Valentina Tereshkova – 50th Anniversary of First Woman in Orbit
Valentina Tereshkova was born in Maslennikovo, near Yaroslavl, in Russia on 6 March 1937. Her father was a tractor driver and her mother worked in a…
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Orion Crew Module Passes Latest Round of Tests
Workers moved the Orion ground test vehicle (GTA) from the Operations and Checkout Building to the Launch Equipment Test Facility on May 13. Lockheed Martin workers…
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SpaceX’s Grasshopper Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing Rocket Breaks New Record
SpaceX’s Grasshopper flies 820 feet, tripling its March 7th leap. Grasshopper is a 10-story Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing (VTVL) vehicle that SpaceX has designed to test…
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NASA Associate Administrators Speak About the Asteroid Initiative in the FY 2014 Budget Request
The following are statements from the associate administrators of NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, Science Mission Directorate and Space Technology Mission Directorate on the…
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NASA Opens Exploration Design Challenge to Students
NASA unveiled an Exploration Design Challenge on Monday to give students from kindergarten through 12th grade the opportunity to play a unique role in the future…
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Conducting Unique Science on the ESA’s Columbus Module
Since Europe’s Columbus laboratory module was attached to the International Space Station five years ago, it has offered researchers worldwide the opportunity to conduct science beyond…
Read the articleNASA to Host Its First Google+ Hangout With the ISS
NASA will host its first Google+ Hangout live with the International Space Station from 11 a.m. to noon EST, Friday, Feb. 22. This event will connect…
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Helping Astronauts’ Immune Systems in Zero-G
Living in space weakens astronauts’ immune systems, researchers have discovered. The findings are providing clues on how to tackle diseases on Earth before symptoms appear. Ever…
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Using a 3D Printer to Build a Moonbase
Setting up a lunar base could be made much simpler by using a 3D printer to build it from local materials. Industrial partners including renowned architects…
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Remembering Neil Armstrong and Listening to the Apollo Astronauts
After watching a documentary about Neil Armstrong last weekend, it reminded me that I had a copy of In The Shadow if the Moon in my…
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