Got the Touch? New Free App Explores Planet Discoveries
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United Nations organizations are making full use of space-based technologies in a shared quest to enhance our ability to manage planet Earth and to address the critical challenges facing the human condition. “Climate change threatens to have a catastrophic impact on...“Earth Hour” Engages the Space Station
Mark March 31st on your calendar – the day that “Earth Hour” will extend to the International Space Station for the first time. European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) ambassador, André Kuipers, will keep watch over planet Earth as lights...Book Review: The Elusive WOW – Searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
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Bacteria-carrying planets may be wandering through space instead of orbiting a star. That’s the news from the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC), a joint institute of Stanford University and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. A...Pluto Postage: Stamp of Approval Wanted!
As a part of its education and public outreach program, the NASA New Horizons mission to the Pluto system is proposing a stamp commemorating its exploration of Pluto to the U.S. Postal Service. The post office requires that stamp proposals be accompanied by a petition...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...Book Review: When Biospheres Collide – A History of NASA’s Planetary Protection Programs
When Biospheres Collide – A History of NASA’s Planetary Protection Programs by Michael Meltzer; NASA History Program Office (NASA SP-2011 – 4234), Washington, D.C.; 2011. Note: Available as NASA e-Book. This is an absorbing look at a topic that receives little...Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration – New Exhibit Opens!
Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration opens today, organized by the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The just-opened exhibit launches visitors into the exciting future of space exploration as it boldly examines humanity’s next steps “out...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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