Today’s Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, October 4, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Many in the space community are concerned for projects in progress as Washington prepares for a transition in administrations. Human Deep Space Exploration The Importance of Space Through the Transition Space Watch (10/3): Why is the...NASA developing new techniques for resource utilization in space
Packing for a journey to Mars? Knowing what to bring and what not to bring – that’s important. If there’s something essential to human exploration that we’re not taking from Earth, how will we acquire the resources we need? Future Mars explorers will rely on raw...Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, October 3, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA prepares divers for the ocean recovery of an Orion capsule after Exploration Mission-1, a late 2018 uncrewed test flight that will liftoff atop the new Space Launch System exploration rocket. Human Deep Space Exploration Orion...NASA’s Pathfinder mission ended 19 years ago this week
By the time it stopped responding 19 years ago this week, the Pathfinder mission to Mars was a tremendous success. The mission was composed of a lander with instruments that lived three times longer than its design life, and a robotic rover lasting 12 times as long as...Today’s Deep Space Extra for Friday, September 30, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The European Space Agency’s comet-stalking Rosetta mission heads to productive but impactful conclusion. Space Science Rosetta sent on collision course to surface of comet Reuters (9/29): The European Space Agency’s...Work to begin on the Orion Stage Adapter
Orion won’t be the only payload launching on NASA’s new rocket – it will also be carrying many small satellites. Called CubeSats, thirteen of these satellites, each about the size of a shoebox, will travel into deep space on the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket....Today’s Deep Space Extra for Thursday, September 29, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The human exploration of Mars will require a government-private sector partnership, say two veteran astronauts of different eras. Human Deep Space Exploration America still needs space travel: Mark Kelly USA Today (9/28): Humanity...Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, September 28, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… SpaceX founder unveils a visionary plan to colonize Mars before an audience of international professionals, some enthusiastic, some skeptical. Human Deep Space Exploration Musk Shares Technical Details of His Dream for Mars...How Will Astronauts Live and Work in Deep Space?
Yesterday, we told you about the “NextSTEP” in deep space human exploration – building a deep space hab in cislunar space. Last week, the Coalition for Deep Space Exploration sponsored an event on Capitol Hill and invited NASA to discuss its plans for human habitation...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
