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...
THE SMALL BUSINESSES SUPPORTING SLS’S ENORMOUS SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS
Two massive solid rocket boosters will be part of the nation’s new deep space rocket, Space Launch System (SLS). The new rocket will take human and robotic explorers missions to destinations in deep space. The most powerful solid propellant booster ever built, the...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Historic moon-landing spacecraft hardware to tour U.S. to mark Apollo 11’s 50th anniversary. Human Deep Space Exploration The Apollo 11 capsule is going on an American road trip USA Today (2/22): The Smithsonian Institution plans to take...
NASA TO SEND A SPACECRAFT TO STUDY EUROPA
Curious about the icy moon of Jupiter? So is NASA! That’s why they’re sending a spacecraft to study Europa. Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons, could have an ocean of liquid water underneath its icy surface. NASA will soon send a mission to the mysterious far-off moon and...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.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_072620_1530
