NASA Video Chronicles Asteroid Redirect Mission
NASA’s Asteroid Redirect Mission Notional Concept Video, released on YouTube, offers a fast paced account of how U. S. astronauts might launch aboard an Orion spacecraft mounted atop a Space Launch System rocket to rendezvous with a small asteroid and gather...NASA Telescope Re-activated to Seek Possible Asteroid Mission Destinations
NASA will bring its Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, a 16 inch space telescope, out of retirement in September to scan the solar system for potential destinations for the agency’s proposed Asteroid Retrieval Mission — an ambitious bid to corral...Kepler’s Alien Planet Search Ends
NASA’s four-year Kepler space telescope search for Earth-like planets circling distant stars has come to a close, space agency managers announced Thursday, It was a disappointing conclusion to an effort by flight control teams to recover disabled reaction...Juno to Jupiter: Earth Swing-by in October
A NASA probe en route to distant Jupiter has crossed the halfway point to its target. NASA’s Juno spacecraft was launched on Aug. 5, 2011, headed for arrival at massive Jupiter on July 4, 2016. The next milestone in Juno’s nearly five-year journey to Jupiter...Sally Ride: Among Newest Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients
Sally Ride, America’s first woman in space, will become a posthumous recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest honor for those who have made meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of theUnited...NASA Asteroid Mission: Digging in for Mining Savvy
A NASA sample return mission to an asteroid is geared to provide important clues as to how to mine asteroids in the future. Called the OSIRIS-REx – NASA short-hand for the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security and Regolith Explorer – this...Emerging Space Program Investments Reach $1.8 billion in 2013
Euroconsult released today Trends & Prospects for Emerging Space Programs, a report that benchmarks projects, development models, lessons learned and perspectives of countries starting their first or second generation satellite programs. Of the 29 countries...More Efforts to Revive Kepler Space Telescope Mission Planned
Efforts to revive NASA’s Kepler space telescope, the space based observatory now credited with identifying 3,548 possible alien planets in the Milky Way galaxy will enter a new diagnostic phase this week, according to program manager Roger Hunter. The latest...NASA to Celebrate Curiosity Anniversary With Aug. 6 Webcast
The U. S. Curiosity rover will mark a triumphant first anniversary on the surface of Mars on Tuesday, Aug. 6. The anniversary activities will include a live NASA Webcast featuring top agency officials as well as astronauts aboard the International Space Station...Space Talk
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