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....
We lost contact with the Pioneer Venus Orbiter 23 years ago today
On this day in 1992, the Pioneer Venus Orbiter stopped transmitting and began its descent in the Venusian atmosphere. Pioneer 12 was launched in May 1978 on a mission to study and map Venus’s clouds and atmosphere. During its 14-year stay, Pioneer 12 was able to...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Thursday, October 8, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. A top NASA official predicts humans will reach Mars within two decades. NASA briefs plan for a robotic Mars orbiter in the 2020s equipped to...
Just what is an SLS anyway?
For those lucky enough to be at or near Kennedy Space Center when a Space Launch System rocket leaves Earth for the first time, it will be an unforgettable experience. Any rocket launch is amazing to witness in person, but the rise of a truly powerful launch vehicle,...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA space shuttle rocket engines find new life aboard the Space Launch System exploration rocket. Aging NASA Apollo imagery stirs up memories...
NASA making continual progress on SLS booster qualification tests
NASA’s SLS is making serious progress on the road to being operational–after a successful booster qualification test in March, the second qualification test, planned for spring 2016, will test the booster’s performance for cold motor conditioning will and...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Enthusiasts explain why the moon Phobos may be a stepping stone to the Martian surface for human explorers. Can a growing public enthusiasm for...
Making History, Again
Ask anybody what an astronaut does, and they’ll talk about going on space missions. And, to be sure, that is part of being an astronaut. A rather cool part of being an astronaut. But, strictly on time spent, it’s also the smallest major part of the job. Back in 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
