Deep Space Extra for Monday, April 18, 2016
In today’s Deep Space Extra…Buzz Aldrin says Colonize Mars! Not the Moon! Human Deep Space Exploration NASA getting closer to “Boots on Mars” with Colorado companies’ help The Denver Post (4/15): A key to the human exploration of Mars is reducing our...
42 years ago, Apollo 16 launched on a mission to the moon
Between 1969 and 1972, NASA sent six Apollo missions to the moon. The fifth of those, Apollo 16, launched 42 years ago tomorrow. Apollo 16 was launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 16, 1972. Its mission was to inspect, survey and sample lunar materials and...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Friday, April 15, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s Orion spacecraft will start human explorers on future deep space missions with multiple destinations. Human Deep Space Exploration Moon or Mars? Lockheed preps Orion for deep space adventure Flightglobal.com (4/14):...
Marshall Space Flight Center is building the infrastructure to test SLS
An important part of preparing for the first flight of a new launch vehicle is to make sure components are able to handle structural loads. At NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, construction is underway to prepare for just that. New test...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Thursday, April 14, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s Journey to Mars includes plans for a small lunar orbiting habit for astronauts in the 2020s. Lockheed Martin’s version of the habitat could spur commercial interest as well. Human Deep Space Exploration Lockheed...
New technologies on ISS will enable longer-duration human expeditions in space
This past Sunday, 7,000 pounds of cargo were delivered to the International Space Station (ISS). New technologies are demonstrated and breakthroughs in research occur in this unique microgravity environment. The SpaceX Dragon capsule carried crew supplies, scientific...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, April 13, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Support within the space and science communities for NASA’s Journey to Mars is growing, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden tells space professionals gathered in Colorado Springs for the 32nd annual Space Symposium. Human Deep...
Drop tests for Orion begin at NASA Langley
If you were just returning from a deep space mission, wouldn’t you like to know that you will land safely? Engineers at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia have begun testing to ensure just that. A model of the Orion crew capsule is participating in...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, April 12, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA Kepler spacecraft recovers from emergency mode. Human Deep Space Exploration A major role for the EU in lunar development The Space Review (4/11): NASA’s efforts to reach Mars with humans in the 2030s creates a large...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
