THE “PROVING GROUND” FOR ORION AND SLS
Proving systems in the proving ground? NASA is working on the Journey to Mars, but an important step before going to Mars will take place in the proving ground. This is an area of space around the moon where NASA will test America’s next spacecraft, Orion. This...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Mars beckons as a destination for human exploration according to experts. Human Deep Space Exploration Why Mars is the best planet The Atlantic (1/13): The passage of time, four billion years, has separated Mars and the Earth. The...
NASA’S DEEP IMPACT MISSION LAUNCHED 12 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Before NASA’s Deep Impact mission, humanity had never probed beneath the surface of a comet. Launched 12 years ago yesterday on January 12, 2005, the mission released a robotic impactor on a comet called Tempel 1. Named after Ernst Tempel who discovered the comet in...Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot to lead NASA as interim administrator on January 20 as President Obama’s administration leaves office. NASA awaits President-elect Trump’s nominees for administrator and deputy...
SLS LIQUID HYDROGEN TANK TEST STAND COMPLETED AT NASA MARSHALL
How do you get into deep space? With a lot of rocket propellant. That’s why the nation’s new rocket that NASA is building will have tanks in its core stage that hold 733,000 gallons of propellant! Testing the liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen tanks for Space Launch...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Scientists estimate the Earth’s moon appeared soon after the solar system formed, based on studies of lunar samples gathered by NASA’s Apollo 14 astronauts. Human Deep Space Exploration How old is the moon? Scientists say...
SPACEWALKERS PREPARE ISS FOR POWER SYSTEM UPGRADE
It’s not every day that you can watch two astronauts spacewalk in real time! Last week, Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough and Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson entered their spacesuits and completed a successful spacewalk. They worked to upgrade the power...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Texas lawmakers remain influential in shaping U.S. civil space policy in the new Congress. Human Deep Space Exploration Texas remains powerful space influence as House Appropriations, Senate Commerce announce subcommittee chairs...
Orion testing ramping up for 2017
Orion had an eventful last year full of exciting progress in advance of its 2018 flight. Orion is NASA’s new multi-purpose deep space crew vehicle. Launching in 2018 on top of Space Launch System (SLS), NASA’s new rocket, the Orion capsule will travel beyond the moon...Space Talk
🚀 20 de octubre, 4:41 a.m.: Japón lanza una sonda para aterrizar en una luna de Marte y traer un trozo a casa.
MMX apunta a Fobos: 27 km de ancho, da 3 vueltas a Marte al día. Recogerá 10 g y volverá en 2031.
JAXA cree que el 0,1% podría ser Marte.
#MMX #Fobos #JAXA #CoheteH3
☀️ STUNNING: This incredible timelapse of the Sun was created from 40,000 photos captured over just 3 hours using a solar telescope.
The result is a mesmerizing look at our star in motion — revealing constantly changing solar activity in breathtaking detail.
#Sun #Space
How long would it take to reach each planet in our Solar System from Earth? 🚀
8 Months to Venus, 1.4 Years to Mars, but a whopping 27.6 Years to Neptune and 37 Years to Pluto! 🤯
Space is unbelievably vast. 🌌 #Space #Astronomy #Universe
The Universe is full of invisible radiation …but this is the tiny part we can actually see. 👁️🌌
Visible light is only a small part of the electromagnetic spectrum, yet it reveals stars, galaxies, nebulae, and planets directly to our eyes and telescopes.
#space #nasa #light
