In a Spin! Commercial Centrifuge Readied for Space Station
A new tool for gravitational research in Earth orbit also marks a new era of commercial utilization of the U.S. National Laboratory – a module that’s part of the International Space Station (ISS). Astrium Space Transportation and NanoRacks LLC have teamed up to offer...Hot Findings: “FLEX” Time in Space
It is known as the Flame Extinguishment Experiment, or FLEX for short. The work on improving fire-fighting techniques in space is being done on the Destiny module of the International Space Station. While important for human space travelers, the experiments on the ISS...Pluto-Bound Spacecraft: Wake-up Call, then Hibernate
NASA’s Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft is more than two billion miles from home. Even at that distance, Earth controllers this month have woken up the probe from hibernation, as well as successfully test the New Horizons Radio Science Experiment (REX). That test...President Obama, NASA Honor the Nation’s Fallen Astronauts
President Obama joined with NASA on Thursday to honor the aspirations and sacrifice of the 17 astronauts who perished aboard the shuttles Columbia and Challenger and in the Apollo 1 fire as they pushed the boundaries of exploration for the...Satellite Imagery: Sun-spurred Storm Flung in Direction of Earth
Talk about your sunny disposition! The Sun is brewing with activity following one of the longest and weakest periods of action in many cycles In late January 2012, our nearest star offered a preview of coming attractions in the solar maximum of 2012–13. The...Cassini’s Ultra-Close Flyby of Saturn Moon
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has made the closest fly of Saturn’s moon, Dione. Caught by the Cassini image equipment – two smaller moons, Epimetheus and Prometheus, near the planet’s ring system. How did this impressive flyby of the moon stack up overall? This encounter...U. S. Secretary of State: Global Powers in Need of Space Code of Conduct
Secretary of State Hilliary Rodham Clinton pledged a new U. S.-led effort on Tuesday to develop an international space code of conduct to foster peaceful and productive uses of outer space. The initative — an International Code of Conduct for Outer Space...NASA Space Telescopes Star at Astronomy Conference
A collection of NASA’s best known space observatories, often working in collaboration with new generations of powerful ground-based telescopes, starred this week in a series of headline grabbing discoveries involving galaxy clusters, black holes, stellar...International Campaign to Monitor Fall of Russian Spacecraft
The wayward Russian Marscraft, Phobos-Grunt, is expected to soon dive into the Earth’s atmosphere, destroying itself during a fiery re-entry process. Phobos–Grunt was launched on November 8 of last year, but due to a propulsion failure, the spacecraft was marooned in...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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