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...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, October 12, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA’s just released, three phase Journey to Mars strategy stirs debate in Congress and among outside experts. Apollo 11’s Buzz...
Space Launch System Highlights for Sept. 2015
NASA’s Space Launch System Highlights for September is out now! Among the updates: –Preparations are underway for SLS’s second booster ground test –Marshall Space Flight Center’s structural test stand adds more steel to accommodate...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Friday, October 9, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. A new NASA primer outlines a three step strategy for the human exploration of Mars. NASA’s Mars strategy will require high profile milestones....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
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The SR-71 wasn't just fast.
NASA used the legendary Blackbird as a flying laboratory, helping advance high-speed aeronautical research. https://planetags.com/blogs/planetags-blog/the-sr-71-blackbird-a-legacy-of-speed-and-innovation
#SR71 #NASA #PlaneTags
#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
