Explorer Students Quiz Astronauts
With their mission to the International Space Station drawing to a close, astronauts aboard the shuttle Atlantis took time on Saturday to speak with students from NASA Explorer Schools and take their questions about spaceflight. What, wondered one student, is it like...CSExtra – Saturday, May 22, 2010
Saturday’s CSExtra includes the latest reporting and commentary on the formulation of U.S. space policy and NASA’s future. More momentum for international cooperation. Students make an unpaid pitch to Congress for future space exploration. NASA and...Extraterrestrial Bombardment – New Finding
It was a mighty blast from outer space! Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) have identified a dome at least 50 kilometers in diameter, buried under the Timor Sea – a sea bounded to the north by the island of Timor, to the east by the Arafura...X-51A Waverider Readied for May 25 Flight
Prepare to accelerate! If all goes as planned, the X-51A Waverider is to make its first hypersonic flight test attempt on May 25 off the southern coast of California. Once released from a B-52 Stratofortress carrier plane, the unpiloted X-51A is expected to fly...NASA New York TweetUp Registration begins TODAY at 10:00 a.m. EDT
Source: NASA NASA and the World Science Festival Host a Tweetup in the Big Apple NASA and the World Science Festival invite Twitter followers to a behind-the scenes Tweetup at 2 p.m. EDT on Saturday, June 5 at the World Science Festival in New York City. Now in its...Venus Orbiter, Solar Sail: Successful Launch
Japan’s H-IIA Launch Vehicle has successfully lofted the Venus Climate Orbiter, a solar sail experiment and several small mini-payloads. The booster lifted off on May 21 from the Tanegashima Space Center. AKATSUKI, the Venus Climate Orbiter mission (PLANET-C), is on...CSExtra-Friday, May 21, 2010
Friday’s CSExtra includes reporting and commentary on space policy and NASA’s future. A Mars celebration. Japan launches a Venus probe. Meanwhile, spacewalking astronauts from the shuttle Atlantis are scheduled to complete a battery exchange outside the...Human Sunspots! Incredible Image
Skywatcher Thierry Legault has snapped an image of the solar transit of the International Space Station (ISS) and Space Shuttle Atlantis. The spectacular shot was taken just 50 minutes before docking of the two vehicles, taken from the area of Madrid, Spain on May...NASA Kicks Off Virtual Education Program for College Students
Source: NASA NASA will provide college students from across the country with the opportunity to participate in virtual interactive educational sessions focusing on NASA technical challenges and competitions. The agency’s new Minority InnovationChallenges...Space Talk
The Universe is full of invisible radiation …but this is the tiny part we can actually see. ��🌌
Visible light is only a small part of the electromagnetic spectrum, yet it reveals stars, galaxies, nebulae, and planets directly to our eyes and telescopes.
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Sometimes, you don’t need an escape from the world—just a quiet moment to get lost in your own thoughts. 📚🎧#learning #space #nasa #isro
No, sending 6 people to Mars or to the Moon is not a a good investment. Specially since those billions could be use to provide Medicare for all Americans. Benefit millions of people or give a rocket ride to 6 people. Oh yeah, the inventions only help corporations not us #NASA 🤷♂️
Infrared lets us see what visible light can’t. 🌌
It can pass through cosmic dust and reveal hidden stars, warm dust, and regions where new stars are being born….giving us a different view of the Universe.
#space #spacetechnologies #nasa #astrophysics #physics #Astrología
