Neil Armstrong Rembered at NASA’s Johnson Space Center
Family, friends and those who worked along side Neil Armstrong paid tribute to the Apollo 11 commander at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Thursday and dedicated a native Live Oak to his memory. The first human to step to the surface of another...Winged Dream Chaser Prepares for First Flight Test
Sierra Nevada Corporation’s winged Dream Chaser is bound for NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Prior to Dream Chaser’s first autonomous free flight Approach and Landing Test (ALT), the craft will continue a series of tests,...Tops in Innovation, NASA Marks Anniversary of Al Shepard’s Mercury Mission
Now ranked as the most innovative place to work within the U. S. federal government, NASA on Sunday marked the 52nd anniversary of the first American spaceflight. On May 5, 1961, NASA astronaut Alan B. Shepard lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., aboard the...Book Review: Spacewalker – My Journey in Space and Faith as NASA’s Record-Setting Frequent Flyer
Spacewalker – My Journey in Space and Faith as NASA’s Record-Setting Frequent Flyer by Jerry Ross with John Norberg; Purdue University Press, $29.95; 2013. As a former astronaut, Jerry Ross has written a personal account of his childhood in rural Indiana, then taking...Book Review: Apollo 11 and Lunar Rover: Owners Workshop Manuals
Apollo 11 and Lunar Rover: Owners Workshop Manuals from Haynes Publishing, Sparkford, UK. Haynes Publishing has issued a number of space-related manuals – and these are cram packed with great photos, good writing, and insightful history. Apollo 11 1969 (including...Congress Ponders Space Leadership Provision
Congress is considering some substantial changes in the way NASA is led, managed from the outside and funded, as policy makers attempt to give the nation’s civil space program a sharper focus as well as the stability to ensure the sustained...Red Planet Poll of the “Mars Generation”
The findings and full analysis of a nationwide survey of U.S. citizens that focused on their opinions about the exploration of Mars were released today. The poll found that 76 percent of Americans agree or strongly agree with the statement: “it is worthwhile to...Humans on Mars by 2033: New Poll Shows High Confidence
A new national opinion poll has found a “Mars Generation” that’s confident humans will go to Mars by 2033. When told that there are currently two operational NASA rovers on Mars – the NASA Curiosity and Opportunity rovers — 67 percent of respondents agreed the...NASA: On the BEAM – New Add-on for Space Station
NASA formally announced today a newly planned addition to the International Space Station – the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM). The partnership to attach BEAM to the ISS involves the space agency and the private company, Bigelow Aerospace of North Las...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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