Space Center Houston Exhibit to Feature NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, Orbiter Replica
The Boeing Co. is partnered with Space Center Houston to develop a unique $12 million educational display commemorating NASA’s space shuttle era. The Shuttle and 747 Carrier Project is expected to open in 2015 at Space Center Houston, the official visitor’s...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...Administrator Charles Bolden Welcomes Eight New Astronauts to NASA
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden greeted eight new astronaut candidates at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on Tuesday, the first of their profession to join the space agency in four years. The four men and four women will train for two years at NASA’s...New Space Roadmap Released
A new report has been released, the Global Exploration Roadmap for 2013, an action plan for space exploration. The Global Exploration Roadmap is being developed by space agencies participating in the International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG): Italy,...Rosetta Comet Mission: Arrival Next Year!
The en route space probe, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta, is scheduled to rendezvous with comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko next year, deposit a lander on its surface, and accompany the comet on its way toward the Sun. The ESA mission offers a unique chance to...Russian Spacewalk Readies Space Station for new Science Module
Cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Alexander Misurkin strung power and data cables outside the International Space Station’s Russian segment on Friday to provide Russia’s future Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module with electricity and Ethernet connectivity...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...Book Review: Red Rover – Inside the Story of Robotic Space Exploration, from Genesis to the Mars Rover Curiosity
Red Rover – Inside the Story of Robotic Space Exploration, from Genesis to the Mars Rover Curiosity by Roger Wiens; Basic Books; New York, New York; $25.99; 2013. This is a great read, and adds to the ambience and high-saluting given to NASA’s Curiosity rover...Space Talk
A sweet way to celebrate 200 days in space. 🚀🍪 Jessica Watkins marks the milestone aboard the International Space Station, joined by Anna Kikina and Sergey Teteryatnikov. #Expedition75 #NASA #SpaceStation
Your name could fly to Titan. NASA's Dragonfly will explore a world with methane rain, rivers and lakes. Launch planned for 2028; arrival in 2034.
Submit by Jan 15, 2027, 11:59 p.m. ET:
https://go.nasa.gov/dragonfly-names
#Titan #Dragonfly #NASA
Before and after: the top of the rocket on the pad a minute before liftoff. Before, Orion's abort tower on a smooth fairing. Now Apollo's command module and escape tower. Beta testing is open, iPhone or iPad on iOS 26+: contact@moonjourney.app #buildinpublic #space #rocketlaunch
What a show at #NASA Max Power with the USAF #Thunderbirds yesterday!
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