ORBITAL ATK CONDUCTS TEST OF ANTARES FIRST STAGE
Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA), a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, today announced it conducted a full-power “hot fire” test of the upgraded first stage propulsion system of its Antares medium-class rocket using new RD-181 main engines. The...
James Webb Space Telescope’s Science Package is now installed
Far away just got a lot closer. Through the incredible capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), our knowledge of the universe will soon be considerably enhanced. JWST’s science instrument package was just installed into the telescope. This exciting...
Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, June 1, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The public’s fascination with the human exploration of Mars and why we should go continues to grow. Human Deep Space Exploration A year on Mars The Space Review (5/31): Reaching Mars with human explorers has become a topic of...
Deep Space Extra for Friday, June 24, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA pursues new thinking, innovation and diversity as it prepares for the human exploration of Mars and a permanent deep space presence. Human Deep Space Exploration NASA officials, astronauts outline NASA’s crewed Mars...
Acoustic tests performed on Orion’s Service Module
On track to launch in 2018, NASA’s new Orion crew capsule continues to make progress. What’s the latest with the spacecraft that will take humans into deep space? A structural representation of the service module – the part that will supply power, propulsion and...
Deep Space Extra for Friday, May 27, 2016
Today’s Deep Space Extra… Scientists find dramatic changes in Martian climate. Space Science Mars’ ice age may have turned the red planet white 370,000 years ago Mashable (5/26): Cold and dry now, Mars has been wildly different environmentally within the...
Bigelow Aerospace is working with NASA to permanently inhabit space
Bigelow isn’t only working on expanding its modules–the company is helping to expand our reach into deep space. With one of its modules attached to the International Space Station (ISS) and a larger habitat under development, Bigelow is moving forward with...
New Study Offers New Theory of Black Hole Formation
Gigantic black holes – where did they come from? A new study could provide the answer. New evidence suggests that massive black hole seeds are formed from the collapse of giant gas clouds. A supermassive black hole is at the center of nearly all large galaxies....
Deep Space Extra for Thursday, May 26, 2016
Today’s Deep Space Extra…The U.S. House joined its Senate appropriations colleagues this week in backing continued development of the Space Launch System, the exploration rocket intended to start NASA astronauts on future missions of deep space exploration....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
