Orion will land in the Pacific Ocean after its mission in 2018. How will it be recovered?
When it splashes down in the ocean after traveling beyond the moon, NASA’s new spacecraft is going to need a special recovery! This new spacecraft is Orion – the agency’s crew capsule. When it launches in 2018 on top of the agency’s new rocket, Space Launch...Today’s Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, October 25, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Apollo 11 command module may tour U.S. to commemorate first human moon landing. Experts debate outcome of Oct. 19 Schiaparelli Mars landing attempt. Human Deep Space Exploration Apollo 11 moon ship may go on tour for 50th anniversary...ESA’s Schiaparelli lander destroyed during Mars entry
Seven months after launch, ESA’s 2016 ExoMars mission arrived at Mars just last week. The mission consists of an orbiter and a module for demonstrating entry, descent and landing on the martian surface. The orbiter is called the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO). It will study...Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, October 24, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA, like all federal agencies, will face scrutiny from the next president’s transition team. Imagery shows European Mars mission crash site. Orbital ATK cargo mission reaches the International Space Station. Human Deep Space...Deep Space 1 launched 18 years ago this month
What launched nearly 18 years ago, flew by an asteroid and a comet, and used ion propulsion? Deep Space 1! After launching on October 24, 1998 from Cape Canaveral, Deep Space 1 tested many high-risk technologies that became critical for future missions. After the...Today’s Deep Space Extra for Friday, October 21, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The new presidential administration must back NASA’s human Mars exploration ambitions with adequate financing and political support, writes Leroy Chiao, former NASA astronaut, International Space Station commander and member of...ESA’s ExoMars mission arrives at Mars
Mars has a new companion! It’s called the Trace Gas Orbiter, which is now successfully in orbit around the red planet to study its atmosphere. What is it looking for? Gases that could indicate biological activity – methane, for example. Trace Gas Orbiter, or...Today’s Deep Space Extra for Thursday, October 20, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Presidential contender Donald Trump favors exploration as NASA’s core mission, according to his advisers. In Europe, experts assess the fate of the Schiaparelli lander. Communications with Earth were lost Wednesday as...Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft to deliver new research to the ISS
What orbits Earth at more than 17,000 miles per hour, is carrying astronauts from around the world, and is about to receive a special delivery from one of our founding members? The International Space Station! This unique platform, about to be resupplied by Orbital...Space Talk
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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
