Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA is eager for congressional action on a 2020 spending plan that will permit it to proceed with the development of lunar landers for human missions in partnership with commercial companies. NASA and Boeing are preparing for a Friday...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… A U.S. House/Senate budget compromise released late Monday falls short of the money sought by NASA to work with the commercial sector to develop landers to return human explorers to the surface of the Moon in 2024. A new map of the Martian...Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The U.S. House is progressing with the Senate on a new NASA authorization measure that would extend oversight of the International Space Station (ISS) to 2030. NASA and Boeing set a December 20 launch date for an uncrewed test flight of...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA and Boeing are negotiating terms of future Space Launch System (SLS) core stage rocket production. A NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) study zeros in on subsurface water ice deposits on Mars. Blue Origin’s New Shepard family...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA leadership suggests Artemis 3, an accelerated effort to return to the surface of the Moon with human explorers in 2024, hinges on more than the Artemis 1 Space Launch System (SLS)/Orion test mission. Earth science mission participants...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) has achieved a key milestone with assembly of the first core stage now complete, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine declared on Monday. The Mobile Launch Platform at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) passes a critical loads test, as NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine prepares to offer an update on the Artemis initiative that is to accelerate a human return to the Moon in 2024. Boeing’s...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine calls on Congress to pass NASA’s 2020 budget. Russia, SpaceX launch back to back cargo missions to the International Space Station (ISS). University of Alabama in Huntsville assesses space nuclear...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s new Associate Administrator for human exploration, Doug Loverro, strongly endorsed the Space Launch System (SLS) mission during an employee Town Hall this week. Research from NASA’s Solar Parker Probe removes some of the...Space Talk
HiPOD: Marvelous Martian Mega-Ripples
In a down-wind perspective view we can see mega-ripples collecting along the flanks of dark sand dunes near the North Polar deposits. A closer look illustrates the fine scale details of some active mega-ripples.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_053345_2640
The rounded top of the container is interesting — presumably you'd want square corners.
Maybe a vestigial requirement, so it fits in the space-modified C5s?
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has arrived at the Space Coast! Carried inside NASA's Pegasus barge, this new telescope is set to launch on Falcon Heavy later this year.
@pronounced_kyle I didn’t know that NASA had a barge, but I am now obsessed with the NASA barge.
@mualphaxi @pronounced_kyle The Pegasus barge replaced the Poseidon and Orion barges that served the Saturn program and has been in service since 1999 when it served the Shuttle program. I'll just leave this here to feed that new obsession. 😉
Oh, there were recovery ships too!
NASA’s Pegasus Barge - NASA
NASA’s barge, Pegasus, will ferry the massive core stage of the agency’s new rocket, the Space Launch System, ...
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Celebrating a Remarkable Legacy of Service
Recently, the Titusville Police Department had the honor of recognizing four incredible employees as they begin their well-earned retirements.
Together, these dedicated professionals represent an astounding 120 years of service to the
For the first time, NASA will launch two student missions on one sounding rocket!
The sounding rocket will launch Wednesday, June 24, with a window opening at 5:30 a.m. EDT. A livestream will be available on the Wallops YouTube channel. Stay tuned for our launch viewing map!
