Today’s Deep Space Extra, Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. In late August, a half-dozen experts will start a yearlong Mars mission simulation atop Mauna Loa in Hawaii. European service module...The most versatile spacecraft ever made
The versatility of NASA’s Orion spacecraft will be unmatched among any other spacecraft in history. Capable of supporting four astronauts for up to 21 days, Orion will be America’s first truly deep space exploration vehicle. Combined with a service module,...Today’s Deep Space Extra, Monday, August 3, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. The Aquarius undersea lab provides shelter for U.S., European and Japanese astronauts for two week space simulation. NASA’s Space Launch...
The lunar rover turns 44 today
Apollo 15’s David Scott and James Irvin first drove the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) on this day in 1971. Scott and Irvin traversed 27.8 km in 3 hours, 2 minutes of total driving time. As a testament to the hands-on technology of the era, here’s a...Today’s Deep Space Extra, Friday, July 31, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. The feature film The Martian, based on the book of the same name, opens in theaters Oct. 2 with a realistic look at surviving on the red...
NASA preparing Orion Spacecraft for drop tests
In May, NASA’s Langley Research Center received Orion’s heat shield from December’s Exploration Flight Test, and will be integrating it into a crew module mockup and conducting several drop tests to simulate ocean landings. Using test dummies and...Today’s Deep Space Extra, Thursday, July 30, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA and Lockheed Martin make changes to Orion capsule fairing separation system in response to December flight test. Star explosion solves a...
Watch today’s Orion Fairing Separation Test Live!
Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor for Orion, is hosting a Google Hangout today for an Orion fairing separation test. Using a series of precisely-timed, explosive charges and mechanisms, the team will evaluate design changes they’ve made to the...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA’s technology investments bring scientists closer to discovery of life beyond the Earth. Some in Congress call for more spending on...Space Talk
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2 strategically important satellites, #NVS03 & #Gisat1A, are sitting in Sriharikota for weeks, awaiting govt nod for launch. Also waiting is a #GSLVMk2, whose propellant filling was halted midway after clearance failed to come through. 1/n
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🚀 Starship S40 refuses to sink — and SpaceX is ready to bring it home
After 200+ hours floating in the Indian Ocean, “Starboat” is set for one of the most ambitious recovery missions ever attempted.
NASA is watching closely… and a little shocked.
#SpaceX #Starship #NASA 🌍✨
A rocket is scheduled to hit the moon in 3 days and no one is talking about it! #history #space #elon #spacex
HiPOD: Sedimentary Rock Layers in Terby Crater
Sedimentary layers record a history of Mars’ erosion and deposition by water and wind, and they make great landscapes for future interplanetary parks.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_062860_1525
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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