Four to Join U. S. Astronaut Hall of Fame
The first African-American space traveler is among four men and women who will be inducted into the U. S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in Titusville, Fla., on Saturday (June 5). Guion Bluford, now 67, earned the distinction on Aug. 30, 1983, as he lifted off on the eighth...U. S., Russian and Japanese Members of International Space Station Crew Land Safely in Kazakhstan
A Soyuz spacecraft descended by parachute into remote Kazakhstan late Tuesday, ending a 163-day journey to the International Space Station for the U. S., Russian and Japanese astronauts on board. The capsule carrying Oleg Kotov, the station’s former commander as...Drilling on Mars: Space Solution to Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill?
Could drilling on the red planet offer some insight into dealing with that horrific, on-going saga of an oil spill off the Louisiana coast? A host of solutions are being reviewed to cut off spewing oil from 5,000 feet below sea-level. U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu...Europe’s Cargo Vehicle Readied for Flight to Space Station
Johannes Kepler Departure: Photo Credit – Astrium Europe’s “Johannes Kepler” has made one small step toward the International Space Station. As the second Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), the huge cargo-carrying spacecraft is on its way to the European...The Missions of Atlantis
Shuttle Atlantis is nearing a lift off for the 32nd and likely the last time on Friday, May 14, a strong indication that NASA’s shuttle program is nearing the retirement envisioned by the nation’s top policy makers in the aftermath of the 2003 shuttle...French Guiana Spaceport Readies First Soyuz Launch
The scene is the French Guiana launch site for Arianespace – a spaceport that has been a busy hub for commercial satellite liftoffs for decades. A new milestone is to be met this year – the first launch from that facility of a Russian Soyuz launcher. Once Soyuz joins...Rocket Boosts Education to New Heights
Photo credit: Bob Martin KRQE Television SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico -A suite of student-built experiments received “high marks” thanks to a boost into space earlier this week to celebrate a New Mexico Second Annual Education Launch. An UP Aerospace SpaceLoft XL...Thumbs Up! Orion Pad Abort-1 Test Success
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, New Mexico – It was all thumbs up and back slaps here today as the Orion Pad Abort -1 flew flawlessly – a test to help develop safer vehicles for human spaceflight applications. Within 97 seconds of an initial 500,000-pound blast of solid...NASA Clears Atlantis for Final Scheduled Mission
Shuttle Atlantis will under go preparations for its final scheduled mission, a 12-day voyage to the International Space Station for the delivery of a Russian made-docking and laboratory module as well as spacewalking upgrades to communications and solar power systems....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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