Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, June 28, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Coalition for Deep Space Exploration recommends space exploration strategy to new administration, Congress. Human Deep Space Exploration Coalition for Deep Space Exploration recommends space priorities for next president Spaceflight...
The Journey to Mars in infographics
NASA contractor and founding member of the Coalition Lockheed Martin is a critical part of NASA’s Journey to Mars. Check out some of Lockheed Martin’s research on the main challenges of the Journey and how NASA and its partners are preparing for them. The...Deep Space Extra for Monday, June 27, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… A key feature of NASA’s Space Launch System exploration rocket, the Orbital ATK solid rocket motor, is scheduled for a key ground test firing in the Utah desert on Tuesday. Human Deep Space Exploration NASA to test...
Small businesses are benefiting from a big rocket
Small businesses around the U.S. are benefiting from partnerships with NASA as they help to build the most powerful launch vehicle in the world. The businesses may be small, but there’s nothing small about enabling human travel to multiple deep space destinations....
Deep Space Extra for Friday, June 24, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s planning for the Asteroid Redirect Mission continues, though the U.S. House has cast doubt on further spending. Human Deep Space Exploration NASA planning asteroid mission reviews despite funding uncertainty Space News...
40 years ago, Viking 1 arrived at Mars
What was the first U.S. spacecraft to land on Mars? Viking 1 – check out a photo it took just minutes after landing. This was the first photo ever taken on the surface of Mars. Forty years ago this week, this first spacecraft of NASA’s Viking Mission arrived at...
Deep Space Extra for Thursday, June 23, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… European Space Agency chief Jan Woerner sees a human lunar settlement as the next step on the road to Mars. Human Deep Space Exploration Human flights to Mars still at least 15 years off Reuters via New York Times (6/22): Mars as a...
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...Space Talk
Nothing like a Sunday morning in Colorado
@torybruno NOUS cup!
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?☄️🌌⛏️
