Student Experiments Hurled Into Space
UP Aerospace rocket liftoff from New Mexico carries student experiments to the edge of space. Credit: Spaceport America SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico – NASA’s Summer of Innovation had a special liftoff here on May 20 with a powerful suborbital rocket scooting to the...Thursday Marks 50th Anniversary of First U. S. Human Spaceflight
The United States marks the 50th anniversary of the nation’s first human space flight on Thursday, the 15-minute voyage of Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard Jr. The May 5, 1961, suborbital flight in the one-man Mercury 7 capsule designated Freedom 7 lifted...Partners Applaud European Space Agency Decision to Extend ISS Operations through 2020
The European Space Agency has formally agreed to an extension of U. S.-led International Space Station operations until at least 2020, adding its commitment to those of the Russian federal space agency, Roscosmos, and the Japan Exploration Aerospace Agency, or JAXA,...Fingernail-sized Satellites to Plow New Ground in Space
Courtesy: Cornell University/Provided Courtesy: Cornell University/Provided Onboard space shuttle Endeavour — on target for launch this Friday — thin, one-inch square chips are headed for mounting on the International Space Station. Developed by...Endeavour Countdown Unfolds Smoothly
UPDATE: 9 p.m., EDT, Brush Fires Near Shuttle Launch Pad Contained A brush fire flared not too far from Endeavour’s launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday afternoon. Though smokey, the blaze did not disrupte the countdown leading to Endeavour...NASA Medical Breakthroughs Spotlighted on HowStuffWorks.com
Credit: NASA Spinoff HowStuffWorks.com has posted an impressive listing of what breakthroughs in medicine came from NASA. The roster of medical advances that came at least in part from NASA research includes: Cool suit to lower body temperature in treatment of...Book Review: Exoplanets
Exoplanets, Edited by Sara Seager; University of Arizona Press; Tucson, Arizona; $35.00 (Cloth); 2011. The editor of this volume, Sara Seager, is the Ellen Swallow Richards Professor of Planetary Science and Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of...NASA Disease Fighting Device Enters Space Technology Hall of Fame
A rotating mechanical device developed by researchers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center a quarter of a century ago to culture living tissues in a low gravity environment was inducted into the Space Technology Hall of Fame this week at the 27th National Space...House Provides New Budget Details Underpinning NASA Exploration Plans
The House Appropriations Committee this week produced new details of the proposed budget Continuing Resolution that would fund the federal government through the end of the 2011 fiscal year, including $18.485 billion for NASA, just over $500 million less than...Space Talk
A tiny pixel, a giant connection to the cosmos!
Proud to be part of #NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope story by adopting a pixel from its first images - joining a global community of curious minds supporting humanity’s quest to explore the universe.
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This past Sunday, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:26 a.m. EDT.
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🚨 DISGRACEFUL🚨 The Department of Deception(NASA) wastes $4.3 BILLION on a “space” telescope at a time the average American is struggling to pay bills. BUT WE HAVE A NEW TELESCOPE! #nasa @nasa
Today, seven planets in our solar system aligned in the night sky, creating a rare celestial even know as a "planetary parade".
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