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...Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, October 19, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The first Martian explorers may turn to high tech 3-D printing to establish shelters and meet other requirements using resources already on the red planet. A three-man U.S. and Russian crew launches to the International Space...Orion’s service module undergoes vibration testing
The Orion crew vehicle will launch on top of NASA’s new rocket called Space Launch System, or SLS. The first launch will blast off in 2018. On this first flight of SLS known as Exploration Mission-1, the Orion crew vehicle will fly tens of thousands of miles beyond...Today’s Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, October 18, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Insight into Elon Musk’s plans to settle the red planet. Orbital ATK’s modified Antares launch vehicle successfully lifted off from NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility last night on a NASA contracted resupply mission to...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,
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?☄️🌌⛏️
