Today’s Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, February 23, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… More than Apollo, the NASA/Lockheed Martin Orion spacecraft is designed to transport human explorers beyond the moon and back. Human Deep Space Exploration Insider exclusive: Lockheed Martin’s Jules Schneider talks EM-1 and...
#MarsMonday: Unusual Mars exploration concepts
The history of Mars exploration has produced sometimes outlandish concepts for exploring the red planet. While the spacecraft that have actually visited the surface of Mars have been either landers or rovers, let’s take a look at some recent examples of...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, February 22, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Budget stability is essential for the successful development of NASA’s frontier opening Space Launch System rocket. Human Deep Space Exploration Upon closer look, NASA’s exploration systems are game-changers Space News...
Orion Monthly Accomplishments for January
The Orion roundup for January is out! In this issue: –The pressure vessel to be used for Orion’s Exploration Mission-1 is now in final testing and assembly at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. –New parachutes for Orion are being...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Friday, February 19, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… First lettuce, now zinnias and soon to come tomatoes. Space Station astronauts evaluate plant growth for future human deep space exploration. Human Deep Space Exploration Space farmer Scott Kelly harvests first “space...
Pluto was discovered 86 years ago today
On this day in 1930, Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto. The existence of a planet beyond Neptune was first proposed by Percival Lowell, who posited that orbital perturbations in the outer planets were being caused by an undiscovered body. Using Lowell’s...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Thursday, February 18, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA pursues Hall thruster development as part of a deep space propulsion strategy for future human exploration. Human Deep Space Exploration NASA taps Aerojet Rocketdyne to develop Hall electric propulsion system Spaceflight Insider...
NASA begins construction of SLS core stage mock-up
NASA has begun the process of constructing a mock-up of the vast core section of its planned Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. The simulated core will serve as a practice tool for NASA prior to the 2018 launch of the SLS, which the agency hopes will move mankind one...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, February 17, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA asks students for help with the design of eating utensils for astronauts on deep space missions. Human Deep Space Exploration Star Trek and NASA just issued a replicator challenge Popular Science (2/16): NASA has joined with the...Space Talk
@mars_stu @NASAJPL @NASAMars They'll be downlinked when the spacecraft is able to re-point to Earth following its science observations. Will begin likely NET later this evening US time, and take place over a few days.
What's it like to fly NASA's experimental, quiet supersonic aircraft?
We're hosting a @Reddit AMA with our X-59 test pilots on Monday, May 18. Stop by and share your questions! https://www.reddit.com/r/nasa/
What's it like to fly NASA's experimental, quiet supersonic aircraft?
We're hosting a @Reddit AMA with our X-59 test pilots on Monday, May 18. Stop by and share your questions! https://www.reddit.com/r/nasa/
How do planets form? Tiny grains of dust orbiting a newborn star collide, grow, and eventually build entire worlds. ✨🪐
A NASA scientist explains how planets like Earth came to be: https://youtu.be/1A_73j71WkE?si=ipv2g9uW0__rT5nV
