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NASA Seeks High-Performance Spaceflight Computing Capabilities
NASA and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory in Albuquerque, N.M., are requesting research and development proposals to define the type of spacecraft computing needed for future missions. Through a broad agency announcement, the Air Force Next Generation Space Processor Analysis Program is seeking two to four companies to perform a yearlong evaluation of advanced, space-based applications that would use spaceflight processors for the 2020-2030 time frame Continue reading
Keeping Skylab Legacy Alive — Long Duration Space Flight – Video
Keeping Skylab Legacy Alive mdash; Long Duration Space Flight The Skylab Legacy mdash; Long Duration Space Flight May 15, 2013 Skylab's May 14, 1973 launch into low-Earth orbit was the nation's first foray into significant s… By: MysteriesHunter Continue reading
NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission goes to development
NASAs first asteroid sample return mission took a step closer to reality on Wednesday, as the OSIRIS-REx project was cleared for development and testing. Scheduled to launch in 2016, the mission passed a series of detailed project assessments and now goes on to the development phase Continue reading
Opportunity rover breaks 40-year-old NASA record for off-world driving
NASA / JPL-Caltech On May 15, the 3,309th Martian day of its Red Planet mission, NASA’s Opportunity rover drove 263 feet (80 meters) southward along the western rim of Endeavour Crater. By Mike Wall, Space.com NASA’s long-lived Opportunity Mars rover is the new American champion of off-planet driving, breaking a distance record set more than 40 years ago by an Apollo moon buggy Continue reading
NASA says meteor impact on the moon glowed like a star
NASA’s lunar monitoring program has detected hundreds of meteoroid impacts. Continue reading
NASA’s Three Years of SDO Data-Narrated – Video
NASA's Three Years of SDO Data-Narrated a repost – This version of Three Years of SDO Data is extended, and narrated by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center heliophysicist Alex Young. He highlights m… By: vengencefrom1979 Continue reading
NASA's asteroid sample return mission moves into development
May 16, 2013 NASA’s first mission to sample an asteroid is moving ahead into development and testing in preparation for its launch in 2016. The Origins-Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) passed a confirmation review Wednesday called Key Decision Point (KDP)-C. Continue reading
40 Years Later, Skylab Space Station Inspires Possible Successor
Four decades after the United States’ first space station roared into orbit, a second version of the groundbreaking craft may be on the horizon. Continue reading
Marshall Space Flight Center Wakes STS-135 Crew – Video
Marshall Space Flight Center Wakes STS-135 Crew The Flight Day 2 wakeup music was “Viva la Vida” performed by Coldplay, a song picked by STS-135 Pilot Doug Hurley. The song was accompanied by a special goo… Continue reading
A guide to Mexico’s beautiful beaches
Quintana Roo in Cancun. Continue reading
737 Flight Simulator – Virtual Aerospace – Video
737 Flight Simulator – Virtual Aerospace My flight simulator experience with www.virtual-aerospace.com. Taking off and landing at Heathrow on Runway 27L, with my first officer being Paul, assisting with both of these. Absolutely amazing.. Continue reading
NASA SDO – Three Years with Narration by Dr. Alex Young – Video
NASA SDO – Three Years with Narration by Dr. Continue reading
Coolant Pump Replaced on ISS on This Week @NASA – Video
Coolant Pump Replaced on ISS on This Week @NASA Outside the International Space Station, Expedition 35 Flight Engineers Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn of NASA conducted a 5-hour, 30-minute spacewalk on th… By: NASAtelevision Continue reading
Spacewalks Needed To Repair Space Station Cooling System In 2010 | Video – Video
Spacewalks Needed To Repair Space Station Cooling System In 2010 | Video Three spacewalks were conducted by Expedition 24 Flight Engineers Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson to remove and replace a failed ammonia pump that disabled one of the station's 2 cooling… By: VideoFromSpace Continue reading
Prestigious Awards Won By NASA Curiosity Rover
May 10, 2013 Image Caption: This self-portrait of NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity combines 66 exposures taken by the rover’s Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) during the 177th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity’s work on Mars (Feb. 3, 2013) Continue reading
NASA Curiosity Rover Wins Prestigious Awards
Two prominent aerospace industry organizations are recognizing the contributions of NASA, especially the achievements of the team that landed NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars in August, with coveted awards. The National Aeronautic Association will present its Robert J Continue reading
NASA Internship at Goddard Space Flight Center: Infrared Flash Technique – Video
NASA Internship at Goddard Space Flight Center: Infrared Flash Technique A new method for Non Destructive Evaluation of materials is being used at the GSFC. The infrared flash thermography technique uses optoelectronic sensors to … Continue reading
NASA Commercial Partner Sierra Nevada Completes Safety Review
WASHINGTON — Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) Space Systems of Louisville, Colo., has completed its first major, comprehensive safety review of its Dream Chaser Space System. This is the company’s latest paid-for-performance milestone with NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP), which is working with commercial space partners to develop capabilities to launch U.S Continue reading
Inslee’s aerospace plan: Land the 777X
Published: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 5:49 p.m. “We need to prove hands down (Washington) is the place to build this airplane,” Inslee said. Continue reading