Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s chief heartened by U.S. House and Senate passage of an authorization measure backing the agency’s human space exploration goals. Human Deep Space Exploration Lightfoot seeks stability at NASA despite budget...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… U.S. House has joined the Senate in passing the NASA Transition Act of 2017. Supportive of the future human exploration of Mars, the measure will now go to the president for signature. Human Deep Space Exploration House passes...
Coalition for Deep Space Exploration Applauds Congressional Approval of the NASA Transition Authorization Act
The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration applauds the House vote this evening to send S. 442, the NASA Transition Authorization Act, to the President’s desk for his signature. The bill, which passed the Senate by unanimous consent last month, unequivocally...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
Human Deep Space Exploration Don’t expect a space race. SpaceX and NASA need each other Los Angeles Times (3/5): NASA and SpaceX have recently announced similar goals, launching humans around the moon and returning them to Earth. However, that doesn’t mean...
America’s first deep space probe was launched 58 years ago today
In the history of NASA’s space exploration, many missions have left Earth orbit and ventured far out into deep space. We have visited every planet in the solar system, but what was the very first spacecraft to leave Earth’s gravity? NASA’s Pioneer 4 mission launched...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Space entrepreneur Jeff Bezos proposes a commercial cargo service for the re-supply of a human lunar base. Human Deep Space Exploration An exclusive look at Jeff Bezos’s plan to set up Amazon-like delivery for ‘future human...
The solid rocket boosters powering SLS and the small businesses powering them
If you stood by a giant booster for a rocket that soared 17 stories high into the sky, you might get a sense of the power of NASA’s new rocket. But that’s not even all of the power—there are two of these giant rocket boosters and an entire gigantic core stage with...
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...Space Talk
Wallops launched its first test rocket on June 27, 1945. The first research rocket, the Tiamat, launched just one week later. Wallops has grown from a small test range to a full-scale launch facility supporting small- to medium-size rocket launches, scientific balloon missions,
The future of space will be built through collaboration.
#NASA has selected 41 technology proposals from 37 companies, proving that the biggest breakthroughs happen when bold ideas meet shared expertise.
From enabling a sustained human presence on the #Moon to preparing for the
1.8 billion years ago, a comet struck modern-day Sudbury, Ontario, resulting in a 62 km-long impact crater and large mineral deposits, including nickel. Deep underground today, Sudbury’s SNOLAB researches dark matter. Had you heard of Sudbury’s #space connection?☄️🌌⛏️
HiPOD: Sedimentary Rocks inside Terby Crater
This image covers some steep slopes with good exposures of the bedrock layers, revealing diverse color and textures. A detailed study can reconstruct the sequence of events and interpret the geologic history.
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