Video: Small, Smart, Robotic Lander Flown for Moon, Asteroid Missions
“The Eagle has landed.” That declaration by Neil Armstrong was heard from Tranquility Base in 1969. But the phrase was used again on August 28th as engineers watched the touchdown of the “Mighty Eagle” – a NASA robotic prototype lander. The craft sailed to an...Friday Brings Blue Moon, Dramatic Lunar Video
Friday brings a rare Blue Moon — the definition of a second full moon within a single month. At 31 days, August is one of those months with enough days to host the prospect. Thanks to the Lunar and Planetary Institute, of Houston, the unusual event will also...Astronaut Warning System for Outbursts from the Sun
The Sun is acting up again! A huge coronal mass ejection on the Sun was recorded on July 12. Forecasters expect the cloud of energetic particles to arrive at Earth on July 14th. Its impact could spark moderate to severe geomagnetic storms, allowing auroras to be seen...Book Review: 2001 – The Lost Science
2001: The Lost Science by Adam K. Johnson; Apogee Prime; Burlington Ontario, Canada; $49.95 (soft cover); 2012. This large format book adds yet more atmospherics to that already larger-than-life 1968 science fiction movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey, produced and directed...Ice at the Moon’s South Pole: Location for Future Moon Habitat?
The Moon is taking on an icy look thanks to NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft. Using a laser altimeter on the LRO, a research team essentially has illuminated the crater’s interior of Shackleton crater. Scientists from MIT, Brown University, NASA’s...“Earthrise” From the Moon: New Video Retraces Apollo 8 View
In honor of Earth Day 2012, NASA has issued a visualization that draws upon richly detailed maps of the Moon’s surface made from data gathered by the space agency’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The result: You too can share the view seen firsthand back on...Apollo Lunar Rocks Offer New Clues to Origin of Moon
Thanks to lunar material returned to Earth by Apollo moonwalkers decades ago, new research suggests how the Moon was formed. There has been a widely held theory that a giant collision between Earth and a Mars-sized object gave birth to the moon 4.5 billion years ago....Montana 4th Graders Score Amazing Lunar Photos
While NASA’s twin groundbreaking GRAIL mission spacecraft probe the mysteries of the moon’s interior, fourth graders at the Emily Dickenson Elementary School of Bozeman, Mont., have carried out some complementary lunar unraveling of their own....New Data: Asteroid Bombardment of Moon
The Moon is a witness plate of a time when asteroids pummeled the Earth and Moon 4 billion years ago. New lunar data has revealed evidence about that process so long ago. Using information gleaned from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter — an instrument on NASA’s...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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