Wanted: A “Perfect” Cup of Coffee for Space
Take notice Starbucks! Rice University students have been working with NASA to provide orbiting astronauts the perfect cup of coffee. The issue onboard the International Space Station is that crew members have four set ratios of coffee, creamer and sugar –...China Prepares for Next Human Spaceflight
China is readying its next human spaceflight mission – Shenzhou -10. That three-person craft is headed toward an early June liftoff from the country’s launch center in Jiuquan, Gansu province. According to Chinese space officials, the piloted Shenzhou-10 will appraise...SpaceShipTwo Moves Forward to First Powered Flight
SpaceShipTwo progress is being made in the skies over the Mojave Air and Space Port in California – successful demonstration on April 12th of key components of the system. SpaceShipTwo carried out a “Cold Flow” flight. The test objectives were achieved, and the craft...New Mexico Spaceport America: New Legislation for Commercial Space Industry
New Mexico’s Spaceport America got a boost in readying itself to handle commercial space operations – such as suborbital flights of passengers via Virgin Galactic’s WhiteKnightTwo/SpaceShipTwo launch system. Following unanimous passage by the state’s legislature, New...All Aboard! Send Your Name, Message to an Asteroid
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is preparing for launch its Hayabusa2 spacecraft – set to depart in 2014 then land on an asteroid in 2018. Then the mission will return samples of the space rock back to Earth in 2020. JAXA has opened up a Haybusa2 name...Book Review: Apollo 11 and Lunar Rover: Owners Workshop Manuals
Apollo 11 and Lunar Rover: Owners Workshop Manuals from Haynes Publishing, Sparkford, UK. Haynes Publishing has issued a number of space-related manuals – and these are cram packed with great photos, good writing, and insightful history. Apollo 11 1969 (including...GRAIL Impacts on the Moon: Plumes of Gas Detected
A science instrument onboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) detected plumes of gas rising from the December 17 impact on the Moon of the space agency’s twin GRAIL spacecraft. Viewing the impact sites, LRO’s Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) aboard LRO...Telltale Clues: Solar System Impact Bombardment
Howardites and eucrites are meteorite classifications, both of which are providing surprising clues to solar system-wide impact bombardment billions of years ago. New research unveils an unexpected link between asteroid Vesta and the Moon, providing new means for...Lights Out! Observe Earth Hour
At 8:30 p.m. today (your local time), many people, organizations and landmarks around the world will observe Earth Hour by turning off their lights for an hour to raise awareness regarding climate change and our planet’s sustainability. From the Empire State Building...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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