Book Review: Falling to Earth – An Apollo 15 Astronaut’s Journey to the Moon
Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut’s Journey to the Moon by Al Worden with Francis French; Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.; $29.95 (hardcover); July 2011. This is a great read, one that is frank in telling the tale of an Apollo astronaut first...Dawn Spacecraft: New View of Asteroid Vesta
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has relayed an impressive new image of asteroid Vesta. Making use of its Framing Camera – a project funded by Germany’s Max Planck Society, the DLR German Aerospace Center, and NASA/JPL — the smallest detail visible on Vesta is about 1.2...Houston Embraces Final Shuttle Crew
The crew of NASA’s final shuttle mission completed the last leg of their mission on Friday, as they returned to Houston, where hundreds from the Texas city welcomed them back as colleagues and neighbors. Neither the rush hour traffic nor the high heat seemed...New Poll: Ending NASA Shuttle Program – Bad for the Country, Private Space Sector Supported
A new CNN/ORC International Poll has found that 50 percent of Americans say curtailing the NASA space shuttle program is bad for country. The findings from the new national survey were released shortly after the space agency’s last shuttle mission came to a wheel’s...Next Mars Rover to Land at Gale Crater
Official word from NASA this morning: The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) — the huge Curiosity rover — will touch down at Gale crater. That site offers access to diverse rock strata, including interbedded sulfates and phyllosilicates in a three mile (5...CSExtra – Friday, July 22, 2011
To subscribe to CSExtra via RSS feed click here. If you would prefer to receive CSExtra in e-mail format, e-mail us at Info@space.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. Friday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related...CSExtra – Thursday, July 21, 2011
To subscribe to CSExtra via RSS feed click here. If you would prefer to receive CSExtra in e-mail format, e-mail us at Info@space.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. Thursday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related...NASA’s Final Shuttle Mission Reaches a Triumphant Wheel Stop
Orbiter Atlantis touched down at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in the pre-dawn Thursday, bringing a triumphant conclusion to the nation’s long running shuttle program. Weather conditions were perfect, as the spacecraft’s rolled onto the runway along...Final Shuttle Crew Can Expect Favorable Landing Weather
The Atlantis astronauts can expect great weather as they attempt to descend to Earth on Thursday, following a successful 13-day re-supply mission to the International Space Station that will mark the end of NASA’s long running shuttle program. The orbiter is...Space Talk
17 August 1936 - Remembering #MargaretHamilton, the pioneering computer scientist who helped define a new era of computing and popularised the term “software engineer.”
As leader of the team that developed the onboard flight software for #NASA’s Apollo Guidance Computer, she
NASA Competition Invites Students to Help Imagine a Future Enabled by Lunar Technologies
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/prizes-challenges-crowdsourcing-program/nasa-competition-invites-students-to-help-imagine-a-future-enabled-by-lunar-technologies/ #Moon #Lunar #Artemis @NASAMoonbase
Absolutely mind-blowing! �✨ It’s incredible how a small amateur telescope can unveil the stunning rings of Saturn so clearly. Looking at this reminds me of how beautifully vast our universe is. A cosmic masterpiece right from a backyard! #Saturn #Astronomy #Space
Saturn and its rings seen through an amateurs telescope!
NASA acaba de publicar una de las visualizaciones más detalladas jamás creadas de las corrientes oceánicas de la Tierra.
Un mapa vivo que revela la compleja red de movimientos que regula el clima, transporta calor y sostiene la vida marina a escala global.
#Oceanos #NASA
