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...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA is uniting scientists and engineers to select the best human landing site on Mars. Robots built and programmed for space may accompany...
Galileo satellites set for year-long Einstein experiment
Europe’s fifth and sixth Galileo satellites – subject to complex salvage manoeuvres following their launch last year into incorrect orbits – will help to perform an ambitious year-long test of Einstein’s most famous theory. Galileos 5 and 6 were launched...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. With the Critical Design Review phase behind them, NASA and prime contractor Lockheed Martin turn their attention to preparation of the...
News from the Division of Planetary Sciences’ 47th Annual Meeting
The Division of Planetary Sciences met in Maryland last week to discuss many of the landmark planetary science missions happening in the solar system right now. These include New Horizons’ visit to Pluto, MESSENGER’s final orbits around Mercury, and spacecraft...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, November 16, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activity from across the globe. Will humans explore beyond Mars? NASA’s advanced exploration division marks progress with the development of a habitat for deep space...
This Is What The Orion Service Module’s Propulsion System Looks Like
Now this is some engineering. You’re looking at a model-though sadly, not a working one-of the propulsion systems that will power the Orion European Service Module (ESM). Developed by Airbus Defence and Space, the system is now being delivered to NASA’s...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Friday, November 13, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. U.S. and Soviet Cold War space vets Buzz Aldrin and Alexey Leonov reunite in Switzerland. Astronomers spot bright pulsar burst from beyond the...Space Talk
A rocket is scheduled to hit the moon in 3 days and no one is talking about it! #history #space #elon #spacex
HiPOD: Sedimentary Rock Layers in Terby Crater
Sedimentary layers record a history of Mars’ erosion and deposition by water and wind, and they make great landscapes for future interplanetary parks.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_062860_1525
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
#Mars #NASA
#space #nasa What's happening to this cloud? Ice crystals in a distant cirrus cloud are acting like little floating prisms. Known informally as a fire rainbow for its flame-like appearance, a circumhorizon arc appears parallel to the horizon. For a circ… https://ift.tt/fp8EBCO
#space #nasa What's happening to this cloud? Ice crystals in a distant cirrus cloud are acting like little floating prisms. Known informally as a fire rainbow for its flame-like appearance, a circumhorizon arc appears parallel to the horizon. For a circ… https://ift.tt/fp8EBCO
