NASA Likely to Need More Astronauts, National Research Council Study Concludes
NASA’s shrinking astronaut corps is headed toward a post shuttle era shortfall because of the demands of long duration missions aboard the International Space Station, uncertainties over the role the fliers will play in nurturing commercial space...NASA Satellite to Reenter: Public to be Updated
A hefty NASA satellite is nearing a nose-dive to Earth – almost six years after the end of a productive scientific life. The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite — or UARS — is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere in late September or early October 2011....Space Station Robots Reach for Stars
It’s been a big week for robots living outside as well as inside the International Space Station. Robonaut 2, NASA’s humanoid collaboration with U. S. automaker General Motors, however, may have to take a temporary backseat to DEXTRE, the two-armed Canadian...U.S.-led Partnership Faces Possiblity of Mid-November Space Station De-Staffing
NASA has raised the prospect that the U. S.led, 15-nation International Space Station partnership may have to de-staff the orbiting science laboratory in mid-November, if Russia’s investigation and recovery from the Aug. 24 loss of the Progress 44...NASA Auditors Back Shuttle Display Venue Decision
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and his staff acted properly and without political influence in their choice of U. S.venues for the display of the retired space shuttle orbiters, Discovery, Endeavour, Atlantis and the test glider Enterprise, the...Experiment Data Released from Last Shuttle Flight
One of the last experiments to be flown on the NASA space shuttle program is helping to unravel the role of microgravity and its impact on plants and bacteria. QinetiQ North America today announced the results of its first Symbiotic Nodulation in a Reduced Gravity...Video Extravaganza! Space Shuttle -The Complete Missions
Check out this just issued and impressive video from the Nature Video Channel. NASA’s 30-year Space Transportation System (STS) program came to an end on 21st July 2011. The Space Shuttle fleet delivered the Hubble Space Telescope, the International Space Station, and...New Poll: Ending NASA Shuttle Program – Bad for the Country, Private Space Sector Supported
A new CNN/ORC International Poll has found that 50 percent of Americans say curtailing the NASA space shuttle program is bad for country. The findings from the new national survey were released shortly after the space agency’s last shuttle mission came to a wheel’s...De-Cluttering Outer Space: The Four Critical “Cs”
The worrisome build-up of human-caused orbital debris has reached a critical point. Collisions between objects will continue to occur, and so will impact damages to operational spacecraft. The trend will get worse unless more aggressive actions — such as active...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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