Book Review: Strange New Worlds – The Search for Alien Planets…and Life Beyond Our Solar System
Strange New Worlds – The Search for Alien Planets…and Life Beyond Our Solar Systemby Ray Jayawardhana ; Princeton University Press; Princeton, New Jersey; $24.95; (hard cover) March 2011. This delightful and engaging book tells the story of humankind’s quest to locate...NASA’s Mercury Orbiter Ready for Action
Artist captures NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft in orbit around the planet Mercury. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft is the first spacecraft ever to enter Mercury’s...New Simulation Facility Sharpens Expertise for Human Space Voyages
Former astronaut, Bruce McCandless, explains docking of Orion with the International Space Station during opening ceremonies of the Lockheed Martin Space Operations Simulation Center. Credit: Barbara David James Bray, Director for Orion Crew and Service Module, points...The International Space Station as the Bridge to Mars
More than 30 experts from NASA and the commercial space industry will gather in Washington on April 6-7 for the 2nd International Space Station and Mars Conference. The two-day event, hosted by ExploreMars, Inc., will explore the role of the International Space...Book Review: Voyages of Discovery – The Missions of the Space Shuttle Discovery
Voyages of Discovery – The Missions of the Space Shuttle Discovery by Robert A. Adamcik; Apogee Prime; Canada; $24.95 (soft cover); 2010. As NASA’s space shuttle program rolls to full stop, the missions performed by each of the orbiters have been truly stunning. The...Well Suited for Planetary Exploration
Courtesy: UND A unique test of a planetary exploration suit is on tap to be tested at a remote military base in Antarctica. Called the NDX-1 – the suit was designed and constructed at the University of North Dakota (UND) through NASA funding provided by the North...Observe the Moon Night – Mark Your Calendar!
Credit: InOMN “Your Moon, My Moon, Our Moon” – that’s a credo of the International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN)! Mark your calendars as the 2011 event is on October 8th. A dedicated InOMN Internet site provides some great information and downloads to help you plan...Station Astronauts Land Safety in Wintry Kazakhstan
A three-man, U. S. and Russian Soyuz crew descended to a wintry landing in Kazakhstan early Wednesday, ending a 159-day voyage to the International Space Station for NASA’s Scott Kelly and cosmonauts Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka. The landing, under parachute...Satellites Reveal Scope of Japan’s Devastation
The vast scope of the disaster in Japan from Friday’s Earthquake and Tsunami is vivid in satellite views. Some of the most stirring high altitude photographs come from DigitalGlobe, the Longmont, Colo., satellite imagery company. NASA’s Terra and Aqua...Follow Us
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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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