NASA Awards Optical Telescope Assembly for Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope Mission
NASA has awarded a contract to Harris Corporation of Rochester, New York, for the Optical Telescope Assembly (OTA) for the agency’s Wide Field Infrared Survey …
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NASA has awarded a contract to Harris Corporation of Rochester, New York, for the Optical Telescope Assembly (OTA) for the agency’s Wide Field Infrared Survey …
Scientists are eagerly anticipating data on Earth’s forests that GEDI — launching Dec. 4 — will gather. Source:: Goddard
In the next decade, NASA aims to launch humankind toward the Moon and on to Mars — a monumental step in crewed space travel requiring …
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
By Bill Keeter Cemsica sample exchange: Today the crew removed the processed first Cemsica science cartridge from the SUBSA facility and inserted the second science …
A tiny compound in the atmosphere that acts as a ‘detergent’ to breakdown methane and other greenhouse gases has been found to recycle itself to …
Heading to the International Space Station aboard December’s SpaceX Commercial Resupply Services Mission-16 (CRS-16), the Robotic Refueling Mission 3 (RRM3) will test new methods for …
A Nova Labs Robotics “BrainStorm Troopers” team member from Reston, Virginia, asks a question during an Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) announcement. Source:: updates 3 …
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Innovators’ Launchpad: Matt Romeyn Source:: space station 2
By Scott Waring Date of sighting: Nov 25, 2018 Location of sighting: Argentina This video was shot by a driver over last weekend at National …
By Scott Waring Date of sighting: Nov 2018 Location of sighting: unknown This UFO was recorded during a lightning storm by a kid. The triangle …
By Scott Waring Date of sighting: Nov 2018 Location of sighting: unknownA person recorded this falling object during sunrise this week. The object appears to …
Nine U.S. companies now are eligible to bid on NASA delivery services to the lunar surface through Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contracts, as one …
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
By Bill Keeter JEM Airlock (JEMAL) Depressurization: The JEM Airlock was depressurized in preparation for the transfer of the NanoRacks External Platform Inserts (NREP) back …
Three space travelers, including two astronauts on their first flight, are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on Monday, Dec. 3 for a …
This Hubble Space Telescope mosaic is of a portion of the immense Coma cluster of over 1,000 galaxies, located 300 million light-years from Earth. Source:: …
Abstract: Propulsion systems on SmallSats and CubeSats are becoming more common as launch vehicles like SLS begin providing rideshares to destinations beyond low earth orbit. …
Astronomers using Hubble found a whopping 22,426 globular star clusters in a nearby neighborhood of galaxies. Source:: Goddard
Abstract: The use of thin-film based solar arrays for space applications has long been recognized as an advantageous power generation option. Thinner materials yield a …
Abstract: GRCop-84, a copper alloy developed by NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) with the starting At% (atomic percent) Cu-8 Cr-4 Nb, has a copper matrix …
Abstract: NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) has moved from design and manufacturing into testing and integration for its first flight as early as December 2019. …
By Scott Waring Date of news: Nov 29, 2018 Location of hole: Caribbean, coast of Belize News source: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/richard-branson-taking-submarine-down-171518644.html Richard Branson is about to take …
NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft is scheduled to rendezvous with its targeted asteroid, Bennu, on Monday, Dec. 3 at approximately …
NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting 1:38 p.m. EST Tuesday, Dec. 4, for the launch of its 16th resupply mission to the International Space …
This week in 1963, the first extended-duration firing test of the J-2 engine was conducted by Rocketdyne of Los Angeles. Source:: updates 2
How much NASA technology is in your life? Through the NASA OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Promotion and Research Challenge (OPSPARC), OPTIMUS PRIME and the AUTOBOTS encourage …
NASA has awarded a contract to Franconia Real Estate Services, Inc., doing business as Allegiance Government Relocation, of Woodbridge, Virginia, to provide employee relocation services …
The X-56A team has suppressed flutter, which is a potentially destructive oscillation, with a modern and a classical controller for the first time at NASA’s …
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
By Bill Keeter Cemsica Sample Exchange: Today the crew removed the calibration cartridge from the SUBSA facility and inserted the first Cemsica science cartridge for …
In Mars’ Wirtz Crater, these dunes are likely active. Source:: updates 3
By Scott Waring Date of discovery: Nov 28, 2018 Location of discovery: Eagle Nebula NASA source photo: https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_974.html At the NASA site, they have a …
By Scott Waring Date of sighting: Nov 23, 2018 Location of sighting: New York, USA This UFO was filmed flying along side a passenger jet …
Crew members aboard the International Space Station had a lot to celebrate as they observed the station’s 20th anniversary and enjoyed a traditional Thanksgiving meal …
NASA has awarded a contract to LJT and Associates Inc. of Columbia, Maryland, to provide launch range operations support at the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility …
NASA invites media to its headquarters in Washington for the announcement of new Moon partnerships with American companies at 2 p.m. EST Thursday, Nov. 29. …
Target: Mars Mission: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Instrument: HiRISE Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona Source:: updates
Target: Mars Mission: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Instrument: HiRISE Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona Source:: updates
Target: Mars Mission: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Instrument: HiRISE Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona Source:: updates