Today’s Deep Space Extra, Thursday, September 10, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Assembly of the NASA/Lockheed Martin Orion capsule assigned to the first space test flight of the Space Launch System heavy lift rocket has...
SLS is bringing back the thunder
NASA’s Space Launch System will be the largest and most powerful rocket ever built. With one variant standing over 400 feet tall, SLS will be taller than London’s Big Ben, and more than twice the height of the Statue of Liberty. The 70-metric-ton...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. U.S. presidential candidates avoid talk on space, though Mars is within reach. NASA looks for chance to develop powerful Space Launch System...
James Webb Space Telescope’s Sunshield getting closer to spacecraft integration
Northrop Grumman recently tested a revolutionary new “sunshield” for the James Webb Space Telescope. The sunshield will protect the telescope’s extremely delicate instruments from solar radiation while the telescope’s mirrors point outward into...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. A 2016 federal budget lapse could disrupt NASA, national security space priorities. U.S. moon, Mars human exploration initiatives need more...
Aerojet Rocketdyne and the Path to Mars
Aerojet Rocketdyne, besides being the annual winner of the most awesome company name in history, has a critical role in the development of SLS, Orion, and new technologies that will enable the human exploration of deep space. Take a look at this video that shows how...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Friday, September 4, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. An Earth bound, yearlong Mars mission simulation raises a question: What will I miss most? Astronomers not ready to give up to very distant...
Viking 2’s 39-year landing anniversary
On this day in 1976, the Viking 2 Mars lander touched down on the red planet, becoming only the second spacecraft to successfully soft-land on Mars. Viking 2 remained active for over three years, returning extremely valuable data on the planet’s surface...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Thursday, September 3, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. The soon to open feature film, The Martian, is as realistic as it gets, suggests a top NASA planetary scientist. Women scientists were a...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
