Today’s Deep Space Extra, Friday, August 28, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Andy Weir, author of The Martian, predicts human exploration of the red planet by 2050, sooner if Congress backs the plans. The moon has a good...
The Mariner 2 launch was 53 years ago today
Mariner 2, the first human probe to Venus, launched from Cape Canaveral on this day in 1962. Mariner 2 was the first spacecraft to encounter another planet, and confirmed that Venus has cool clouds and an extremely hot surface. Mariner 2 also set the stage for future...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Thursday, August 27, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA’s Orion capsule clears a milestone unpiloted parachute recovery test. The 2016 U.S. presidential candidates and their stance on...
Stennis Space Center SLS Test Stand gains about a million pounds
Engineers working at Stennis Space Center just recently completed a massive steel tower that will be used to test the Space Launch System’s (SLS) core stage to prepare for SLS’s first launch in 2018. First built in the 1960s to test the Saturn V and Space...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Mars One: Billionaires could make visions of a red planet settlement possible. Orion capsule testing takes place at YPG. NASA’s Dawn...
‘The Time is Now’ for America’s Journey to Mars
Have you seen this op-ed in Roll Call from NASA veterans Doug Cooke and Dan Dumbacher? A mission to Mars would be extremely valuable to the country, both scientifically and financially. Congress must act now to ensure our continuing leadership in space. Do you...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. U.S. deep space planning should include lunar resources, the commercial sector and a wide international partnership, according to a lunar...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Monday, August 24, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Experts address the stress challenges of human Mars exploration. NASA refurbishes the Pegasus barge to chauffeur NASA’s Space Launch...
Orion brings new tech to tested design
NASA’s Orion spacecraft is a mix of old and new: the tried and tested Apollo-era capsule design elements have been married with Shuttle-era crew amenities and modern technology. With the ability to carry a crew of four, a “glass cockpit” digital...Space Talk
La NASA arrive quand même a stream en direct sur twitch une sortie dans l'espace , ce que je trouve quand même assez fou et pendant ce temps dans le chat.
On a pas tous les mêmes priorités faut croire.
c'était tellement inatendu, ça m'a bien fait rire😂😂😂#NASA #Humour
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
