Explore the Red Planet with Google Mars
Google’s continually-updated maps of Mars provide an incredible and easily accessible way for students and enthusiasts to investigate another world. Users can display markers for geographic features, regions, current and historical spacecraft, and even locations...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, March 7, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Space exploration advocacy organizations unite to urge smooth transition in presidential administrations to preserve U.S. leadership. Human Deep Space Exploration Organizations offer space policy white paper to U.S. presidential...
The Evolution of SLS
NASA’s Space Launch System will have unprecedented power, range and flexibility among rockets. This will be achieved in part because of the rocket’s many planned variants, which will allow a huge range of missions and destinations to the outer reaches of...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Friday, March 4, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA will add a year to its Asteroid Redirect Mission planning. Human Deep Space Exploration NASA slips schedule of Asteroid Redirect Mission Space News (3/3): NASA representatives say plans for the robotic portion of the planned...
Launch abort motor case for Orion passes crucial test
Orbital ATK announced on Monday, Feb. 29 that it had successfully conducted a structural qualification test of the abort motor case that the company is manufacturing for NASA’s Orion spacecraft. The test was conducted on January 26 at Orbital ATK’s facility in...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Thursday, March 3, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Orion’s abort motor, an astronaut launch safety device, clears a crucial structural test. Human Deep Space Exploration Launch abort motor case for Orion passes crucial test Spaceflight Insider (3/3): The abort rocket motor, a...
Built for Exploration
A new video in NASA’s Preparing America for Deep Space Exploration series is out! Some incredible progress has been made in the development of SLS and Orion over the last year, including the construction of multiple SLS test stands, Orion drop and parachute...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, March 2, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Pending legislation would establish a human Mars landing as NASA’s top priority. Human Deep Space Exploration Draft bill proposes wide-ranging space policy changes Space News (3/1): The American Space Reconnaissance Act,...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, March 1, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly paves way for future human deep space exploration with 340 day mission. Human Deep Space Exploration Scott Kelly’s giant leap for mankind: James Lovell USA Today (2/29): U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly is...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.
https://go.nasa.gov/4wsxNFn
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
