Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration – New Exhibit Opens!
Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration opens today, organized by the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The just-opened exhibit launches visitors into the exciting future of space exploration as it boldly examines humanity’s next steps “out...Mars Rover Ready for Red Planet Duties
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is set for a November 25th liftoff. Its destination is Mars’ Gale Crater, with the robot slated to land there in August of next year. During the nearly two-year prime mission of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), the nuclear-powered rover...Spacecraft Video Shows Asteroid Flyby
NASA’s Swift Observatory caught space rock 2005 YU55 as it zoomed past Earth in the early morning hours of November 9th. The telescopes aboard the Swift spacecraft joined professional and amateur astronomers around the globe in monitoring the fast-moving Near Earth...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....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...Pluto Exploration: Free App!
NASA’s New Horizons mission to distant Pluto and the Kuiper Belt can be followed on iPhone and iPad. Now available in the iTunes App Store: “New Horizons: A NASA Voyage to Pluto.” This app brings users the latest news and pictures from the mission, as well as details...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...Venus — Like the Earth and Mars — Has Ozone Layer
The European Space Agency’s Venus Express spacecraft has detected a high altitude ozone layer surrounding the bright planet, a characteristic it shares with the Earth and Mars. The finding, reported by ESA, earlier this month, could help...Pick of the Crop! Space Farm 7 Corn Maze Contest
It is being called the newest form of “agritainment”. In a special outreach titled Space Farm 7, seven of the nation’s top agritourism farms have been selected to celebrate and honor the U.S. space program in collaboration with NASA this fall. Each farm has planted...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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.@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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