Space Launch System components arrive at Marshall Space Flight Center for testing
Testing before flying is critical, and NASA’s new rocket is no exception. An essential piece of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket was recently moved into a massive test stand. Here, it will be pushed, pulled and twisted. This piece of the rocket will provide liquid...Today’s Deep Space Extra for Thursday, December 8, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Vice President-elect Mike Pence may play a key space policy role in the Trump administration. Mercury astronaut John Glenn hospitalized. Human Deep Space Exploration Trump advisor sees Pence playing a major role in space policy Space...Cassini dives past Saturn’s outermost rings
What dove past Saturn’s rings a few days ago? Cassini! NASA’s Cassini spacecraft passed above Saturn’s clouds while crossing the plane of the giant planet’s rings on December 4th. This won’t be the spacecraft’s only close orbit to Saturn’s rings. The mission began its...Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, December 7, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… A proposed temporary U.S. spending plan would provide NASA with funding to keep Exploration Mission-1 on track for a late 2018 liftoff. Human Deep Space Exploration New CR funds government through April 28, protects SLS/Orion and...Small businesses are building Orion, piece by piece
With support for NASA’s Orion program pouring in from small businesses all around the country, the benefits of future deep space exploration are actually very down-to-Earth. Nearly every state in the U.S. has small businesses within it that provide essential support...Today’s Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, December 6, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Legislation passes the U.S. House approving coins commemorating the Apollo 11 50th anniversary. Human Deep Space Exploration House of Representatives approves bill to mint coins for moon landing 50th Collectspace.com (12/5): Now on...Huge water ice deposit found on Mars
Think about the size of New Mexico for a moment, and the amount of water that would fit in the state’s area. Taking that mental image to another world – there’s more water in one region on Mars than the area of that state! From its orbit around Mars, a NASA...Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, December 5, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA unveils a possible less demanding version of its first crewed Orion test flight. Human Deep Space Exploration NASA considers shorter first crewed SLS/Orion mission Space News (12/2): Exploration Mission-2, planned by NASA as the...43 years ago, we first visited Jupiter
Forty-three years ago tomorrow, a special event took place at the largest planet in our solar system – NASA’s Pioneer 10 spacecraft became the first ever to fly past Jupiter! It occurred on December 3, 1973. Check out the view as Pioneer 10 approached Jupiter...Space Talk
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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,
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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?☄️🌌⛏️
