Deep Space Extra for Thursday, December 17, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA receives a significant spending boost in the 2016 Omnibus Appropriations measure outlined by Congress on Wednesday. The agency’s...
The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration Commends Congress on Commitment to Deep Space Exploration
The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration applauds the bipartisan leadership demonstrated by the United States Congress for providing strong FY 2016 funding for NASA needed to keep the nation’s deep space exploration and science programs on track. “These...
Stuffin.Space shows the positions of every man-made object in orbit
Ever wonder how many satellites are in orbit right now? NASA and other agencies around the world track the objects in orbit to enhance safety for space missions, and thanks to a group of enthusiasts, all of that data is available for everyone at http://stuffin.space/....
Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Work on NASA’s Space Launch System exploration rocket changes the view from Huntsville. China plans new human spacecraft for future space...
Space Launch System November Highlights
November’s highlights report for NASA’s Space Launch System is here! In this issue: –NASA Marks Completion of Test Version of Key SLS Propulsion System –NASA Awards Contract to Restart Development of Engines to Power Agency’s Journey to Mars...
Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. On Monday, NASA began accepting applications to the agency’s astronaut corps. Enthusiasm over new U.S. commercial space legislation...
#MarsMonday: History’s Mars Exploration Concepts
For #MarsMonday, let’s take a look back at the old plans for exploring the red planet that led to our current mission concepts. The Mars Project was developed by Werhner von Braun in 1948 and outlines a 70-crew mission that would be launched in 1965. Spending...
Deep Space Extra for Monday, December 14, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. The U.S. House joined the Senate on Friday in an agreement to extend a budget Continuing Resolution through Wednesday, avoiding a government...
Orion is Marching. Down. The field.
NASA’s Orion Program continues to mark progress at facilities around the country toward the next flight of the spacecraft. Engineers at NASA Glenn Research Center’s Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, are preparing a structural representation of the ESA (European...Space Talk
@SpaceArchivist_ Yes, the LVSA might be a slight issue, so try it whichever way works best for you!
as for KSP, I appreciate the offer, but i love to show off my own KSP stock stuff so ill probably do that myself, but i do thank you for the offer!
@SpaceArchivist_ could you replace the ICPS with centaur V?
I'm working on a video about SLS centaur V, and one of the points im going to discuss is how massively overkill current SLS is for CV, and that this, much smaller SLS could also do such a thing, and would like to give the audience a
@SpaceArchivist_ and of course, Ill credit you in video!
What a strange configuration
Hey as a completely unrelated fun fact did y'all know that Orion can only be integrated vertically?
We're not rebuilding the same pad for New Glenn. We're moving to a horizontal/vertical hybrid configuration to get us flying again this year at 36A. We were already working on something similar for 9x4 at 36B. Let me explain what that means. We mate the stages horizontally in
@ThePrimalDino @Tygget getting Orion to LLO with CV would definitely require a refill in LEO, and at that point it would make more sense to just use a beefier cislunar transporter
@serendistant @Tygget yup. especially given how tall that rocket would be. it would be very unwieldy
We’re at the Great American State Fair in DC, where we’ve got live feed of NASA astronauts @Astro_Jessica and @Astro_ChrisW replacing a wrist joint on the @Space_Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm during their spacewalk! Tune in here: http://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/us-spacewalk-95/
