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...
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...Space Talk
No single telescope can tell the whole story of our Universe!
As we look ahead to the launch of #NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a new chapter in cosmic exploration is about to begin.
Each #NASA space telescope sees the Universe differently - revealing its stars,
A spacewalk starts long before the hatch opens. 👨🚀🛰️
Astronaut Anil Menon says preparations can begin around 8 hours earlier, with equipment checks, suit-up procedures and breathing 100% oxygen before the EVA.
Hours of work go into every step outside the ISS.
#Space #Spacewalk
HiRISE 3D: A Very Small Landslide
This image highlights a landslide starting near the bottom of a slope, which is hard to discern details in Context Camera data, but a great target for HiRISE.
https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_093194_1845_ESP_093339_1845_RED
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
#Mars #NASA #science
Less than a week until Roman takes flight! 🔭🚀
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is targeting an Aug. 30 launch aboard Falcon Heavy.
With Hubble-like sharpness but a field of view ~100× larger, Roman will survey huge areas of the cosmos.
#Space #SpaceExploration
