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...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Families of the three astronauts who perished in NASA’s January 27, 1967 Apollo 1 fire endorse plans for a public tribute that includes the hatch from the charred space capsule. Houston, host to the NFL’s Super Bowl 51, will offer fans and...
NASA’S NUSTAR SATELLITE OBSERVES “CHAMELEON SUPERNOVA”
Our bodies are largely composed of the material generated from nuclear reactions in ancient stars. And not only our bodies, but our planet and solar system as well. When a star explodes, newly-formed elements are ejected into the universe. When they explode, the...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… A U.S. led global effort to reach Mars with human explorers could help restore humankind’s optimism in the future. Human Deep Space Exploration Why Mars? Because it will change our world for the better Huffington Post (1/24): If we settle...
ORION MADE SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS IN 2016
Having already completed a successful test flight in 2014, NASA’s Orion capsule continues to prepared for its upcoming flight in 2018. The Orion spacecraft will launch on top of NASA’s new rocket, Space Launch System (SLS), for the first integrated flight in 2018....
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Ground tests of the European service module for NASA’s Orion capsule progress successfully. NASA prepares to honor Apollo 1 astronauts, Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chafee, victims of a launch pad fire fifty years ago Friday. Human Deep...
HI-SEAS IS SIMULATING MARS ON HAWAII
How will we help our future astronauts prepare for the rigors and tribulations of exploring Mars? By starting with an eight-month stay in a well-isolated dome atop Mauna Loa on in Hawaii. Here, a NASA analog mission will study human behavior and performance in the...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Trump administration assigns first political appointees to NASA. Human Deep Space Exploration Renewed hope of a mission to Mars The Hill (1/21): An assessment of space policy setting legislation in the U.S. House and Senate underscores...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
