Red Planet Poll of the “Mars Generation”
The findings and full analysis of a nationwide survey of U.S. citizens that focused on their opinions about the exploration of Mars were released today. The poll found that 76 percent of Americans agree or strongly agree with the statement: “it is worthwhile to...Comets Viewed as Breeding Ground for Life
Those wispy worlds of ice know as comets may be linked to kick-starting life on Earth. Experiments by chemists from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Hawaii, Manoa, suggest that conditions in space are capable of creating complex dipeptides...Jupiter’s Europa: New Evidence for Life-sustaining Ocean?
Europa is an icy moon of Jupiter – and may well be an astrobiology target of a future spacecraft mission. Thanks to NASA’s Galileo mission, that spacecraft showed Europa to be covered with a veneer of ice, a cracked façade that may cover a global ocean over 60 miles...Attention All Skywatchers! Comet Spotting Alert
The first of this year’s two potential bright comets is visible for those who can see low on the western horizon. Officially called comet 2011 L4 (PANSTARRS), this comet is expected to first become viewable March 8 in the northern hemisphere by looking (with a set of...SPACECAST: Space Weather System for Protecting Satellites
An international effort including Europe, the United States and Japan is focused on protecting the global satellite network from Sun-driven space weather. Satellites can be damaged by high energy charged particles in the Earth’s radiation belts, and during solar...Rock Solid Idea for Deflecting a Killer Asteroid?
If an asteroid has Earth’s name on it, how best to deflect such an incoming menace? A spurt of special spray paint is the possible answer from Dave Hyland, professor of physics and astronomy and also a faculty member in the aerospace engineering department at Texas...Hunt for Exoplanet Atmospheres Intensifies
The count is impressive! The search for exoplanets — planets beyond our own solar system — has taken off over the last decade. A huge tip of the celestial hat goes to NASA’s Kepler mission that was launched in 2009. This mission, encompassing a 100-member...Asteroid 2012 DA14: Long Gone from Earth
That close flyby of Earth by a space rock should provide new data critical to understanding the potential hazards that other asteroids could pose if they collide with the Earth. Shortly after the destructive Russian fireball event on February 15, asteroid 2012 DA14...Earth from Space: Take a Look at our Home Planet
A new PBS NOVA TV special offers a revealing look at Planet Earth thanks to an armada of space-based assets. Earth from Space has been produced in extensive consultation with NASA scientists, making extensive use of data gleaned by Earth-observing satellites This...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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