Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The Trump administration lists space exploration and commercialization among the nation’s top R&D priorities for 2021. The Japanese Space Agency seeks funds to participate in lunar Gateway. Hurricane Dorian begins to turn away...Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… U.S. leadership in space promises dividends from a growing space economy. NASA’s international partners pledge support for an early lunar orbiting, human tended Gateway. Florida’s space coast braces for a brush with...Today’s Deep Space Extra
Deep Space Extra will be on Summer hiatus starting, Thursday, August 22, returning on Tuesday, September 3. Coalition for Deep Space Exploration offices will also reopen after summer break on September 3.In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Vice President Mike Pence declared...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The White House National Space Council, chaired by Vice President Mike Pence, will meet publicly for the sixth time today. NASA calls on the private sector to bid on resupply missions to the future lunar Gateway. India’s Chandrayaan...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA Administrator announces that the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) will oversee development of the Artemis lunar lander.Human Space ExplorationMSFC wins lander program despite objections from JSC Congressional...Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Joined by several members of Congress, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine plans to speak on the agency’s lunar lander development strategy Friday afternoon. Thursday, the administrator toured the Michoud Assembly Facility to check...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Sierra Nevada selects ULA to rocket Dream Chaser to the International Space Station (ISS). NASA announced Wednesday it will study two potential secondary mission spacecraft, one of which could be selected to launch with the agency’s...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA takes more steps to prepare for the return of human explorers to the surface of the Moon in 2024 and prepare for Mars. Canadian study suggests lunar water could have high economic value. Human Space ExplorationAlabama space center...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA astronauts don corporate space suits. European/Russian Mars lander missions hits a parachute snag. Mission teams are to survey four possible landing sites for NASA’s Osiris-Rex sample return mission at the primitive asteroid...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!
