NASA Chief Announces Post-Constellation Field Center Assignments
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on Thursday outlined field center assignments supportive of President Obama’s plans to replace the under funded Constellation program with new initiatives in commercial space transportation and “transformative”...Kennedy Space Center to get $7.8B, but number of jobs stays hazy
Source: Orlando Sentinel NASA officials announced Thursday that Kennedy Space Center would manage the agency’s new effort to fly astronauts aboard commercial rockets, although it’s unclear how many jobs the proposed $5.8 billion program would generate in...A Cleaner Satellite
From the Economist ARISTOTLE believed that the heavens were perfect. If they ever were, they are no longer. The skies above Earth are now littered with the debris of dead satellites, bits of old rockets and the odd tool dropped by a spacewalking astronaut. Such is the...Eight Wonders of the Solar System, Made Interactive
From Scientific American: What might future explorers of the solar system see? Artist Ron Miller takes the viewer on a journey to eight of the most breathtaking views that await explorers of our solar system. The scale of these natural wonders dwarfs anything Earth...Shuttle Experiment Probes Infectious Disease Process in Humans
In a first-of-its-kind experiment, the unique conditions of space flight will be used to examine how cells remain healthy or succumb to disease, particularly in the face of stress or damage. At Arizona State University (ASU) in Tempe, Biodesign Institute researchers...Astronaut Explains Importance of Moon Mission
From Universe Today The debate on why humans should or should not return to the Moon has been ongoing for years. Two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to hear astronaut Ron Garan speak eloquently on a subject he is passionate about, water sustainability on planet...Prognosis Good for Monday Launch
From Florida Today Five days before Discovery’s pre-dawn Monday liftoff to the International Space Station, launch pad 39A is clear of non-essential personnel as the orbiter’s main propulsion system and orbital engines and jets are pressurized for flight....Upcoming NASA, Russian Missions to Place Record Numbers of Women, Japanese Astronauts in Space
NASA’s 13-day, STS-131 mission by the shuttle Discovery will mark a couple of spaceflight milestones, the first times four women and two Japanese have been in space at the same time. Shuttle Discovery is scheduled to lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space...NASA to Help in Toyota Probe
From MSNBC NASA and the National Academy of Sciences are joining the government’s effort to figure out what caused the sudden acceleration problems that led to Toyota’s massive recalls. NASA scientists with expertise in electronics will help the National...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
