President Signs NASA Roadmap Legislation
President Obama on Monday signed the 2010 NASA Authorization bill, providing the space agency with a three-year road map that includes work on a new heavy lift rocket and multi-purpose crew vehicle for future deep space missions as well as funding to support...China Moon Orbiter Starts Data Delivery to Earth
China’s second lunar orbiter – Chang’E-2 – after a second braking action — the probe has settled into a new orbit around the Moon and has delivered its first data to Earth. There are seven scientific instruments, such as a stereo camera, laser altimeter, gamma...NASA’s LCROSS Mission Scores Breakthrough Award
NASA’s 2009 Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, was honored Tuesday night in New York City as the recipient of a Breakthrough award for innovation in science and technology from Popular Mechanics Magazine. The lunar probe was launched on...Update: China’s Chang’e-2 Moon Probe Enters Lunar Orbit
Launched on October 1, China’s Chang’e-2 spacecraft braked itself into an orbit around the Moon on October 6, Beijing local time. Firing its onboard engine for 30 minutes, the probe entered a 100 kilometer by 8,000 kilometer orbit. The craft takes some 12 hours to...China Probe Nears Lunar Orbit
China’s Chang’e-2 is Moon-bound and on course to enter lunar orbit after five days of flight. Launched on October 1, Chang’e-2 is to start orbiting the Moon early this week. The Chinese spacecraft is to enter lunar orbit, initially about 100 kilometers above the...China Set to Launch Second Moon Orbiter
PRAGUE, Czech Republic – China is ready to embark on its second launch of an orbiter to the Moon – another step in a multi-faceted lunar exploration agenda. Chang’E-2 is now ready for departure from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The targeted takeoff window is...Revised House NASA Authorization Bill Aligns With Senate Measure
The House Science and Technology Committee has completed a revised 2010 NASA authorization bill that aligns closely with an already adopted Senate measure that accelerates work on a new heavy lift rocket and crew spacecraft for missions to the moon, asteroids, Mars...Greenhouse for the Moon, Mars Demonstrated
How does your garden grow…if you’re on the Moon or Mars? Answering that question is on the scientific menu of researchers at the University of Arizona (UA) Controlled Environment Agriculture Center (CEAC). They are demonstrating that plants from Earth could be grown...China Readies Next Moon Orbiter
China is on track to launch its next Moon orbiter – Chang’e-2. The lunar probe is to be launched at the end of the year, according to Xinhua, a Chinese news agency. Chang’e-2 follows China’s first lunar mission, a spacecraft that carried out 16-months of research...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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