Think You’re Stressed? Try Being A Rocket
You know how big the SLS vehicle will be. We described the tremendous power and thrust of just one of the RS-25 engines after last year’s test firings. You may have witnessed live as we fired one of the massive five-segment solid rocket boosters last March....
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, February 29, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Astronaut Gene Cernan, commander of Apollo 17 and the last person to walk on the moon, reflects with family and friends in a new documentary as the U.S. prepares to resume human deep space exploration. Human Deep Space Exploration...
NASA Faces Post Election Disruption, Experts Warn Congress
The U.S. House Science, Space and Technology Committee received warnings Thursday from two distinguished former NASA officials and a management expert from the U.S. General Accountability Office that the agency’s human space program could face upheaval after the...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Friday, February 26, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… History suggests NASA’s human spaceflight programs face disruption with changes in administration. Human Deep Space Exploration House bill would restructure NASA management to provide more stability Space News (2/25): The...
Statement by Executive Director of the Coalition for Deep Space Exploration on Today’s House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Hearing on the Need for Stability at NASA
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration applauds Chairman Smith, Ranking Member Johnson and the members of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee for holding today’s thoughtful and substantive hearing on the need for stability at NASA,...
Mariner 6 launched on a mission to Mars 47 years ago today
On this day in 1969, the Mariner 6 mission launched from Cape Canaveral on a journey to Mars. Mariner 6’s mission goals were to study the surface and atmosphere of Mars during close flybys, in order to establish the basis for future investigations, and to...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Thursday, February 25, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… With bold leadership, humans will return to deep space, predicts Gene Cernan, the NASA astronaut who commanded NASA’s final Apollo mission and focus of a new documentary. Human Deep Space Exploration Last man on the moon...
NASA’s Orion: 100,000 parts riding 8 million pounds of thrust
NASA has been putting its Orion Capsule “crew display and control system” through its paces – a lean three-screen set-up designed as a user-friendly alternative to the “nearly 2,000 switches and controls” packed into the space shuttle....
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, February 24, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Lunar orbit may be just the place to test a NASA habitat developed to house astronauts on future missions to asteroids and Mars. Human Deep Space Exploration Plans being devised for human outpost near the moon Space.com (2/23): A...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
