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...
Our favorite images from our Mars explorers
This #MarsMonday, check out images from NASA’s first Mars lander to the most recent rover! This was the first picture taken from the surface of Mars. NASA’s Viking 1 lander took the photo in 1976 on its mission to get high-resolution images of the surface and search...
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...Space Talk
Did you know the @Space_Station is restocked with food every 60 to 90 days? During these resupply missions, @NASA can send a wide variety of food items including fresh foods, pizza kits, and even real ice cream!
Stop by the NASA exhibit at the Great American State Fair all week
Did you know the @Space_Station is restocked with food every 60 to 90 days? During these resupply missions, @NASA can send a wide variety of food items including fresh foods, pizza kits, and even real ice cream!
Stop by the NASA exhibit at the Great American State Fair all week
HiRISE 3D: A Possible Eroded Dyke System in Atlantis Chaos
These dykes would be intruding into sediments of probable lacustrine origin, deposited in this basin of the southern cratered highlands.
https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_092224_1450_ESP_092593_1450_RED
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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Joe Engle—age 32—flew the X-15 OTD in 1965 to an altitude of more than 50 miles, qualifying for astronaut wings under the USAF definition.
He was selected to become a NASA astronaut the following year and was the only person to have flown both the X-15 and the Space Shuttle.
@NASAhistory Sorry I don't know this, did I fly the shuttle to space, or did he only fly the pictured Enterprise?
@TNCannuck In addition to flying a few of the Approach and Landing Tests aboard Enterprise, Engle commanded the second shuttle mission (STS-2) aboard Columbia as well as STS-51I aboard Discovery.