Orion Exploration Mission-1 Crew Module Pressure Tested
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 11, 2016 – The Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and NASA Orion team has successfully proof-pressure tested the Orion spacecraft’s Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) crew module. The crew module is the living quarters for astronauts and the backbone for...
NASA’s Kepler spacecraft discovers over a thousand new exoplanets
It was a big day for NASA’s Kepler Mission yesterday as the science team announced a momentous finding. They discovered a lot of new planets. How many planets? Fifty or one hundred? Maybe even 500? The mission actually verified 1,284 new planets, the largest...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, May 11, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA on track for uncrewed and first piloted Space Launch System/Orion test flights in 2018 and 2021. Human Deep Space Exploration NASA managers: SLS/Orion on track for Fall 2018 launch Spacepolicyonline.com (5/10): Managers for...
NASA’s Orion team celebrates its extended family
Small parts, big ambition. NASA’s Orion crew capsule will take humans farther than they’ve ever gone before. Among the highlights for Orion’s progress in April, special attention and appreciation was given to an important supplier of spacecraft...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, May 10, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Opening the door to space mining. Space Science Mining issues in space law Space Review (5/9): Deep Space Industries and the government of Luxembourg have teamed and will join an independent effort already underway by Planetary...
NASA’s next-generation robots will walk the surface of Mars
How do we get to Mars? Step by step. NASA has sent many robotic missions to Mars, some of which we’ve talked about in the past. Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter How will we continue this legacy of robot explorers on the red planet?...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, May 9, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The golden primary mirror, at the heart of the James Webb Space Telescope, is mesmerizing. Space Science Transit of Mercury coming Monday: What scientists hope to learn Los Angeles Times (5/8): Astronomers plan to give tiny Mercury a...
55 years between 15 minutes and 342 days
There’s a big difference between 15 minutes and 15 years, right? Not really. Alan Shepard’s flight only lasted 15 minutes, but it began the U.S. human presence in space. The U.S. continues to be involved in human spaceflight through the International Space Station...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Friday, May 6, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s human exploration vision extends deep into the solar system. Human Deep Space Exploration Lunar shelter: Moon caves could protect astronauts Space.com (5/5): NASA’s successful GRAIL mission succeeded in mapping the...Space Talk
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