Today’s Deep Space Extra for Thursday, August 11, 2016
Please note, CDSExtra will be on vacation Monday, August 15 through Friday, September 2. Distribution will resume Tuesday, September 6. In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA enlists a half dozen U.S. companies to further efforts to develop a deep space habitat for...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Please note, CDSExtra will be on vacation Monday, August 15 through Friday, September 2. Distribution will resume Tuesday, September 6. In Today’s Deep Space Extra… California startup outlines asteroid mining strategy. Space Science Space race heats up: Deep...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, August 9, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Advocates urge a new U.S. president and Congress to stay the course with plans to explore Mars with humans. Human Deep Space Exploration Is the Moon a necessary step on the path to Mars? The Space Review (8/8): NASA’s plans to...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, August 8, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA and commercial space companies study the role of deep space habitats for human Mars missions. Human Deep Space Exploration NASA exploration focuses on Deep Space Hab systems and crew health NASAspaceflight.com (8/5):...
Deep Space Extra for Friday, August 5, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Space-suited NASA astronauts evaluate Orion spacecraft hatches. Human Deep Space Exploration Watch astronauts test Orion spaceship door for future Mars trips Space.com (8/4): This week, NASA astronauts suited up in bulky space suits...The rocket engines of SLS
Some of the most highly tested and efficient rocket engines in the world are firing up for their upcoming missions to deep space. They will be part of NASA’s new rocket, Space Launch System (SLS). As SLS is evolvable, certain components of the rocket will be...DNA sequencer, heat exchanger, 3-D solar cells delivered to the ISS
Onboard our laboratory that orbits Earth at more than 17,000 miles per hour, research is ongoing to advance our knowledge of human spaceflight and space science. Among the most recent cargo delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) last week were supplies for...Orion’s Mission to the Moon
What is Orion? Orion is the vehicle being developed by NASA to carry humans deeper into space than they’ve ever gone before. Having already completed one successful spaceflight, the next flight of Orion will be integrated with the service module which is needed to...The Mars 2020 Rover is taking shape at JPL
The exploration of Mars by rovers has greatly contributed to our knowledge of the red planet. Before human footsteps come more rover tracks, however, and NASA has a new rover on the horizon. Earlier this month, NASA announced that the Mars 2020 rover is now in the...Space Talk
#Spazio, #ESA vs #NASA, #Aschbacher: “stop a Lunar Gateway e Mars Sample Return perturbano nostri piani”
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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.
https://go.nasa.gov/4wsxNFn
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
