Showdown Over Sequestration May Jeopardize NASA’s Commercial Crew Initiative
The White House and Congress are on course for another showdown over Sequestration — a round of automatic federal spending cuts — set for March 1. It’s a replay of the confrontation they managed to avoid just before New Year’s Day. This time,...Asteroid 2012 DA14: Long Gone from Earth
That close flyby of Earth by a space rock should provide new data critical to understanding the potential hazards that other asteroids could pose if they collide with the Earth. Shortly after the destructive Russian fireball event on February 15, asteroid 2012 DA14...Asteroid Drama Prompts Disaster Concerns
The skies have spoken, and their message was one of concern. Early Friday, while people around the world watched and waited for an asteroid half the size of a football field, 2012 DA14, to skim by the Earth between the orbits of communications and navigational...NASA Space Tech Changes Life on Earth for the Better
In Gale Crater on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity rover, is examining the rock and soil before it begins a long trek up Mt. Sharp in search of evidence the now cold dry planet was once warm and wet enough to host some form of life. In U.S. hospitals, QC...Earth from Space: Take a Look at our Home Planet
A new PBS NOVA TV special offers a revealing look at Planet Earth thanks to an armada of space-based assets. Earth from Space has been produced in extensive consultation with NASA scientists, making extensive use of data gleaned by Earth-observing satellites This...Asteroid Flyby of Earth: Experts Comment on Space Rock Close-call
The up-coming close flyby of asteroid DA14 is stirring up considerable attention. On Friday, Feb. 15, the 50-meter-wide asteroid DA14 will pass within 17,000 miles of Earth, closer than a typical communications satellite. This space rock, if it were to impact our...ISS’s Chris Hadfield Premieres a Song, Chats with Captain Kirk
Normally overwhelmed with work, the U. S., Canadian and Russian crew of the International Space Station previewed a song about space travel and made time to chat with William Shatner, of Star Trek Captain Kirk fame, as another busy week on the orbiting...Revealing Mars Mosaic
The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter is a busy bird. Thanks to its high-resolution camera system, the spacecraft has imaged nearly 90% of Mars’ surface. Assuming that good atmospheric conditions coincide with the appropriate orbits, Mars Express scientists...Next Up for Mars: MAVEN Orbiter
NASA’s next mission to Mars is now assembled and has started environmental testing, headed toward launch later this year. The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft is now undergoing environmental testing at Lockheed Martin’s Space Systems...Space Talk
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#NASA estimates that a human mission to Mars could take months or years with current propulsion technologies. To accelerate this timeline, NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are exploring nuclear thermal propulsion.
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.@NASA_Langley is testing the Lightweight Surface Manipulation System AutoNomy capabilities Development for Surface Operations (LANDO), a robotic arm designed to lift payloads and place them on the #lunar surface.
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