NASA getting ready for first launch of Space Launch System (SLS)

Building something to blast off and enable the Journey to Mars? That’s exactly what NASA is up to! They’re getting ready for the first launch of their new rocket, Space Launch System (SLS). SLS will launch for the first time in 2018 on Exploration Mission-1. This will...

Today’s Deep Space Extra for Thursday, October 13, 2016

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… White House sponsored Frontiers Conference will feature brainstorming for future human missions to Mars. Human Deep Space Exploration President Obama to pitch Mars mission one final time at Thursday conference USA Today (10/12):...

NASA is exploring Mars and the potential for planet-wide dust storms.

When you’re planning a trip somewhere, it’s helpful to rely on a weather prediction. When humans go to Mars, it will be similar. And you’d certainly want to know if a global dust storm was expected and would be heading your way. In the next few months, the red...

Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, October 12, 2016

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Both U.S. presidential candidates express their space exploration intentions. President Obama believes U.S. astronauts are two decades from Mars. Human Deep Space Exploration Exclusive | Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump weigh in on...

NASA begins tests to qualify Orion parachutes for mission with crew

With so much preparation ongoing to prepare NASA’s new crew capsule to safely enable human’s deep space travel, take a look at some of the latest developments. Orion is the crew capsule, taking humans in the future deeper into space than they’ve ever gone before. With...

Today’s Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, October 11, 2016

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is scheduled to re-open for business today, following last week’s encounter with Hurricane Matthew. Adjacent Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., re-opened Monday. Human Deep Space...

Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, October 10, 2016

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s Kennedy Space Center remains closed today as damage assessments from Hurricane Matthew continue. The European service module contribution to NASA’s Orion crew capsule is at the NASA Glenn Research Center Plum Brook...

Heliophysics mission Ulysses launched 26 years ago this week

The first mission to study the sun from its north and south poles launched 26 years ago yesterday: the Ulysses mission. Ulysses was a joint mission between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA). It launched from Cape Canaveral on October 6, 1990 aboard NASA’s Space...

Today’s Deep Space Extra for Friday, October 7, 2016

    In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Hurricane Matthew’s force being felt by the Space Coast as others along the East Coast prepare for storms throughout the coming days. NASA’s Kennedy Space Center secured on Thursday in preparation. Our thoughts...