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
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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
NASA SDO – Three Years with Narration by Dr. Alex Young – Video
NASA SDO – Three Years with Narration by Dr. Continue reading
NASA Solicitation: Large Area Telescope Instrument Contract Extension With Stanford University
Synopsis – May 09, 2013 General Information Solicitation Number: RFP-NASA-LAT-EXTENSION Posted Date: May 09, 2013 FedBizOpps Posted Date: May 09, 2013 Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action: No Original Response Date: May 24, 2013 Current Response Date: May 24, 2013 Classification Code: A — Research and Development NAICS Code: 336419 Contracting Office Address NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 210.S, Greenbelt, MD 20771 Description NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) has a requirement for the continuation of Contract NAS5-00147 with Stanford University for instrument operations and science analyses of the Large Area Telescope (LAT) instrument aboard the Fermi spacecraft. Stanford University has been performing both the instrument operations and the science analyses functions since the launch of Fermi. NASA/GSFC intends to issue a sole-source Request for Proposal (RFP) to Stanford University. Continue reading
NASA's GROVER roves over snow for over a month
NASA’s GROVER, without solar panels. The laptop is a temporary fixture (Photo: Gabriel Trisca, Boise State University) NASA’s autonomous, solar-powered explorer GROVER has been kitted out with ground-penetrating radar to take to Greenland’s ice sheet on Friday. There the robot will spend a month analyzing the accumulation of snow and how this contributes to the ice sheet over time. Continue reading
NASA, Russia Near Collision
NASA’s $690 million Fermi space telescope was nearly hit by the dead Russian spy satellite Cosmos 1805 on April 3, 2013. This NASA graphic depicts the orbital paths of the two spacecraft.NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Artist’s illustration of NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.NASA This NASA graphic depicts the amount of space junk currently orbiting Earth. The debris field is based on data from NASA’s Orbital Debris Program Office Continue reading
Russian Space Junk Almost Destroys NASA Telescope in Orbit
A high-tech NASA telescope in orbit escaped a potentially disastrous collision with a Soviet-era Russian spy satellite last year in a close call that highlights the growing threat of orbital debris around Earth. NASA’s $690 million Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope which studies the most powerful explosions in the universe narrowly avoided a direct hit with the defunct 1.5-ton Russian reconnaissance satellite Cosmos 1805 on April 3, 2012, space agency officials announced Tuesday (April 30). The potential space collision was avoided when engineers commanded Fermi to fire its thrusters in a critical dodging maneuver to move out of harm’s way. Continue reading
Earth Day 2013 on This Week @ NASA – Video
Earth Day 2013 on This Week @ NASA During an Earth Day visit to Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver toured the Landsat Data Continuity Mission control room and w… Continue reading
NASA probes unscathed by three solar eruptions
ESA and NASA / SOHO This image of a coronal mass ejection (CME) was captured on April 20 as the CME was headed in the direction of Mercury. The large bright spot on the left is Venus. By Denise Chow Space.com Two NASA spacecraft are safe and sound after the sun unleashed three intense back-to-back solar eruptions in their direction, scientists say Continue reading
Orbital Sciences Corporation : ORBITAL SELECTED BY NASA FOR TESS ASTROPHYSICS SATELLITE
ORBITAL SELECTED BY NASA FOR TESS ASTROPHYSICS SATELLITE — Company to Serve as Industrial Partner to MIT and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Under Four-Year, $75 Million Contract — (Dulles, VA 24 April 2013) – Orbital Sciences Corporation (ORB), one of the world`s leading space technology companies, announced today that it has been selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to design, manufacture, integrate and test a new astrophysics satellite that will perform a full-sky search for exoplanets around nearby stars. Continue reading
NASA | Goddard Interns 2013 – Video
NASA | Goddard Interns 2013 Every year, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. recruits hundreds of interns to spend the summer working on revolutionary missions featuring… By: NASAexplorer Continue reading
Florida Ecological Forecasting – NASA DEVELOP Spring 2013 @ Goddard Space Flight Center – Video
Florida Ecological Forecasting – NASA DEVELOP Spring 2013 @ Goddard Space Flight Center By: NASADEVELOP Continue reading
West Africa Disasters – NASA DEVELOP Spring 2013 @ Goddard Space Flight Center – Video
West Africa Disasters – NASA DEVELOP Spring 2013 @ Goddard Space Flight Center By: NASADEVELOP Continue reading
NASA Request for Information: Planetary Science Division Technology Infusion Study
Synopsis – Mar 20, 2013 Technology Infusion Appendices – Posted on Mar 20, 2013 New! General Information Solicitation Number: NNH13ZDA008L Posted Date: Mar 20, 2013 FedBizOpps Posted Date: Mar 20, 2013 Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action: No Original Response Date: Apr 19, 2013 Current Response Date: Apr 19, 2013 Classification Code: A — Research and Development NAICS Code: 541712 Contracting Office Address NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code 210.H, Greenbelt, MD 20771 Description The Planetary Science Division (PSD) within the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters seeks to understand how to better realize a scientific return on spacecraft system technology investments. This Request for Information (RFI), will provide PSD with recommendations on how to effectively infuse new spacecraft systems technologies that it develops into future competed missions, enabling increased scientific discoveries, lower mission cost, or both Continue reading
Ball Aerospace Sensor Aboard 8th Landsat Satellite Snaps First Images
BOULDER, Colo., March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –The Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Continue reading
NASA Solicitation: Passive Common Berthing Mechanism – PCBM – Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM)
Synopsis/Solicitation Combo – Mar 18, 2013 On-Line RFQ – Posted on Mar 18, 2013 PCBM SOW – Posted on Mar 18, 2013 General Information Solicitation Number: NNH13462552Q Posted Date: Mar 18, 2013 FedBizOpps Posted Date: Mar 18, 2013 Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action: No Original Response Date: Apr 08, 2013 Current Response Date: Apr 08, 2013 Classification Code: 18 — Space vehicles NAICS Code: 336419 Contracting Office Address NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code 210.H, Greenbelt, MD 20771 Description NASA/HQ has a requirement for a Contractor to provide and install a Passive Common Berthing Mechanism onto the inflatable section of the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) payload. This notice is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation, which is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ); quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Continue reading
Briefing On Curiosity’s Analysis Of Mars Rock Held By NASA
March 8, 2013 Image Caption: This artist’s concept features NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, a mobile robot for investigating Mars’ past or present ability to sustain microbial life. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA will hold a news conference at 10 a.m. Continue reading
Operational Control Of Environmental Satellite Transferred By NASA
March 4, 2013 Image Caption: Artist’s concept of the Suomi NPP satellite in space. Continue reading
NASA What Do They Do at Goddard Space Flight Center YouTube – Video
NASA What Do They Do at Goddard Space Flight Center YouTube By: arthurfrayne Continue reading