NASA workshops to determine Mars mission landing sites
A rocket is being assembled. A deep-space crew vehicle is being prepared. Habitats for deep space are being developed. Where are we headed? To Mars! Robotic exploration of the red planet is an important part of the Journey to Mars. NASA’s next rover is set to launch...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Components of NASA’s late 2018 Exploration Mission-1 test flight of the Space Launch System and Orion capsule are taking shape in the U.S. and Europe. Ohio paid tribute over the weekend to native son John Glenn, the first...
Mariner 2 first visited Venus this week in 1962
Humans have been looking up for a long time, full of curiosity about outer space. We’ve sent spacecraft hurtling through space at tens of thousands of miles per hour to learn about the wonders of the universe. In our own solar system, NASA has successfully sent...
Assembly complete on SLS’s Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage
Progress continues to be made toward future human missions into deep space. NASA is hard at work getting the Orion spacecraft ready for its flight in 2018 – the capsule that will take humans to multiple deep space destinations and return them safely to Earth....
The ISS has cataloged 90 billion cosmic ray events and counting
Onboard the International Space Station (ISS), there has been an ongoing study of something we still know very little about – cosmic rays. The possibilities of what we could learn from them are thrilling. We could learn about the imbalance between matter and...
More small businesses that support Orion and SLS
If you had more than 800 highly-skilled small businesses working together toward a common goal, what out-of-this-world endeavor could you imagine striving toward together? How about enabling humans to travel to deep space, not just to one location but multiple...Coalition for Deep Space Exploration Applauds Senate Passage of NASA Transition Authorization Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 12, 2016 Coalition for Deep Space Exploration Applauds Senate Passage of NASA Transition Authorization Act WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration applauds the Senate’s passage of the NASA Transition Authorization Act....Coalition for Deep Space Exploration Statement on the Passing of John Glenn
It is with great sadness and profound gratitude that the Coalition for Deep Space Exploration notes the passing of Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps (ret), former NASA Astronaut, and former Senator (D-OH) John Herschel Glenn, Jr. John Glenn personified the ethos of human...This week marks 44 years since Apollo 17 landed on the moon
44 years ago this week, NASA astronauts were walking and driving a rover across the moon. On the surface for 75 hours, Apollo 17 was NASA’s last manned mission to the moon. Launching on December 7, 1972, the mission and its crew of three returned 12 days later. This...Space Talk
Nothing like a Sunday morning in Colorado
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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?☄️🌌⛏️
