Mobile Launcher Upgraded to Launch NASA’s Mammoth ‘Journey to Mars’ Rocket
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – NASA’s Mobile Launcher (ML) is undergoing major upgrades and modifications at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida enabling the massive structure to launch the agency’s mammoth Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion crew capsule on a...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related reporting and commentary from across the globe. The challenges faced by astronauts assigned to explore Mars are likely to differ from those living aboard the International Space...
The Solar System, to scale in the Nevada desert
NASA’s SLS will be the first system built to potentially reach any object in the solar system. But the solar system is huge–unfathomably so. So large that’s it’s incredibly difficult to visualize. Check out this video from Wylie Overstreet and...
Don’t miss the #Spacechat with @MarsJoe on Thursday, Oct. 1
Join in the fun and #Spacechat with @MarsJoe, also known as Joe Cassady, the executive director, space, for Aerojet Rocketdyne and a board member of Explore Mars Inc., on Thursday, Oct. 1 at 2:oo p.m. EDT. Joe is an Aerojet Rocketdyne rocket scientist working on...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. U.S. Senate action Monday and Tuesday on a temporary budget measure may prevent a U.S. government shutdown as the 2015 fiscal year draws to a...
NASA’s “Hedgehog” concept could hop around on asteroids
Ever wanted to explore the surface of a comet or asteroid? NASA has your back–check out this video from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on a new robot concept called Hedgehog that could explore the microgravity environment of comets and asteroids by hopping and...
Mars Monday — the Countdown to Mars
The path to Mars starts here! Orion is the vehicle we’re going to use to do deep space exploration. Similar to Apollo, the capsule’s shape design will protect humans in deep space and in re-entry.
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Monday, September 28, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. If faced with a U.S. government shutdown at mid-week, NASA would continue operations of the International Space Station and ground tests of the...
Nine Real NASA Technologies in ‘The Martian’
Mars has held a central place in human imagination and culture for millennia. Ancients marveled at its red color and the brightness that waxed and waned in cycles over the years. Early observations through telescopes led some to speculate that the planet was covered...Space Talk
@mars_stu @NASAJPL @NASAMars They'll be downlinked when the spacecraft is able to re-point to Earth following its science observations. Will begin likely NET later this evening US time, and take place over a few days.
What's it like to fly NASA's experimental, quiet supersonic aircraft?
We're hosting a @Reddit AMA with our X-59 test pilots on Monday, May 18. Stop by and share your questions! https://www.reddit.com/r/nasa/
What's it like to fly NASA's experimental, quiet supersonic aircraft?
We're hosting a @Reddit AMA with our X-59 test pilots on Monday, May 18. Stop by and share your questions! https://www.reddit.com/r/nasa/
How do planets form? Tiny grains of dust orbiting a newborn star collide, grow, and eventually build entire worlds. ✨🪐
A NASA scientist explains how planets like Earth came to be: https://youtu.be/1A_73j71WkE?si=ipv2g9uW0__rT5nV
