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...
Apollo 11 was a high point in human history 47 years ago this week
The first footprints on the moon were left by humans 47 years ago this week. NASA’s Apollo 11 mission landed on the surface of the moon on July 20, 1969. The crew was Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin “Buzz”...
Coalition for Deep Space Exploration issues policy paper to guide the incoming president and Congress
“A Space Exploration Roadmap for the Next Administration” outlines the Coalition’s position on key space policy issues The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration has released a policy position paper highlighting the key issues that every presidential and congressional...
Deep Space Extra for Friday, July 22, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA is at work on the countdown procedures for the Space Launch System exploration rocket. The SLS, scheduled to take flight in late 2018, is designed to start human explorers on future missions to deep space destinations. Human...Space Talk
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Wallops launched its first test rocket on June 27, 1945. The first research rocket, the Tiamat, launched just one week later. Wallops has grown from a small test range to a full-scale launch facility supporting small- to medium-size rocket launches, scientific balloon missions,
The future of space will be built through collaboration.
#NASA has selected 41 technology proposals from 37 companies, proving that the biggest breakthroughs happen when bold ideas meet shared expertise.
From enabling a sustained human presence on the #Moon to preparing for the
1.8 billion years ago, a comet struck modern-day Sudbury, Ontario, resulting in a 62 km-long impact crater and large mineral deposits, including nickel. Deep underground today, Sudbury’s SNOLAB researches dark matter. Had you heard of Sudbury’s #space connection?☄️🌌⛏️
