Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, July 13, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s Juno Jupiter mission probe transmits its first images from orbit around the giant planet. Space Science Juno Spacecraft Captures 1st Photo from Jupiter Orbit Space.com (7/12): An image taken July 10 of Jupiter’s Great...
Orion’s June Accomplishments
Every month, we are closer to sending humans on deep space missions. To enable these missions and keep astronauts safe, NASA is developing the Orion crew capsule. When it takes flight in 2018 atop the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, it will travel deeper into space...
Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, July 12, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Deep space planetary missions could help achieve the pace of Space Launch System exploration rocket operations desired by NASA for human missions beyond low Earth orbit. Human Deep Space Exploration Two SLS to Jupiter The Space...
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter finds ‘dark streaks’ on Mars
Last year, the strongest evidence that liquid water flows from time to time on present-day Mars came from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)’s findings. Last week, a new report was published based on images from the spacecraft. This new study adds clues about...
Deep Space Extra for Monday, July 11, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The first human planetary rover, a mobility asset sure to play an important role in the future exploration of planetary surfaces, debuted on NASA’s Apollo 15 mission 45 years ago this month. Human Deep Space Exploration 45...
Voyager 2 first encountered Jupiter 37 years ago this week
Juno is at Jupiter now, but it’s not the only mission to visit the giant in our solar system. 37 years ago tomorrow, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft made its closest flyby of the Jovian world. On July 9, 1979 it flew within 350,000 miles of Jupiter. The spacecraft sent...
Deep Space Extra for Friday, July 8, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s Exploration Mission-1 will place the agency’s Orion crew capsule atop a Space Launch System exploration rocket for a trip around the moon and back. The unpiloted test flight is planned for late 2018 and will set...
Structural Test Articles for SLS are coming together in Alabama
Pieces are coming together to test the most powerful rocket in the world. To ensure components of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) will be able to handle the forces of flight, structural test articles have been created. Last month, an important test article component...
Deep Space Extra for Thursday, July 7, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The solar system is under increased observation from robotic spacecraft and space telescopes, whose findings are helping to pave the way for future human explorers. Space Science Our vast solar system and its many explorers New York...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?☄️🌌⛏️
