Jul 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...
Jul 11, 2016
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...
Jul 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...
Jul 8, 2016
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...
Jul 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...
Jul 7, 2016
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...
Jul 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...
Jul 6, 2016
New types of sand ripples? A new understanding of Mars’ history. Last week, a report about mid-size sand ripples was published in Science. Through evaluating sand features on Mars, researchers have learned more about the planet’s early atmosphere. Earth and Mars both...
Jul 6, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra…Juno operating well and as designed, feeding the desire to explore deep in space. Space Science Now orbiting Jupiter, NASA’s Juno spacecraft is poised for ‘tantalizing’ data New York Times (7/5): NASA’s Juno...
Jul 5, 2016
At 11:18 pm Eastern Time on July 4 (03:18 GMT 5 July) NASA’s Joint Propulsion Laboratory in California and Lockheed Martin’s mission operations control center in Denver, Colorado burst into cheers and applause as the Juno spacecraft signaled it had entered orbit...