An interview with one of the astronauts who flew Hubble into space 20 years ago
Source: The Houston Chronicle Two decades ago today space shuttle Discovery launched from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, carrying the Hubble Space Telescope in its payload bay. Among the mission’s five NASA astronauts was Steven Hawley, an astronomer now...Is NASA Losing ‘The Right Stuff’? Opinion: The Korea Times
Source: The Korea Times Renowned members of the American astronaut program, the U.S. Congress, and scientific community have warned that planned cuts and changes by the Obama administration to the American space program “destines our nation to become one of...Video contest a new frontier for space kids
Source: The Houston Chronicle Houston astronaut asks youths to give views on exploration Houston’s only native astronaut is reaching out to the next generation of Space City children to learn what NASA can do to motivate them. Shannon Walker, who will launch...Opinion: Mineta: Time to bring Silicon Valley spirit to space industry
Source: SiliconValley Mercury News Just over five years ago, as secretary of transportation I had the honor of presiding over the birth of a new industry in the United States: commercial human space transportation. Thousands of people gathered under the crisp Mojave...Obama’s NASA: Editorial from The Toledo Blade
Source: The Toledo Blade PRESIDENT Obama’s critics don’t believe he has the right stuff when it comes to charting NASA’s future. Yet the President’s vision of the space program, which he outlined recently, will keep it viable in the decades to...GOP senator warns NASA budget cuts will help China beat U.S.
Source: The Hill Congressional opposition to the president’s proposed budget for NASA stiffened on Thursday, as top Republican appropriators accused the White House of attempting to rob the agency of its mission. While President Barack Obama retooled NASA’s spending...Lawmakers Question NASA’s Plan for Private Rockets
Source: The Wall Street Journal Citing safety and budget concerns, members of a Senate appropriations subcommittee Thursday voiced strong opposition to plans to have private rockets transport astronauts to the international space station by the middle of the decade....20 Years Later: Hubble, Humans and the Future of Space Flight
Source: The Atlantic In addition to marking the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, this week also marks the 20th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope — the first of NASA’s four “great observatories” launched to observe the...Will private spaceships have the right stuff?
Commercial orbital taxis won’t have to retrace NASA’s footsteps The White House’s policy for future spaceflight relies on a crucial unknown: Can private companies build and operate space vehicles safe enough to carry astronauts? Many veteran engineers from NASA...Space Talk
#Spazio, #ESA vs #NASA, #Aschbacher: “stop a Lunar Gateway e Mars Sample Return perturbano nostri piani”
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Spazio, ESA vs NASA, Aschbacher: “stop a Lunar Gateway e Mars Sample Return perturbano nostri...
Spazio, ESA vs NASA, Aschbacher: “stop a Lunar Gateway e Mars Sample Return perturbano nostri piani”
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How do you know an elephant was in the refrigerator? The footprints in the butter!
@NASARoman will use a similar technique to study neutron stars, essentially invisible crushed cores of former massive stars, relying on their effects on other stars.
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Name a better office view. 🧑🚀🌎
#OTD in 2009, astronauts installed Wide Field Camera 3 on Hubble during Servicing Mission 4.
WFC3 provides images across three broad regions of light: ultraviolet, visible, and into the near-infrared! Read more: https://go.nasa.gov/439kDQe
To build on the Moon, we need construction materials that can withstand bitter cold – so @NASAglenn invented a machine that can recreate that environment for testing!
This high-powered refrigerator, or cryocooler, removes heat without using any liquid. https://go.nasa.gov/3PGqIR9
