SLS – Evolvable, adaptable, supremely capable

When NASA’s new rocket launches in 2018, it will carry a vehicle designed for humans deeper into space than any crew capsule has ever traveled before. What’s the new rocket? It’s called Space Launch System (SLS), currently in development. SLS is designed to be...

Today’s Deep Space Extra for Thursday, October 6, 2016

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The threat of high winds, heavy rains and storm surges associated with Hurricane Matthew grows for Florida’s space coast. Human Deep Space Exploration Warnings issued for Hurricane Matthew as KSC closes down Spaceflight Insider...

Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, October 5, 2016

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… As Hurricane Matthew heads toward the Space Coast, evacuations are under way, and protecting lives is top priority. Human Deep Space Exploration Hurricane Matthew poses a significant threat to Kennedy Space Center Ars Technica...

NASA researching eye structure changes in space

Before humans travel to deep space destinations like Mars, it’s important to understand how their bodies will be affected by spaceflight. Onboard the International Space Station (ISS), astronauts’ bodies are subtly affected by the microgravity environment. The ISS...

Protecting astronauts during Mars travel…NASA is up for the task!

When exploring deep space, how do you protect humans from a radiation event? In the case of Orion, NASA’s new crew vehicle, a team is working on a resourceful way to use mass that will already be onboard to protect astronauts during a radiation event. Essentially it...

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...