Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, May 25, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra…The U.S. House Appropriations Committee approves a $19.5 billion spending measure for NASA during the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1, a $223 million increase. Human Deep Space Exploration House appropriators have big plans for NASA...
The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration Applauds House NASA Funding Bill
The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration (Coalition) applauds House Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Subcommittee (CJS) Chairman John Culberson, Ranking Member Mike Honda and the entire Appropriations Committee for its exceptional support for NASA’s human and...
Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, May 24, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… A 2017 NASA spending measure under consideration by U.S. House appropriators would replace the agency’s Asteroid Redirect Mission with a human return to the moon as part of a larger human deep space strategy to reach Mars in...
Orion’s Service Module is under construction in Germany
Soon, NASA’s Orion spacecraft will take astronauts into deep space. What’s happening right now to make that a reality? Airbus Defense and Space announced last week that assembly has started on an important part of the Orion spacecraft – the European Service...
NASA’s InSight spacecraft to study the interior of Mars
What’s up with Mars recently? More like what’s down with Mars – the next mission will study the deep interior of the planet. Now targeting a launch window of May 2018, NASA’s InSight spacecraft will teach us about the formation and evolution of rocky planets,...
Deep Space Extra for Monday, May 23, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra…With strong Congressional support, work on NASA’s Space Launch System exploration rocket will continue beyond a change in administrations, agency Administrator Charles Bolden told a Marshall Space Flight Center gathering. Human...
The Pioneer Venus Orbiter mission began 38 years ago today
When the Pioneer Venus Orbiter launched 38 years ago today, it was only intended to operate for one Venusian year. As it turns out, most of its instruments operated for more than 13 years. The purpose of this spacecraft was to investigate the atmosphere of Venus....
Deep Space Extra for Friday, May 20, 2016
Deep Space Extra… NASA and Lockheed Martin test the water impact forces on astronauts returning to Earth from deep space aboard the Orion crew capsule. Human Deep Space Exploration NASA crash-test dummies suit up for action ECNMag.com (5/19): At NASA’s...
The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration Commends Subcommittee on “Deep Space Habitats” Hearing
Industry leaders lend insight into NASA’s current habitation concepts that will launch the next chapter in deep space exploration The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration (Coalition) commends the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology’s Subcommittee on...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
