NASA to Announce Commercial Opportunities at International Space Station
by NASA will announce the agency’s plans to open the International Space Station to expanded commercial activities at 10 a.m. EDT Friday, June 7, at Nasdaq …
Month: May 2019
NASA Awards Cooperative Agreements for Research and Development Programs
NASA Awards Cooperative Agreements for Research and Development Programs Source:: updates 6
PIA23266: NASA’s Mars 2020 Gets HD Eyes
Mission: Mars 2020 Rover Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates
LEO Economy FAQs
Get answers to all of your questions about LEO Economy here… Source:: space station 2
Commercial and Marketing Pricing Policy
NASA has reserved a set amount of resources intended to serve Commercial and Marketing Activities Source:: space station 2
Space Station Science Highlights: Week of May 27, 2019
Science experiments conducted on the International Space Station last week included installation of new monitoring tools, research on the immune system in space, and validating …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 5/31/2019
By Bill Keeter Fluid Shifts: The crew performed eye examinations using the Fundoscope in support of the Fluid Shifts study. Fluid Shifts is a NASA …
PIA23255: Renaudot Crater – False Color
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
NASA Selects First Commercial Moon Landing Services for Artemis Program
NASA has selected three commercial Moon landing service providers that will deliver science and technology payloads under Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) as part of …
Hubble Sees a Galaxy Bucking the Trend
This luminous orb is the galaxy NGC 4621, better known as Messier 59. Located in the 2,000-strong Virgo cluster of galaxies within the constellation of …
NASA to Announce Selection of Science Commercial Moon Landing Services, Hold Media Teleconference
NASA will announce the next major step in the Artemis program’s lunar surface exploration plans during a NASA Science Live broadcast at 1 p.m. EDT …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 5/30/2019
By Bill Keeter Bio-Monitor: A crewmember doffed and stowed the BioMonitor hardware. Although the ISS is equipped with health and life sciences research tools, the …
PIA23127: Cepheus C and Cepheus B Region by Spitzer (One-Instrument)
Mission: Spitzer Space Telescope Instrument: IRAC Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates
PIA23126: Cepheus C and Cepheus B Region by Spitzer (Two-Instrument)
Mission: Spitzer Space Telescope Instrument: IRAC , MIPS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates
PIA23254: Terra Sabaea – False Color
Target: Mars Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey Instrument: THEMIS Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Source:: updates
NICER’s Night Moves Trace the X-ray Sky
This is a map of the entire sky in X-rays recorded by NASA’s Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), a payload on the International Space …
NASA TV Set to Air US Cargo Ship Departure from Space Station
Filled with more than 4,200 pounds of valuable scientific experiments and other cargo, a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is set to return to Earth from …
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Emerges Successfully from Final Thermal Vacuum Test
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has successfully cleared another critical testing milestone, taking this ambitious observatory one step closer to its 2021 launch. Source:: Goddard …
Pennsylvania Students to Speak with NASA Astronaut on International Space Station
Students from Pennsylvania will have an opportunity to speak live with a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station at 1:40 p.m. EDT Monday, June …
Surround Sound – Orion Service Module for Artemis 1 Undergoes Acoustic Tests
Surround Sound – Orion service module for Artemis 1 undergoes acoustic tests Source:: updates 3
NASA Mission to Study Earth’s Atmosphere by Forming Artificial Night-time Clouds over Marshall Islands
A NASA rocket mission to study disturbances in the upper atmosphere, which interfere with communication and technology systems, will form night-time white artificial clouds visible …
LIFE AND TIMES OF BILL COOPER
By Steve Erdmann LIFE AND TIMES OF BILL COOPER By:. Steve Erdmann (Copyright 2019,Steve Erdmann – All Rights Reserved ) Milton William ‘Bill’ Cooper https://noriohayakawa.wordpress.com/2018/10/01/who-was-william-cooper-the-granddaddy-of-american-conspiracy-theorists/ …
NASA Makes Progress Assembling Massive Space Launch System Rocket Stage
NASA and Boeing technicians have begun the second of three major activities to join the large structural parts of the core stage for NASA’s deep …
University Teams Practice Drilling for Water on the Moon and Mars
University Teams Practice Drilling for Water on the Moon and Mars Source:: updates 6
PIA23243: Curiosity’s Three-Frame Mosaic of Clouds
Target: Mars Mission: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Instrument: Navcam (MSL) Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates
PIA23242: Curiosity Sees More Clouds Over Gale Crater
Target: Mars Mission: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Instrument: Navcam (MSL) Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates
PIA23241: Curiosity Sees Drifting Clouds Over Gale Crater
Target: Mars Mission: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Instrument: Navcam (MSL) Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Source:: updates
PIA23240: Curiosity’s Selfie at Aberlady and Kilmarie
Target: Mars Mission: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Instrument: MAHLI Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Source:: updates
A New View of Exoplanets With NASA’s Upcoming Webb Telescope
NASAs James Webb Space Telescope will open a new window on these exoplanets, observing them in wavelengths at which they have never been seen before. …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 5/29/2019
By Bill Keeter Russian Segment (RS) Extravehicular Activity (EVA) #46: Today CDR Oleg Kononenko and FE-4 Aleksey Ovchinin exited the Docking Compartment (DC)-1 airlock and …
From Alabama to the Moon
The path to the Moon has run through Alabama since the earliest days of our nation’s space program. Today, work in the “Rocket City” Huntsville …
How to Travel at (Nearly) the Speed of Light
Learn about the three ways to travel at (nearly) the speed of light. Source:: updates 3
This Week in NASA History: 1st Full-Thrust, Long-Duration F-1 Engine Test — May 26, 1962
This week in 1962, the first full-thrust, long-duration F-1 engine test was successfully conducted. Source:: updates 2
NASA Navigation Tech Shows Timing Really Is Everything
Without accurate timekeeping, space navigation would be impossible. As NASA goes forward to the Moon with the Artemis missions, precise measurements of time are key …
Ethel Heinecke Bauer
At NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Ethel Bauer worked as an aerospace engineer in the Applied Guidance and Flight Mechanics Branch of the Aero-Astrodynamics Laboratory …
Jezero Crater, Mars 2020’s Landing Site
This false color image shows part of an unnamed crater in Mars’ Arabia Terra. Source:: updates 3
Space Station Science Highlights: Week of May 20, 2019
As the world’s only crewed research laboratory and technology test bed on orbit, the International Space Station is vital not only to ongoing scientific advances …
ISS Daily Summary Report – 5/28/2019
By Bill Keeter JAXA Mouse Mission: The crew prepared the spare transportation cage for Mouse mission operations. The purpose of this mission is to analyze …
First ICESat-2 Global Data Released: Ice, Forests and More
ICESat-2 data is available to the public to investigate questions related to Earth. Source:: Goddard
NEAT Tests Megawatt-Scale Electric Aircraft Power Systems
NEAT tests megawatt-scale electric aircraft power systems Source:: Glenn Center