Moon’s Last Man Chats with the International Space Station Crew
International Space Station commander Kevin Ford and hisU. S., Russian and Canadian crewmates received praise from Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan on Wednesday and encouragement to serve as an inspiration to the world’s young people. “I’m...President Obama, Family, Friends Remember Columbia Astronauts, Urge U. S. Ahead in Space Exploration
Though separated by many miles, President Obama joined with the families of shuttle Columbia’s crew and the many from NASA who fanned out across the country on Friday to pay tribute to the seven astronauts who perished a decade ago as they...Asteroid Mining Update from the Factory Floor
The private space group – Planetary Resources – headquartered near Seattle, Washington is pushing forward on its Arkyd-100 – the firm’s space telescope and technology demonstrator for their Arkyd series of asteroid prospecting missions. The Arkyd-100 series is the...New Evidence for a Wet Mars
The Red Planet’s early evolution appears to be one that’s water rich, and could have been wet environments to support potential niches for ancient life. New evidence of a wet underground environment on Mars stems from orbital observations by a NASA spacecraft of the...Collins, Brown and Dunbar Join U. S. Astronaut Hall of Fame
Shuttle commanders Eileen Collins and Curt Brown join scientist and payload commander Bonnie Dunbar as the latest astronauts to earn a place in the U. S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. Their April 20 induction at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in...“Sling-Sat” Idea for Removal of Orbital Debris
Space clutter and what to do about this menacing problem will demand creative solutions. Texas A&M Aerospace Engineering Professor Daniele Mortari, and his Ph.D. student Jonathan Missel, are developing a new and imaginative concept that reinvents the way the...Breathe Easy: New Portable Unit for Space Missions
Oxygen…you can’t live without it. And you can’t leave Earth without it either. On long duration space travel, astronauts need to carry out rigorous exercise to help combat the effects of microgravity on the body. NASA engineers at the Glenn Research Center in...New Free NASA Book Offers “Crash Course” in Orbital Debris
What to do about human-made space junk? A first step is get up to speed on speeding orbital clutter! The NASA Academy of Program/Project & Engineering Leadership (APPEL) has made public release of Orbital Debris Management and Risk Mitigation, its first...Students Compete to Control Floating Space Station Robots
It’s not on commercial television, nor are the teams of high school students ranked weekly by the sports media. Yet the competition is intense as student teams sponsored by NASA and the European Space Agency and their respective partners compete for the...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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