TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s Bill Gerstenmaier, who leads the agency’s human spaceflight efforts, considers the risks and benefits of adding astronauts to the first joint test flight of the Space Launch System and Orion crew exploration capsule. Human...
Space Science
Who could have known that the constellation Aquarius, which means the Water Bearer, would have so many planets that could have liquid water around a single star? Last week, NASA announced an astonishing discovery – seven Earth-size planets have been found...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… President Trump offers encouraging words for future human space exploration in his first address to Congress. Human Deep Space Exploration Trump invokes dream of footprints on distant worlds Spacepolicyonline.com (3/1): “American...
The small businesses building Orion
Behind our nation’s next-generation spacecraft are hundreds of small businesses all throughout the country. Spread throughout the country are a veritable battalion of small businesses – over 800 of them! – that are supporting the development of a spacecraft that will...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… SpaceX announces plans to send two passengers to the moon and back before the end of next year. NASA continues to examine the risks and benefits of adding astronauts to the EM-1 mission. Human Deep Space Exploration SpaceX plans to send 2...
Our next Mars rover evolved from the findings of previous robotic explorers
Mars 2020 is the culmination of a long-term plan to find evidence of life on the red planet. Not only did Mars evolve over time, but our scientific strategies for the way we explore the planet have evolved as well. NASA has sent many successful spacecraft to the...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA intends to spend a month assessing the risks and benefits of adding two astronauts to the first test launch of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion crew capsule. The change to Exploration Mission-1 could offer an advantage if it...
Space Shuttle Discovery flew for the final time six years ago today
Discovery’s final mission brought important upgrades to the International Space Station After 38 missions into space, NASA’s space shuttle Discovery launched for the last time six years ago today. Six astronauts flew onboard this mission known as STS-133: Commander...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… A NASA safety advisory panel examines the risks and challenges of assigning astronauts to the agency’s previously unpiloted Exploration Mission-1, the first joint test flight of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion crew capsule. Human...Space Talk
#Spazio, #ESA vs #NASA, #Aschbacher: “stop a Lunar Gateway e Mars Sample Return perturbano nostri piani”
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Spazio, ESA vs NASA, Aschbacher: “stop a Lunar Gateway e Mars Sample Return perturbano nostri...
Spazio, ESA vs NASA, Aschbacher: “stop a Lunar Gateway e Mars Sample Return perturbano nostri piani”
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How do you know an elephant was in the refrigerator? The footprints in the butter!
@NASARoman will use a similar technique to study neutron stars, essentially invisible crushed cores of former massive stars, relying on their effects on other stars.
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Name a better office view. 🧑🚀🌎
#OTD in 2009, astronauts installed Wide Field Camera 3 on Hubble during Servicing Mission 4.
WFC3 provides images across three broad regions of light: ultraviolet, visible, and into the near-infrared! Read more: https://go.nasa.gov/439kDQe
To build on the Moon, we need construction materials that can withstand bitter cold – so @NASAglenn invented a machine that can recreate that environment for testing!
This high-powered refrigerator, or cryocooler, removes heat without using any liquid. https://go.nasa.gov/3PGqIR9
