Apr 6, 2016
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...
Apr 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...
Apr 5, 2016
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...
Apr 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...
Apr 4, 2016
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) arrived at Mars 10 years ago last month. Over the last 10 years, MRO has been a powerful asset for studying the planet, from daily observations of Mars’s weather to providing evidence that liquid water is seasonally...
Apr 4, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… U.S. and international partners could reach Mars with human explorers in the next 20 years, according to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. Human Deep Space Exploration NASA’s Bolden: Mars mission is ‘closer than...
Apr 1, 2016
42 years ago on March 29, NASA’s Mariner 10 mission became the first spacecraft to visit Mercury. At the time of its launch, little was known about our planetary neighbors. Scientists were particularly interested in Mercury’s core and how Venus interacts with the...
Apr 1, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will urge the next presidential administration to stay the course with the agency’s deep space exploration plans. Human Deep Space Exploration Bolden seeks stability for NASA in upcoming...
Mar 31, 2016
On this day in 1996, the Shuttle Atlantis returned to Earth on STS-76. STS-76 became the third U.S. Shuttle mission to dock with the Russian orbital outpost Mir, transferring astronaut Shannon Lucid to the outpost for a long-duration stay. The mission also provided...
Mar 31, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… U.S. Space Station experiment will assess the use of expandable modules as habitats for astronauts on deep space missions. Human Deep Space Exploration NASA test could pave the way for future space habitats Huffington Post (3/30): In...