U. S., European High School Students Win Space Station Robotics Competition
U. S.and European high school student teams prevailed in a competition this week aboard the International Space Station involving a trio of colorful robotic spheres involved in the simulated exploration of an asteroid. In all, 36 teams competed in the third...Book Review: Fifty Years on the Space Frontier – Halo Orbits, Comets, Asteroids, and More
Fifty Years on the Space Frontier: Halo Orbits, Comets, Asteroids, and More by Robert W. Farquhar; Outskirts Press, Inc., Denver, Colorado; (hard cover); $32.36; 2011 There is renewed and growing interest in imaginative use of L-points in space – special spots in...In Your Face: Space Junk – The 3D Movie, Educator Guide
A new 3D IMAX film explores a troubling legacy of more than five decades of lofting satellites into space. Space Junk 3D takes the viewer on a voyage of challenges: How best to face the increasingly crowded Earth orbits that are littered with speeding and dangerous...Soyuz Arrival Returns International Space Station to Six Crew Operations
The International Space Station became the long term home for six astronauts for the first time since mid-September on Friday with the arrival of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three U. S., Russian and European crew members. The two spacecraft docked at 10:19...U.S. Russian and European Crew Begins Soyuz Journey to the Space Station
U.S., Russian and European astronauts began a five to six month mission to the International Space Station early Wednesday, climbing to orbit from the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome inKazakhstanaboard a Soyuz rocket. NASA’s Don Pettit, Russian Oleg...Aerospace Industry Looks to a Strong 2011 Performance
Despite economic difficulties, this year has been a strong one for the U. S. aerospace industry, according to the Aerospace Industries Association, which represents more than 300 of the top manufactures of civilian and military aircraft, space systems, unmanned...New NASA App Available for Meteor Watching!
Attention all you skywatchers! There’s a brand new NASA handheld device application for mobile devices that gives you the ability to better track, count and record data about sporadic meteors and meteor showers anywhere in the world. This “Meteor Counter” app enables...U.S., European Satellites Enable Scientists to Explain Japanese Earthquake’s Destructive Force
Three Earth observing satellites are helping scientists explain the enormous destructive force of the tsunami summoned by the Tohoku-Oki Earthquake centered off northeast Japan in March. The magnitude 9 quake on March 11 and the events that followed...NASA Develops Promising Treatment for Heart Disease — an Example of the Spin Off Potential From Space Exploration
Sometimes the road to success involves a detour to a blind alley. Such is the case with a recent invention developed by a team of creative NASA engineers and scientists at the Johnson Space Center that shows great promise as a minimal invasive treatment for...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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