Space Launch System’s structural test panels complete
Teams at AMRO Fabricating Corp. in South El Monte, California, show completed flight and structural test article hardware panels, arranged in order, for each section of NASA’s new rocket, the Space Launch System. SLS will be the most powerful rocket ever built...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Friday, November 6, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA’s Space Launch System exploration rocket and Orion crew exploration capsule programs have assumed budget increases not yet approved,...
STS-73 landed 20 years ago today
On this day in 1995, STS-73 on the Space Shuttle Columbia returned to Earth after an extremely successful 15-day mission in orbit. STS-73 carried the second United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML-2) Spacelab mission. Experiments conducted in-flight included...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Thursday, November 5, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA will seek new recruits for its astronaut corps, men and women that could train for future deep space exploration as well as service aboard...
NASA Studies New Upper Stage For Second SLS Mission
Frank Morring, Jr. NASA human-spaceflight managers are evaluating whether it will be possible to switch to a more capable upper stage for the heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) in time for its first flight with a crew. The U.S. space agency has scheduled that flight...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Two space veterans make the case for the moon as a destination on the way to Mars with humans. As NASA starts a human Mars landing site...
Orion’s tech and the future of deep space exploration
The Orion spacecraft is being engineered for humanity’s journey to Mars, with the tech needed for a wide range of mission profiles. Check out this video from FW: Thinking on the engineering that will take us out to deep space:
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. A NASA workshop gathered scientists and engineers to prep for the first human landings on Mars. NASA engineers have tested a rocket engine that...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, November 2, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA is pursuing spacecraft development at an aggressive pace, say experts. Writer Andy Weir explains how The Martian was formulated. The...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
