The many destinations of SLS
When completed, the Space Launch System will be able to boost a huge variety of payloads to Earth orbit and deep space. Some possible destinations the rocket can service include Saturn, Uranus and even interstellar space. Click on the images below to see some of the...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA contracts with Aerojet Rocketdyne to manufacture the rocket engines for the first stage of the Space Launch System exploration rocket. Planners...
Check out Orion’s shiny new coating
NASA recently released new images of the Orion capsule with a new paint job–a chrome layer that will help with thermal insulation for the spacecraft. The chrome layer, being highly reflective, will help maintain Orion’s temperature during its missions....
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, November 23, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Apollo 11’s Buzz Aldrin crusades for Mars. NASA prepares the James Webb Space Telescope’s big mirror for assembly ahead of late...
Happy Birthday, ISS
17 years ago today, the Zarya module of the International Space Station launched into orbit, making the ISS 17 years old! Zarya, meaning “sunrise” in Russian, provided electrical power and storage while the station was being assembled, and also served as...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Friday, November 20, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA introduces a silvery addition to the Orion crew exploration capsule. Space Florida works to make space exploration an issue in the 2016...
46 years ago today, Apollo 12 landed on the moon
On this day in 1969, Apollo 12 landed on the moon. The second mission to reach our satellite, Apollo 12 was crewed by astronauts Pete Conrad, Richard Gordon and Alan Bean. Apollo 12 completed a number of firsts, including the first visit of a manned spaceflight to a...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Thursday, November 19, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Emerging telepresence and virtual reality technologies could help U.S. astronauts explore the Martian surface from orbit around the red planet....
Don’t miss tomorrow’s panel on Orion and SLS at #SpaceCom
Thursday, 11/19 at 12:30 p.m. Central, Orbital ATK vice president and former space shuttle commander Brian Duffy will moderate a discussion on NASA’s next generation space exploration missions. Lockheed Martin Orion Program Engineer Lora Lechago and Boeing Space...Space Talk
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