Unexpected Discovery on Earth’s Moon
The Moon isn’t what it’s cracked up to be! It is more a stretch, according to new data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft. Imagery taken by LRO has shown the Moon’s crust is being stretched, forming minute valleys in a few small areas on the...Nation, John Glenn to Mark 50th Anniversary of First U. S. Human Orbital Mission
Mercury astronaut John Glenn, an accomplished Marine Corps aviator with deep Midwestern roots and a winning smile, became the first American to circle the Earth on Feb. 20, 1962. Now 90, Glenn plans to mark the 50th anniversary of the historic flight in Cape...New Horizons: Edition Apollo 104 Poster Set
New Horizons: Edition Apollo 104 Poster Set, By Robert Godwin; Apogee Books, Canada; $49.95; 2011. This is Apollo on steroids…panoramic photography on the Moon. It is imagery that you’ve never experienced. The folks at Apogee Books have done an incredible job of...In a Spin! Commercial Centrifuge Readied for Space Station
A new tool for gravitational research in Earth orbit also marks a new era of commercial utilization of the U.S. National Laboratory – a module that’s part of the International Space Station (ISS). Astrium Space Transportation and NanoRacks LLC have teamed up to offer...Eager Americans Flood NASA With Astronaut Applications
NASA received a startling number of applications for a relatively small number of openings in the agency’s next class of astronauts — the men and women will live and work aboard the International Space Station, pioneer the use of new...Stunning Space Station Video: Moonset over the Atlantic Ocean
NASA’s Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth has issued a fascinating video, courtesy of the crew of Expedition 30 on board the International Space Station (ISS). The sequence of shots was taken January 9, 2012 from 11:45:52 to 11:55:44 GMT, on a pass over the...President Obama, NASA Honor the Nation’s Fallen Astronauts
President Obama joined with NASA on Thursday to honor the aspirations and sacrifice of the 17 astronauts who perished aboard the shuttles Columbia and Challenger and in the Apollo  1 fire as they pushed the boundaries of exploration for the...Montana Fourth Graders Chose “Ebb” and “Flow” as Names for NASA Moon Probes
NASA’s twin GRAIL A and B spacecraft, which maneuvered into orbit around the moon on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day have new names — Ebb and Flow — thanks to some creative thinking by fourth graders at the Emily Dickinson...NASA’s Orion Available for Public Viewing in Oklahoma, Texas and Alabama
A test version of NASA’s Orion/Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle will go on public display in the coming weeks as it is transported from White Sands, N. M., to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., The spacecraft that NASA has chosen to...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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