26 years of amazing Hubble images
The Hubble Space Telescope is one of the most incredible scientific instruments ever constructed. Launched 26 years ago this week, Hubble explores the vastness of the universe and observes the most distant stars and galaxies. Hubble orbits Earth at an altitude of...
Deep Space Extra for Friday, April 29, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra…NASA’s Mars exploration ambitions likely to coincide with growing personal spaceflight. Human Deep Space Exploration ‘Way Up There’: Above the Earth and onward to Mars CNN.com (4/28): NASA has its eyes on Mars for future human deep...
Solid rocket boosters for EM-1 are being cast
The capabilities of tomorrow are enabled by the progress we make today. Progress continues to be made on NASA’s next big thing, Space Launch System (SLS), which will be the largest rocket in the world. It will launch astronauts into deep space – further than we...
Deep Space Extra for Thursday, April 28, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Mars comes to Earth with help of Augmented Reality. Human Deep Space Exploration Mars Comes to Earth: Scientists ‘Visit’ Red Planet with Augmented Reality Space.com (4/27): NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has partnered...
New Horizons’ data will help protect future human deep space explorers
Most famously known for its Pluto encounter in July of 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft had also been gathering data for three years on solar wind measurements after passing the orbit of Uranus and before encountering Pluto. In this region, very little was known...
Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, April 27, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra…Traffic in Central Florida slowed Tuesday for Space Launch System hardware en route to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Human Deep Space Exploration Platform for new NASA rocket rolls through Titusville Florida Today (4/26): Newly...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, April 26, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra…Production of the solid rocket boosters for NASA’s first test flight of the Space Launch System exploration rocket and Orion crew capsule is underway. Human Deep Space Exploration First SLS Solid Rocket Booster Segment Is Cast...
Spacesuits for Orion are being tested now
The spacesuits that astronauts will wear when they travel to deep space inside NASA’s new Orion spacecraft are being evaluated now at Johnson Space Center. The spacesuits are being tested to ensure astronauts will be able to effectively interact with Orion’s...
New Researchers Chosen to work with the Mars Curiosity Rover
Curiosity recently got some curious new researchers! Twenty-eight researchers have been chosen as participating scientists to work on projects with the Curiosity Mars rover. These researchers will be actively involved with day-to-day science operations and rover...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
