Recent engineering advances by NASA and its industry partners across the country show important progress toward Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1), the next step to launching humans to deep space. The uncrewed EFT-1 mission, launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in 2014, will test the re-entry performance of the agency’s Orion capsule, the most advanced spacecraft ever designed, which … Read the rest of this article
June Lockhart (Lost In Space), William Shatner (Star Trek Original Series) and Wil Wheaton (Star Trek: The Next Generation and The Big Bang Theory) are the latest entertainment icons featured in new public service announcements that highlight how some of NASA’s outstanding accomplishments in space are used to improve our life on Earth.
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On the 12th anniversary of crews continuously living and working aboard the International Space Station, NASA announced Friday a new service to help people see the orbiting laboratory when it passes overhead. “Spot the Station” will send an email or text message to those who sign up for the service a few hours before they will be able to see … Read the rest of this article
Humans venturing beyond Earth orbit deeper into space face increased exposure to cosmic radiation, so ESA has teamed with Germany’s GSI particle accelerator to test potential shielding for astronauts, including Moon and Mars soil.
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NASA proposal for a future deep space station, ‘parked’ at lunar Lagrange point 2 past the far side of the Moon. Residing beyond Earth’s magnetic field, …
NASA is inviting social media users to apply for credentials for the Oct. 7 launch of the first contracted cargo resupply flight to the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services contract.
Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft as it lifts off from SpaceX’s launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is targeted to … Read the rest of this article
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and other dignitaries will attend a public memorial service at the Washington National Cathedral to honor the life and career of astronaut Neil Armstrong on Thursday, Sept. 13. The memorial will be broadcast live on NASA Television and streamed online by the agency’s and National Cathedral’s websites.
Neil Armstrong, who died on August 25th, 2012
By now you’ve probably seen the sad news that Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the Moon, died yesterday from complications due to heart surgery carried out earlier this month to relieve four blocked coronary arteries.
The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden regarding the death of former test pilot and NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong. … Read the rest of this article
Little things can sometimes have big and damaging effects on a mission. In the case of Apollo 15, the “little things with big consequences” were… postage stamps. It might be one of the stranger Apollo-era stories but the Apollo 15 crew put their careers in jeopardy over 298 postage stamps.
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Apollo 15 crew: David Scott, Al Worden and James Irwin…
Sally Ride, the first US woman to travel into space, has died aged 61, 17 months after she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, her foundation says.
Sally Ride, dead at 61
“Sally’s historic flight into space captured the nation’s imagination and made her a household name,” Sally Ride Science said in a statement.
According to her foundation, Ride applied to … Read the rest of this article
On May 25, 2012 SpaceX made history when the Dragon spacecraft became the first privately developed vehicle in history to successfully attach to the International Space Station. Previously only four governments — the United States, Russia, Japan and the European Space Agency — had achieved this feat. This video features highlights from the mission, including:
May 22: Launch Day: SpaceX’s … Read the rest of this article
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