ESA astronaut Tim Peake recently spent 12 days underwater with three other aquanauts to look at the best ways for astronauts to explore an asteroid. Behind the scenes, a large support team was learning through experience.
No effort was spared to make the experience as realistic as possible. This Neemo mission simulated a mission to an asteroid 15 million km … Read the rest of this article
This video is an inspirational call-to-arms for anyone who’s ever looked to the stars and dreamed of a day when the sky was, in fact, not the limit. It’s for all those who were inspired by the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions of the 1960s and early 70s; all those for whom the future of space travel was bright and … Read the rest of this article
NASA partner Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has completed an important design review of the crewed version of its Dragon spacecraft. The concept baseline review presented NASA with the primary and secondary design elements of its Dragon capsule designed to carry astronauts into low Earth orbit, including the International Space Station.
SpaceX is one of several companies working to develop crew … Read the rest of this article
Eighty-four female high school students from 29 states will plan a simulated mission to Mars and experience life as an engineer or scientist when NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston hosts two events focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in June and July.
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Some of the next generation’s future female explorers and problem solvers got a real-world look …
The International Space Station’s Expedition 31 crew grappled and attached SpaceX’s Dragon capsule to the space station Friday. This is the first time a commercial company has accomplished this type of space operation.
The SpaceX Dragon capsule is berthed to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV
“Today marks another critical step in the future of American spaceflight,” NASA Administrator … Read the rest of this article
The SpaceX Dragon capsule, which on Tuesday became the first commercially developed and built spacecraft to launch to the International Space Station, is carrying among its cargo a suite of 15 science experiments designed by students.
NASA Student Space Flight Experiments Program
Known collectively as Aquarius, the experiments will assess the effects of microgravity on physical, chemical and biological systems. … Read the rest of this article
The second demonstration mission for NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program is under way as SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft lifted off Tuesday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 3:44 a.m. EDT.
“I want to congratulate SpaceX for its successful launch and salute the NASA team that worked alongside them to make it happen,” … Read the rest of this article
Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit of NASA has taught more than half a million internet viewers how microgravity affects scientific principles by using everyday objects on the International Space Station. In the latest video, Pettit takes his demonstrations to the next level by using sound to oscillate water placed on a speaker and letting the droplets fly.
Don Pettit … Read the rest of this article
Yes, you read the title of this correctly. Something big might be about to happen in terms of manned (or possibly robotic) space exploration, outside the remit of NASA and other national, governmental space agencies. Big names like Google, James Cameron and the X-Prize Foundation might be getting into the space mining business!
It’s the kind of thing you’d expect … Read the rest of this article
“Following are excerpts from remarks given by NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver at the arrival of the space shuttle Discovery at Dulles International Airport on Tuesday, April 17:
“Discovery was the longest-serving veteran of NASA’s space shuttle fleet. Her maiden voyage was in 1984. She flew 39 missions, spent 365 days in space, orbited Earth 5,830 times and traveled 148,221,675 … Read the rest of this article
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