U.S., European Scientists Lend New Accuracy to Greenland, Antarctic Ice Losses
An international alliance of scientists, using a wide array of data gathered by satellites as well as airborne sensors, confirms a 20 year record of ice melt from Antarctica as well as Greenland, findings that suggest significant losses related to global warming that ...U. S. Policy Update Stresses Security for Space Systems
An a new directive on space policy, the U. S. Department of Defense emphases a commitment to protect U. S. space assets from external threats, while recognizing the rights of other nation’s to use space for peaceful purposes. The directive also urges greater...Federal Workers Find NASA Best Place to Work
In a close contest, NASA edged out more than a half-dozen federal agencies in a 2012 U. S. Office of Professional Management survey of the best places to work within the U. S. federal government. NASA, with a 74 percent employee satisfaction ranking, topped...Curiosity’s Curious “Finding” on Mars
The scientific community is abuzz about NASA’s one-ton Mars rover, Curiosity, making a finding using a suite of instruments called SAM that can gulp in and analyze Martian soil samples. Those SAM findings have not yet been released. The story that kick-started all the...NASA’s Next Mars Mission Enters Key Phase
NASA’s next mission to Mars is the spacecraft known as the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN for short. MAVEN is set for launch in November 2013. As a Mars orbiter, MAVEN will be the first mission devoted to understanding the Martian atmosphere, with a...NASA’s Kepler Planet Hunter Granted Extended Mission
NASA’s prolific Kepler alien planet hunter has received a potential four-year extension to continue its search for Earth-like worlds circling within the habitable zones of distant stars. The Kepler space telescope’s just ending 3 1/2 year prime mission has...Finding Exoplanets: How to Take the Galactic Census
On the hunt for still undiscovered exoplanets? Take note that a research team has put together a set of directions, pointers to help find planets around other stars. Lowell Observatory astronomer Evgenya Shkolnik and her collaborators have examined new and existing...NASA Offers Space Station Viewers Email, Text Alerts
Just a few days ago, the U. S. led International Space Station reached a significant milestone: a dozen years of continuous human occupancy. NASA astronaut Bill Shepherd and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko arrived aboard a Soyuz capsule on Nov....Atlantis Embarks on New Mission
Under brilliant blue Florida skies, Atlantis, the last of NASA’s shuttle orbiters to leave the Kennedy Space Center nest, made its way Friday to the nearby Kennedy Visitor Center Complex. There, it will star in an inspirational $100 million public exhibit...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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