Students are controlling the camera on a martian orbiter
When you think about the kind of people that are able photograph the surface of Mars and study it, perhaps you weren’t picturing a group of young students. But thanks to a special project, that’s exactly who have the opportunity to be scientists studying another...Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, September 19, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… A bi-partisan U.S. Senate NASA Authorization measure would support development of the Space Launch System, Orion and other elements of NASA’s human deep space exploration plans through a transition in presidential...Mars Global Surveyor arrived at Mars 19 years ago this week
Entering the orbit of Mars 19 years ago this week was a spacecraft that taught us a lot about our planetary neighbor. It was NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor which arrived at Mars on September 12, 1997. The mission studied the planet’s surface, atmosphere and interior...Today’s Deep Space Extra for Thursday, September 15, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s Asteroid Redirect Mission would play a significant part of efforts to reach the Martian environs with human explorers in the 2030s. Human Deep Space Exploration NASA Hopes to Catch an Asteroid Voice of America (9/14):...New foam insulation is being developed for SLS
NASA’s new launch vehicle, Space Launch System (SLS), will usher in a new age of exciting missions into space in the coming years. The rocket will take flight for the first time in 2018 on Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1). SLS will launch a spacecraft that will venture...Juno reveals new info, images of Jupiter’s poles
Ever seen Jupiter’s poles before NASA’s Juno mission? Don’t worry, no one else had either! When Juno flew by Jupiter late last month, the mission achieved the first of 36 orbital flybys. The spacecraft flew approximately 2,500 miles above the giant planet’s clouds....Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, September 14, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton offers support for human Mars exploration. Human Deep Space Exploration Clinton supports human Mars exploration Space News (9/13): U.S. presidential contender Hillary Clinton pledged support for...Today’s Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, September 13, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The U.S. led International Space Station, staffed continuously since late 2000, might thrive as a commercial endeavor while serving as a financial resource for human deep space exploration, according to an op-ed. Human Deep Space...Orion’s thruster propellant lines have been welded
A bunch of pipes were welded together in Florida last month. Why does this matter? They’re not just any old pipes – they’re pipes for fuel. What’s the fuel for? Thrusters on a spacecraft that will take humans deeper into space than they’ve ever gone...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
