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...
SLS’ Boosters Complete Aft Skirt Motor Test
NASA came one step closer to having the agency’s new super heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) booster send crews to locations further out into the Solar System than has ever been attempted before. On Sept. 22, 2015, NASA and Orbital ATK carried out a more reserved...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Friday, September 25, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. The world’s space powers are preparing to meet in Jerusalem in late October for discussions on the latest in exploration strategies and...
The first robotic sample return mission returned to Earth 45 years ago today
On this day in 1970, the USSR’s Luna 16 mission landed in Kazakhstan with the first samples of lunar soil ever to be returned by a robotic spacecraft. While the Soviet lunar program is often overlooked because of the more prominent Apollo program, many extremely...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Thursday, September 24, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is finding that his marathon mission aboard the International Space Station may be something like a mission to Mars....
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA includes a possible human mission to the Martian moon Phobos in Space Launch System planning. Imagery of the Apollo moon walkers will help...
NASA’s Orbital Workshop Concept
Have you ever heard of NASA’s Orbital Workshop concept? First proposed in 1965, the Orbital Workshop was conceived as a manned orbital telescope and space station, crewed by one or more astronauts and continually and serviced by Saturn and Apollo vehicles....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
Is Gravity Really A Force?? 🤔🌌
Read now - https://tothyajano.blogspot.com/2026/08/is-gravity-really-force.html
#Space #Universe #Physics #Newton #UntoldFacts
