Welcome Home, Scott Kelly. Now Let’s Go to Mars.
by Dr. John Holdren and Charles Bolden On Tuesday, March 1, 2016, Commander Scott Kelly returned home from the International Space Station after twelve months working off the Earth, for the Earth. His year in space will pay scientific and medical dividends for years...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, March 28, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Orion may look like Apollo. But the new NASA spacecraft is designed to send explorers further and to more deep space destinations than its successful predecessor. Human Deep Space Exploration Looks aside, NASA’s Orion is “light...
STS-45 launched to space 24 years ago today
On this day in 1992, the Shuttle Atlantis launched to space for STS-45. The 46th space shuttle mission and the 11th mission for Atlantis, STS-45 carried a payload of scientific experiments on the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-1) platform....
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Thursday, March 24, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Now, is no time to reset a visionary U.S. civil space policy with its focus on the human exploration of Mars. Human Deep Space Exploration NASA’s Human Spaceflight Program can’t afford another reset from the next...
NASA explores equipment to keep astronauts fit
NASA is talking up some of the equipment that it has invented for astronauts to use to keep fit while they are on a long duration space missions. To avoid losing muscle and bone mass, astronauts must work out for two hours each day. During the week ISS astronauts have...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, March 23, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Mississippi rocket engine tests prepare NASA’s Space Launch System exploration rocket for future flight tests. Human Deep Space Exploration NASA moves ahead on Space Launch System tests Mississippi Public Broadcasting (3/22):...
SLS Highlights for February
The SLS Highlights report for February is out! In this issue: –The secondary payload for the first SLS launch has been selected – 13 CubeSats that will be released while the Orion spacecraft flies to the moon. –Work has begun on the SLS core stage...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, March 22, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Op-ed: Strategic U.S. commercial collaborations could extend the nation’s post-election space reach. Human Deep Space Exploration Russian space program to match NASA’s annual budget over the next decade Ars Technica...
The #Mars fiction that inspires us
While humans have been fascinated by Mars throughout history, writers in the 20th and 21st centuries have been particularly prolific in dreaming about the red planet. These stories are extremely important, as they inspire readers to achieve their dreams. For...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
