Titan Through Time

Mar 30, 2010 | Events

Titan Through Time will be a 2 1/2 day (Tuesday-Thursday) workshop hosted at NASA/GSFC in Maryland, aimed at bringing together the planetary research community to share recent topical results and to debate about Titan’s formation, evolution and fate. This...

Colloquium Series Lecture: Starship Life Support

Mar 30, 2010 | Events

Dr. Jones will report on the design and cost of a starship, with emphasis on life support systems. He will describe a multigenerational interstellar voyage to colonize a new planet. Nuclear propulsion is required. The mission is more feasible if a small crew travels...

Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust

Mar 30, 2010 | Photo Feature

This new composite image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Spitzer Space Telescope shows the dusty remains of a collapsed star, the dust from which is flying past and engulfing a nearby family of stars. Scientists believe the stars in the image are part...

Next Generation Exploration Conference

Mar 29, 2010 | Events

NASA and the FAA are pleased to announce the opportunity to apply for participation in the Next Generation Exploration Conference (NGEC-3), to be held on April 5-8, 2010, at the NASA Ames Research Center, in Mountain View, CA. Applicants for participation in the...

CSE SETI Institute Colloquium Series

Mar 29, 2010 | Events

What clays can tell us about past climate at Mawrth Vallis, Mars Nancy McKeown Mawrth Vallis has one of the largest exposures of phyllosilicates on Mars. Originally observed by OMEGA, CRISM has refined the detections and allowed positive identification of several...

Cosmos and Culture

Mar 29, 2010 | Book Reviews, NASA, Space and Science

Cosmos & Culture – Cultural Evolution in a Cosmic Context, edited by Steven J. Dick and Mark L. Lupisella; NASA History Series (NASA SP-2009-4802); Washington, D.C.; CASI Price: $25.00. GPO Price: $61.00; 2009. Note: Other commercial vendors such as...

NASA’s First Class of Female Astronauts

Mar 29, 2010 | Photo Feature

From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978, allowing them to enroll in a training...