Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, April 11, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… U.S., Russian experts urge future human deep space missions. Human Deep Space Exploration Presidential candidates must commit on space Florida Today (4/10): As the field of presidential candidates narrows, it’s time for the...
Gemini 1 launched to orbit 52 years ago today
The first mission of NASA’s Gemini program was launched 52 years ago today and marked the beginning of a string of successful space flights that were essential in developing capabilities for NASA’s moon landings. Gemini 1 launched on April 8, 1964 and verified the...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Friday, April 8, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne advance plans for a more powerful upper stage for the Space Launch System exploration rocket. Human Deep Space Exploration MSFC propose Aerojet Rocketdyne supply EUS engines NASAspaceflight.com (4/7):...
Space Launch System Highlights for March
The largest rocket ever constructed is coming along–a highlight of last month’s progress was the final welding of a liquid oxygen tank confidence article. Designed to offer the highest payload mass and volume capability among launch systems, SLS will include a...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Thursday, April 7, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… U.S. space marathoner Scott Kelly will write of his long mission and how it can help contribute to the human exploration of Mars in a new book. Human Deep Space Exploration Scott Kelly will take readers along for a year in space in...
The latest in space science onboard the ISS
Astronauts remained busy during the week of March 21 onboard the International Space Station (ISS) with the arrival of 3 new crewmembers, a supply capsule and numerous scientific investigations that included a study of human bone marrow and the testing of a universal...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, April 6, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… “It’s part of our nature to explore,” says NASA chief scientist Ellen Stofan, who is helping to plan future human missions to Mars. Human Deep Space Exploration Tired of life on Earth? Maybe you can be one of the...
Orion to be blasted with 1,500 speakers
A new acoustic test method is being assessed on Orion, NASA’s new exploration spacecraft that will take humans farther than they’ve ever gone before. Engineers at Orion’s prime contractor, Lockheed Martin, are assessing Direct Field Acoustic testing that...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, April 5, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The recent documentary The Last Man on the Moon stands as a tribute to American ambition. Human Deep Space Exploration The Last Man on the Moon… The List (4/4): A new documentary, The Last Man on the Moon, portrays the life of...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
