2010 Desert RATS Nears Mid Point
NASA’s Desert RATS is nearing the half-way point of its 15-day, 2010 field exercises on the Black Point Lava Flow in Northern Arizona. It’s been nearly 24/7 for the 100 engineers and scientists involved in the high tech demonstration of rovers, habitats...Hurricane Earl Takes Aim at the Northeast
Much of the U. S. East Coast is focused on Hurricane Earl as the Labor Day weekend approaches. As part of their weather forecasting and Earth observation missions, spacecraft from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA as well as the astronauts...Coalition Advisory Board Member, Dr. Bernard Harris, to be inducted into the 2010 Houston Hall of Fame
Houston, We have the Moon and the Stars! “The true measure of who we are is not so much what we have done, but what we have done for others, the positive impact of caring about, giving to and believing, in our community, and our country–this is what will...Arizona’s Black Point Lava Flow Beckons NASA’s Desert Rats
Stretched across much of northern Arizona, the Black Point Lava Flow resembles an alien landscape on Earth, the perfect place for NASA to test rovers, habitats, space suits and the other equipment that future astronauts will need when they explore the moon, the...NASA Sets Third Spacewalk for Station Cooling System Repairs
NASA astronauts Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson will float outside the International Space Station for a third time on Monday in a bid to wrap up repairs to the orbiting laboratory’s external cooling system. Half of the system that circulates ammonia coolant...And the winners of the ‘Explore our Space’ contest are…..
And the winners are… The grand prize winner is: Mr. John Hardin, III, River Forest, IL Mr. Hardin won four (4) tickets to view the launch of STS-133 Space Shuttle Discovery, tentatively scheduled for Nov. 1, 2010. These tickets include entrance to the Kennedy Space...NASA Astronauts Prepare to Repair Station Cooling System with a Pair of Spacewalks
Two NASA astronauts expect to repair the external cooling system aboard the International Space Station with a pair of upcoming spacewalks, following a serious malfunction late on July 31. The first spacewalk by Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson to replace a...NASA’s future hinges on House as well as Senate, White House strategies
The House Science and Technology Committee meets Thursday to do what the Senate Commerce Science and Transportation Committee did on July 15, consider a NASA authorization bill that attempts to settle differences between the White House and Congress over the future of...NASA Joins Efforts to Rescue Turtles From Gulf Oil Spill Hazards
NASA, best known for launching rockets, has embraced new send off responsibilities, incubating dozens of sea turtle eggs rescued from the British Petroleum oil spill along the northern Gulf Coast and placing the hatchlings into the Atlantic from the protected...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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