Book Review: The Spaceflight Vault – A History of NASA’s Manned Missions
The Spaceflight Vault – A History of NASA’s Manned Missions by Mark Mayfield; Whitman Publishing, LLC; Atlanta, Georgia; $49.95 (hard cover/box); 2010. Here’s a book that keeps on giving and giving. This volume is designed as a scrapbook, but also provides a...2010 Desert RATS Nears Mid Point
NASA’s Desert RATS is nearing the half-way point of its 15-day, 2010 field exercises on the Black Point Lava Flow in Northern Arizona. It’s been nearly 24/7 for the 100 engineers and scientists involved in the high tech demonstration of rovers, habitats...Ares 1 First Stage Undergoes Successful Ground Test at ATK in Utah
With a thunderous roar, the world’s most powerful solid rocket motor, developed by Alliant Techsystems Inc., as the first stage for NASA’s Ares 1 crew exploration vehicle, fired for two minutes Tuesday at a desert test facility in Promontory, Utah. DM-2...Plans Advanced for Human Trek to an Asteroid
ANAHEIM, California – Sending humans into deep space to make an up-close-and-personal survey of an asteroid is getting increased attention. Speaking last April at the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida on space exploration in the 21st century, President...NASA’s 2010 Desert Rats, an annual Field Test of Rovers, Habitats and Space Suits Opens Tuesday. Follow Along. Ask Questions. Special Webcast on Wednesday
. While the White House and Congress debate the nation’s future course in the exploration of space, NASA is preparing its engineers and scientists to carry out their decision, whether it be ambitious missions to the moon, the asteroids, or Mars. And this year,...NASA Medical, Psychological Experts Respond to Call from Chile to Assist Trapped Miners
Early this week, a small team of experts from NASA’s Johnson Space Center will head for Chile under the sponsorship of the U. S. State Department to assist officials with what’s expected to be a long running effort to rescue 33 miners trapped a half-mile...Arizona’s Black Point Lava Flow Beckons NASA’s Desert Rats
Stretched across much of northern Arizona, the Black Point Lava Flow resembles an alien landscape on Earth, the perfect place for NASA to test rovers, habitats, space suits and the other equipment that future astronauts will need when they explore the moon, the...Physical Fitness Test Studied for Space Travelers
Space travel…can you pass a test? Yes, even in outer space you have to make the grade. That’s the news from a team of Kansas State University researchers, funded by NASA to research what physical characteristics are necessary for an astronaut to perform tasks on the...NASA Looks to Innovative Lunar Demos for Data Purchase
Private lunar rover. Courtesy Astrobotic Technology NASA has made an offer to buy data provided via commercial lunar landers. The space agency announcement falls under its Innovative Lunar Demonstrations Data (ILDD) program, an initiative with a total budget of $30...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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