Cassini at Saturn: “Outta Sight” Imagery of Mimas
The Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn continues to churn out mind-blowing imagery. Collected last month during its closest flyby yet of Saturn’s “Death Star” looking moon, Mimas, new imagery is available for your perusal. The verdict from Carolyn...On Brontosauri and Dark Asteroids
From NASA Imagine you’re a Brontosaurus with your face in a prehistoric tree top, munching on fresh leaves. Your relatives have ruled planet Earth for more than 150 million years. Huge and strong, you feel invincible. You’re not. Fast forward about 65...Russians Unveil Rassvet
From Universe Today Russian space managers unveiled a science beauty today (March 25) in Florida, namely the ‘Rassvet’ research room which serves as Russia’s newest contribution to the International Space Station. Although ‘Rassvet’ was...Last Shuttle Flight Jan. 2011
From Florida Today NASA will probably miss its goal to retire the shuttle fleet this year, with the final launch likely to slip to January 2011, the space agency’s inspector general reported Thursday. But shuttle managers are hustling to meet the current flight...Opportunity Finds Something New
From MSNBC NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity has found a Martian rock covered in weird material as its odometer hit a major milestone this week, with the long-lived robot completing equivalent to a half-marathon on the Red Planet. Opportunity, now in its seventh...NASA Projects 2010 to be Hottest Ever
From the Washington Post The headline to this post may surprise many Washingtonians who are still thawing out from the cold and historically snowy winter. However, not only does a new NASA draft analysis predict that 2010 will likely set a new global temperature...Opportunity is Thinking
From Discovery Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) Spirit and Opportunity have surpassed their designed mission lifespan by an astonishing six years, but don’t let that fool you into thinking their mental capacity is suffering. Far from it. With help from the MER...ISS to get ‘Man Cave’
From Universe Today There might be a new favorite hang-out for astronauts aboard the International Space Station later this year. The Multi Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) known as Leonardo – which will be going to the ISS on the upcoming STS-131 mission...Shuttle Tech
From Motherboard tv Watching astronauts repair one of the most complex machines ever built while flying 300 miles above the Earth in the new IMAX film Hubble 3D may be a ‘religious experience’. But the vehicle they took to get up there can sometimes feel...Space Talk
In this commercial space age, NASA can seem like it's fading. But Artemis II is a reminder that NASA’s unique role may be making outer space feel public, shared, and human.
I explore this in my latest post on May the Force Day:
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The “Public” in Public Space Agency — Come Inspired, Leave Aspired
Why NASA still has a civic role to play in this commercial space era
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@AeroBigMike @Space_Strategy I imagine the first best is Apollo right?
Or actually… might it be the lunar module? Given that it was a two stage vehicle with enough delta V to land on the moon and ascend to LLO again?
@risebnbx @NASA @NOAA This is @NASA_Johnson's WB-57, which is a high-altitude aircraft. For this mission, the plane was carrying a scientific instrument from @NOAA.
You can learn more about the WB-57 here: https://airbornescience.nasa.gov/aircraft/WB-57_-_JSC
@risebnbx @NASA @NOAA This is @NASA_Johnson's WB-57, which is a high-altitude aircraft. For this mission, the plane was carrying a scientific instrument from @NOAA.
You can learn more about the WB-57 here: https://airbornescience.nasa.gov/aircraft/WB-57_-_JSC