Orion Monthly Accomplishments for September 2015
NASA’s monthly newsletter for September on the development of the Orion spacecraft is here! In this issue: –Lockheed Martin engineers have begun welding together the Exploration Mission-1 Crew Module. –Propulsion tanks for the test article of...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Friday, October 16, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. George Mueller, a pivotal NASA Apollo program manager, has died at 97. NASA appoints new managers to Orion and Space Launch System programs....
Cassini-Huygens launched 18 years ago today
On this day in 1997, NASA and the European Space Agency’s Cassini-Huygens mission was launched from Cape Canaveral. Cassini-Huygens is a monumental mission to Saturn that is still returning valuable data today. The mission included the Huygens lander that became...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Thursday, October 15, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. China’s space leadership ponders future deep space ventures. Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush likes the idea of a moon colony....Ask Me Anything with NASA’s rocket scientists
Save the date: NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and Explore Deep Space are hosting a Reddit iAMA on Thursday, Oct 15th at 3:00 p.m. eastern with rocket scientists and engineers working on NASA’s journey to Mars! Participating in the discussing are: Bill...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA appoints new Orion program manager. Studies of pebbles in Mars’ Gale Crater with NASA’s Curiosity rover suggest they were...
Flight Crew to Flight: NASA Names 1st Astronaut-Turned-Flight Director
Timothy “TJ” Creamer, who this week joined the ranks of Christopher Kraft, Eugene Kranz and Glynn Lunney as one of NASA’s flight directors, is no stranger to Mission Control. Over the course of his 20-year career at NASA, Creamer has been certified...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. A series of deep space missions that include an orbital visit to Mars ahead of a landing may hold technical and financial merit, write two U.S....
Orbital ATK prepares for QM-2 test of SLS Solid Rocket Booster in spring 2016
As work progresses around the country toward the debut of NASA’s SLS rocket in 2018, Orbital ATK is preparing for the final qualification test of the five segment Solid Rocket Booster motor that will power the SLS through first stage flight. That second qualification...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
