Captured by Cassini – Saturn’s Aurora!
A celestial light show has been captured by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft as it explores ringed Saturn and its entourage of moons. A new movie and images have been made using spacecraft data that show Saturn’s shimmering aurora over a two-day period. “Saturn’s auroras are...James Webb Space Telescope Task: Spotting Exo-planet Volcanoes
One new assignment for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope: Spot erupting volcanoes on rocky worlds orbiting distant stars. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large, infrared-optimized space telescope, scheduled for launch in 2014. JWST will find the first...Just In! Raw Images of Saturn Moon – Dione
The Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn has churned out new images of the moon, Dione. Imagery was taken on Sept. 4, 2010 and includes the best views of Dione’s north pole region that Cassini has captured to date. “Just in … crisp, detailed raw images from...Space Station “Back to Business as Usual” following Cooling System Problems
Activities aboard the International Space Station resumed normal operations on Thursday, following a near three week campaign to overcome an external pump motor failure that crippled half of the orbiting lab’s cooling system. Back to normal meant that all...Spacewalkers Recover Space Station Cooling System
Spacewalking astronauts Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson completed repairs to the crippled cooling system aboard the International Space Station on Monday, with their third spacewalk in 10 days. Mission managers believe the station’s vital thermal control...Just In! Cassini Raw Imagery of Saturnian Moons
Raw and unprocessed image of Saturn’s Tethys taken by Cassini spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute The word is in…and so are the new photos! The Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations (CICLOPS) posted today the raw preview of imagery...Extraterrestrial CSI Detective Story
The icy face of Jupiter’s Europa. A site for life? Credit: NASA What might be waiting for discovery at the frost-covered ground at the poles of Mars? What about on the icy bodies in our Solar System, such as Jupiter’s Europa? Those are cool questions. And to...Spacewalkers Experience Setback in Space Station Repairs, NASA Ponders Next Move
Spacewalking astronauts Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson wrestled with balky fluid lines and leaking ammonia on Saturday as they began a series of excursions to replace a failed cooling system pump outside the International Space Station. Saturday’s spacewalk...A Moment in Time: Space Station to Fly Atomic Clock
Columbus module with ACES containing PHARAO and Space H-Maser. Credits: ESA – D. Ducros The International Space Station (ISS) will be the site for an exciting new investigation – probing the principal theories of physics. The Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space...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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