NASA’s SAFFIRE experiment ignites successfully
Last week, NASA ignited the largest ever fire experiment in microgravity. Fire experiments have previously taken place on the International Space Station (ISS) and the space shuttle, but they were significantly smaller as astronauts were present. The new experiment is...
Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, June 22, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Upper stage hardware for the first test flight of NASA’s Space Launch System exploration rocket has reached the Marshall Space Flight Center for testing. Exploration Mission 1, planned for late 2018, will send an uncrewed Orion...
Orion and Apollo: An evolution of a tried & tested design
At first glance, NASA’s new Orion crew module might look a lot like the Apollo command module. While the two share a similar shape, there are many distinctions between the spacecraft. Orion’s design builds upon lessons learned by the Apollo and space shuttle...
Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, June 21, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… A new Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex attraction, opening in Central Florida this fall, will pay tribute to those who pioneered the space frontier. Human Deep Space Exploration ‘Heroes & Legends’ astronaut...
The Future of Deep Space Exploration Comes to Capitol Hill!
On Friday, June 17, three of America’s best and brightest presented the work that is propelling their careers and passion to a “full house” on Capitol Hill. There, they shared the latest news about the nation’s next-generation deep space exploration systems – the...
Deep Space Extra for Monday, June 20, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s Saffire-1 experiment provided ground-based researchers with imagery from a major fire in the microgravity of space last week. Human Deep Space Exploration Europe’s Orion service module shipment to U.S. delayed by...
Astronaut health care in the congressional spotlight
A unique environment presents unique challenges. When astronauts are in space, their bodies are affected by environments we don’t experience here on Earth. Learning how extended time in a microgravity environment with increased exposure to radiation affects the health...
Deep Space Extra for Friday, June 17, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Colorful NASA posters urge skilled Americans to find a place on the Journey to Mars. Human Deep Space Exploration Do you have what it takes to colonize Mars? NASA might need you Christian Science Monitor (6/16): Colorful posters from...
Deep Space Extra for Thursday, June 16, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Action in the U.S. Senate on a NASA’s 2017 budget stalls this week in response to gun control debate. Human Deep Space Exploration Gun control filibuster derails NASA-NOAA spending bill Spacepolicyonline.com (6/15): U.S. Senate...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.
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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
