UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ARE DESIGNING THE NEXT GENERATION OF ROBOTIC EXPLORERS
Know someone who is passionate about exploring Mars but is still in college? How can they help create the next generation of robotic explorers? Since 2007, a unique competition held in Utah each summer encourages students from around the world to design and build...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Prime contractors for NASA’s Space Launch System and Orion crew capsule are working with NASA to advance development of their human deep space exploration systems within the Trump administration. Human Deep Space Exploration Op-ed | 2017...
ORION VIBRATION TESTING IS ENSURING THE SPACECRAFT’S HUMAN RATING
What is soon riding to space on top of a 322-foot tall rocket? Orion – NASA’s new crew vehicle that will take humans farther into space than we’ve ever been. This first integrated flight of NASA’s new deep space crew vehicle with its rocket in 2018 will be an...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s astronauts find water an essential training ground for future space missions. Human Deep Space Exploration Take the plunge: Former astronaut talks about NASA’s NBL Spaceflight Insider (1/30): NASA’s Johnson Space Center operates the...
‘PLANET FOUR’ PROJECT ALLOWS EVERYONE TO HELP EXPLORE MARS
Think you have to be involved in science to participate in exploring the red planet? Think again! There is so much to learn about Mars, and you can be a part of it. When was the last time you helped planetary scientists get a better understanding of another planet’s...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Those who have helped set the stage point to Mars as the preferred destination for U.S. led human deep space exploration and 2033 as an achievable date for the first landing. Human Deep Space Exploration Put people on Mars by 2033 for the...
NASA REMEMBERS THE CREW OF APOLLO I
Fifty years ago today, tragedy struck the nation as we lost three NASA astronauts. Astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee were killed during a flash fire inside the Apollo I spacecraft on the launch pad. The three men would have flown on the...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia astronauts were honored Thursday during the agency’s annual Day of Remembrance memorial hosted by the Kennedy Space Center. Trump Administration space policy details could be weeks away from...
THE CUBESATS OF SLS’S EM-1
NASA’s new deep space crew vehicle won’t be the only thing flying to space on the 2018 launch of the nation’s new giant rocket, Space Launch System (SLS). Along for the ride will be thirteen smaller satellites known as CubeSats. The new crew vehicle that will carry...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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