Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, January 18, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s Orion crew exploration capsule completes parachute recovery system development testing. Charles D. Walker’s opinion on NASA vs. private missions to Mars, and more. Human Deep Space Exploration NASA completes Orion...
Orion, At Your Service (Module)
What do NASA’s Orion spacecraft and nuclear-powered airplanes have in common? Here’s a hint: It’s something they also both have in common with actor Samuel L. Jackson. The answer, of course, is that they’ve all been to NASA’s Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio. Plum...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Friday, January 15, 2016
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Without Europe at its side, Russia plans to forego lunar, Mars missions. China’s space ambitions include a 2018 space probe landing on...
Cassini-Huygens landed on Titan 11 years ago today
On this day in 2005, the Cassini-Huygens Probe successfully landed on Saturn’s moon Titan. After being released from Cassini on Christmas day, 2004, the Huygens probe entered Titan’s atmosphere on January 14th and landed on the surface almost three hours...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Thursday, January 14, 2016
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA engineers wrapped up a development round of drop tests for the Orion capsule’s parachute recovery system on Wednesday. NASA’s...
Second SLS Test Stand Begins Rise at NASA Marshall
A crane moves the first steel tier to be bolted into place on Jan. 6, for welding of a second new structural test stand at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama – critical to development of NASA’s Space Launch System. When...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Mercury astronaut John Glenn, the first American to circle the Earth nearly 54 years ago, demonstrated the potential of human space...
Six Orion Milestones to Track in 2016
This year, engineers will make important progress developing and testing the Orion spacecraft that will send astronauts to deep space destinations on the journey to Mars. NASA will mark critical steps necessary in preparation for both the spacecraft’s first...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Singer/composer David Bowie, who died at 69, draws space community tributes. Orbital ATK engineers explain changes to the shuttle solid rocket...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
