October 2011....GRAIL Twosome Set for Moon Voyage
All is in readiness at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 17B in Florida for Thursday’s liftoff of NASA’s twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL, spacecraft. A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is being used for the...Imaging Asteroid Vesta: NASA’s On Duty Dawn Spacecraft
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has been in orbit around asteroid Vesta since July 16th – relaying back to Earth intriguing imagery of the giant space rock. A German camera system on board is being used to acquire images of the asteroid’s surface. These images show craters,...Space Station Robots Reach for Stars
It’s been a big week for robots living outside as well as inside the International Space Station. Robonaut 2, NASA’s humanoid collaboration with U. S. automaker General Motors, however, may have to take a temporary backseat to DEXTRE, the two-armed Canadian...New Report Flags Orbital Debris Threat
A blue ribbon panel of experts has reported that NASA needs a strategic plan to manage orbital debris efforts. Furthermore, they report that risks are increasing for satellites and the International Space Station. The report — Limiting Future Collision...Mars Robot in “New Terrain”
NASA’s Opportunity robot on the red planet has been busy inspecting an intriguing feature – Tisdale-2 – at the rim of the huge Endeavor crater. While analysis of the flat-topped rock is still underway, scientists note that it is different from the rocks that make up...NASA, Nine Other Space Agencies Look to Future Cooperation in the Exploration of Deep Space
Senior officials from NASA and the space agencies of nine other nations gathered in Kyoto, Japan on Tuesday to shape a coordinated multinational strategy for space exploration called the Global Exploration Roadmap. The planning, under way for a year, identifies...NASA’s Jupiter-bound Juno Spacecraft Snags Earth/Moon Photo!
Okay, I know, you’ve got to look hard. But you’re seeing a unique snapshot in space and time! NASA’s Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft has captured its home planet launch pad and our natural satellite — the Moon. “This is a remarkable sight people get to see all too...U.S.-led Partnership Faces Possiblity of Mid-November Space Station De-Staffing
NASA has raised the prospect that the U. S.led, 15-nation International Space Station partnership may have to de-staff the orbiting science laboratory in mid-November, if Russia’s investigation and recovery from the Aug. 24 loss of the Progress 44...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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