Book Review: Rocket Girl – The Story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America’s First Female Rocket Scientist
Rocket Girl: The Story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America’s First Female Rocket Scientist by George D. Morgan; Prometheus Books; Amherst, New York; $18.00 (soft cover); July 2013. No doubt, many have been absorbed by Homer Hickam’s Rocket Boys (also known as October...Mighty Eagle Prototype Lander Soars with Private Sector Software
Government/private sector collaboration is helping to foster the development of commercial, low-cost missions to the Moon. NASA Marshall Space Flight Center is collaborating with Moon Express, Inc. to test the company’s flight software on NASA’s “Mighty Eagle”...Expect Earthly Dividends from Future Exploration
Expect more on Earth from space as human explorers begin to push beyond the International Space Station to the moon, the asteroids and Mars, the International Space Exploration Coordination Group suggests in a new 21 page white paper, Benefits Stemming from...2nd U. S. Commercial Cargo Service Lifts Off for the International Space Station
An Orbital Sciences Corp. Antares rocket and Cygnus re-supply craft lifted off Wednesday for the International Space Station, marking the inauguration of a second U. S. cargo service for the six person orbiting science lab. Cygnus and a 1,500 pound cargo...First Flight: Cygnus Spacecraft Ready for Resupply Mission
UPDATE: Launch date slip Following a launch review meeting held earlier this morning, Orbital’s Antares team has decided to postpone the launch of the COTS Demonstration mission from Wallops Island, VA by at least 24 hours. The combination of yesterday’s poor weather...NASA Provides New Details of Future Human Asteroid Exploration Mission
Experts within NASA and outside are making strides in their plans for a bold Asteroid Retrieval Mission, a joint robotic and human enterprise that would take U. S. explorers beyond low Earth orbit for the first time since the final Apollo mission to the moon....Focus on Mars!
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover continues its wheeling southwestward toward Mount Sharp, in the middle of Gale Crater. Just released imagery shows the robot in action, including the use of an onboard focusing procedure. The process involves the Mars Hand Lens Imager...NASA’s LADEE Probe Heads for Moon to Study Lunar Environment
NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere & Dust Environment Explorer mission began a 30-day trek to the moon late Friday, successfully blasting off from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility inVirginia. Flight controllers encountered then quickly addressed a problem with the...Orbital Sciences Poised to Become Space Station Commercial Cargo Provider
The Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Antares/Cygnus rocket and cargo capsule was cleared Wednesday for a Sept. 17 lift off on a milestone demonstration re-supply mission to the six person International Space Station, following a NASA led flight readiness review. Lift off of...Space Talk
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#BlueOrigin is eyeing the launch of an uncrewed lander to the Moon within the next 12–16 months. The launch is to demonstrate #MK1's capabilities, which include the ability to deliver up to three tons of payload anywhere on the #Moon.
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.@NASAWebb is providing new scientific insight into how stars and their protoplanetary disks form planets. The #JWST recently observed a system that just finished forming its planets.
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#NASA's latest class of #astronaut candidates has graduated and is now eligible for missions to the Moon, Mars, and the @Space_Station. The agency is also accepting applications for a new class of astronauts.
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The @NASA astronaut selection window is open! #ArtemisGeneration #BeAnAstronaut