Mission to Jupiter – coming soon!
How soon? In less than three weeks, NASA’s Juno mission will fire its engine and enter orbit around Jupiter on July 4. By the time Juno reaches Jupiter, the long-anticipated mission will have traveled to its destination for around five years. Juno is designed to help...
Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, June 15, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA testing is preparing the Orion crew exploration capsule for ocean splashdown. Human Deep Space Exploration Orion test capsule gets another splash-test at NASA Langley Hampton Roads Daily Press (6/14): NASA’s Orion crew...
Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, June 14, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s Curiosity rover finds evidence of past explosive volcanic activity on Mars, a new wrinkle in the red planet’s environmental history. Space Science Curiosity uncovers Mars’ explosive volcanic past Cosmos...
Orion’s accomplishments in May
Humans haven’t traveled beyond the moon yet, but they will in NASA’s new crew capsule. Last month, significant progress was made on the Orion spacecraft that will take humans deeper into space than we’ve ever gone before. Check out some of last month’s highlights:...
NASA’s Dawn mission takes home the 2016 Collier Trophy
Last Thursday, the most prestigious award in aerospace was given to a very exciting mission. This award, known as the Collier Trophy, is given annually for the country’s greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics of the preceding year. This year’s winner was...
Deep Space Extra for Monday, June 13, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Young NASA astronauts see mission to Mars as career goal. Human Deep Space Exploration Astronaut with ties to Scripps envisions missions to Mars San Diego Union Tribune (6/10): NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, who received a doctorate...
Today in History … the launch of the Spirit rover
Launched 13 years ago to the day, NASA’s Spirit rover set out for Mars. It’s twin rover, Opportunity, would follow just a month later. Together, their mission was to find answers to the history of water on Mars. Both spacecraft landed in regions that seemed to be...
Deep Space Extra for Friday, June 10, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Congressman Jim Bridenstine is pleased so far with the legislative response to his proposed American Space Renaissance Act. The sweeping reforms he unveiled just two months ago might pave the way for commercial space stations,...
SLS’s second solid rocket booster qualification test to take place June 28
NASA’s new rocket will launch in 2018. Why is it a big deal? Space Launch System (SLS) will give NASA the ability to launch not only payloads into deep space, but also humans–something that’s never been done before. On its first flight alone, the rocket will...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
