NASA Invites Media to View Space Launch System Progress

WASHINGTON — NASA Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations William Gerstenmaier and other agency officials will debut a new machine for manufacturing NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) and check on development progress with the heavy-lift rocket at the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans Friday, June 21. NASA is inviting media representatives to attend a 9:15 a.m. Continue reading

NASA Advisory Council Science Committee; Astrophysics Subcommittee Meeting 16-17 July 2013

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 116 (Monday, June 17, 2013)] [Notices] [Pages 36276-36277] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2013-14324] NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION [Notice: 13-065] NASA Advisory Council; Science Committee; Astrophysics Subcommittee; Meeting AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. ACTION: Notice of meeting Continue reading

NASA | A Swift Tour of the Nearest Galaxies in UV Light – Video




NASA | A Swift Tour of the Nearest Galaxies in UV Light Astronomers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and the Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pa., have used NASA's Swift sa… By: NASAexplorer Continue reading

NASA’s Swift Maps Magellanic Clouds With Ultraviolet

June 4, 2013 Image Credit: NASA / Axel Mellinger, Central Michigan University April Flowers for redOrbit.com Your Universe Online Using NASAs Swift satellite, astronomers from NASA and Pennsylvania State University have created the most detailed ultraviolet surveys to-date of the two closest major galaxies, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. Continue reading

NASA Now: International Space Station Payload Operations – Video




NASA Now: International Space Station Payload Operations In this episode of NASA Now, you????ll hear Katie Presson of the Payload Operations Integration team at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., discuss investigations being… By: NASAgovVideo Continue reading

Nanotechnology by NASA – Nanoscience applications in space – National nanotechnology initiative – Video




Nanotechnology by NASA – Nanoscience applications in space – National nanotechnology initiative Nanotechnology is being studied at Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center. Continue reading

NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot to Visit Marshall Space Flight Center, Meet with Media

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — NASA Associate Administrator Robert Lightfoot will visit the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., on Wednesday, May 22, to discuss the future of human space exploration and the critical role of the Space Launch System and the Marshall Center in those efforts. 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

Halley’s Comet Meteor Spotted By Two NASA Cameras | Video – Video




Halley's Comet Meteor Spotted By Two NASA Cameras | Video The all-sky and wide-field cameras at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama delivered 2 different angles on an incoming object during the Eta A… By: VideoFromSpace 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

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