The newly discovered planets named Kepler-62e and -f. Scientists using NASA’s Kepler telescope have found two distant planets that are in the right place and are the right size for potential life.AP Photo/Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics A faulty steering apparatus may bring an early end to NASAs Kepler space telescope, a $600 million tool in the space agencys quest for life elsewhere in the universe. Kepler is the first NASA mission capable of finding Earth-size planets in or near the habitable zone, the range of distance from a star where the surface temperature of an orbiting planet might be suitable for liquid water. Continue reading
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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 Curiosity rover team selects second drilling target on NASA
May 10, 2013 The team operating NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has selected a second target rock for drilling and sampling. Continue reading
NASA has found 3 nice, habitable planets for us to choose from
The agency’s Kepler space telescope locates three planets — in two new planetary systems — that are the right distance from their suns to make them potentially life-supporting. Left to right: Kepler-22b, Kepler-69c, Kepler-62e, Kepler-62f, and Earth (except for Earth, these are artists’ renditions). NASA, that wily band of intergalactic peepers, says it’s spied three distant planets in two different solar systems that are the proper distance from their suns to make them potentially habitable 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
NASA Advisory Council Science Committee Planetary Science Subcommittee Meeting 4-5 April 2013
[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 47 (Monday, March 11, 2013)] [Notices] [Page 15378] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2013-05486] NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION [Notice: (13-022)] NASA Advisory Council; Science Committee; Planetary Science Subcommittee; Meeting AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. ACTION: Notice of meeting Continue reading
NASA Transfers Operational Control of Environmental Satellite
The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite, a partnership between NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), was transitioned to NOAA operational organization control Feb. Continue reading
NASA Curiosity rover collects first Martian bedrock sample
Feb. 9, 2013 NASA’s Curiosity rover has, for the first time, used a drill carried at the end of its robotic arm to bore into a flat, veiny rock on Mars and collect a sample from its interior. This is the first time any robot has drilled into a rock to collect a sample on Mars Continue reading
NASA's Curiosity Rover Drills into Surface of Mars
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity drilled into Mars for a rock sample, to look for geological evidence and microbial life forms (Reuters) NASA’s Curiosity rover has, for the first time, used a drill carried at the end of its robotic arm to bore into the surface of Mars and collected a sample from its interior. Continue reading
NASA to launch ocean wind monitor to space station
Jan. 29, 2013 In a clever reuse of hardware originally built to test parts of NASA’s QuikScat satellite, the agency will launch the ISS-RapidScat instrument to the International Space Station in 2014 to measure ocean surface wind speed and direction Continue reading
NASA science balloon sets flight record
NASA scientific balloon being launched in Antarctica. Credit: NASA Published: Jan. 25, 2013 at 4:03 PM WASHINGTON, Jan. Continue reading
NASA ScienceCasts SMD Science Mission Directorate – Video
NASA ScienceCasts SMD Science Mission Directorate NASA ScienceCasts SMD Science Mission Directorate By: fwflivenewsforU Continue reading
NASA Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute Cooperative Agreement Notice
Solicitation Number: NNH13ZDA006C Posted Date: January 10, 2013 Proposal Due Date: April 10, 2013 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is soliciting the submission of multiinstitutional team-based proposals for research as participating members of the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI), hereafter referred to as “the Institute.” The Institute will succeed the current NASA Lunar Science Institute. Proposals must clearly articulate an innovative, broadly based research program addressing basic and applied scientific questions fundamental to understanding the nature of the Moon, Near Earth Asteroids (NEA), the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos, and the near space environments of these target bodies, to enable human exploration of these destinations Continue reading
NASA GRC Solicitation: Space Flight Systems Development and Operations II
Synopsis – Jan 09, 2013 General Information Solicitation Number: 2013SDII Posted Date: Jan 09, 2013 FedBizOpps Posted Date: Jan 09, 2013 Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action: No Original Response Date: Feb 15, 2013 Current Response Date: Feb 15, 2013 Classification Code: A — Research and Development NAICS Code: 927110 Contracting Office Address NASA/Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Road, Cleveland, OH 44135 Description NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) is hereby soliciting information about potential sources for the definition, design, development and operations of space flight systems, associated support systems and equipment, and related ground development activities supporting current and future space flight missions. NASA GRC plans to issue a draft Request for Proposal (DRFP) for industry comments in April 2013 for this effort. NASA GRC has an extensive portfolio of Space Flight Programs and Projects that support the Agency’s Human Exploration and Operations and Science Mission Directorates. Continue reading
How Should NASA Use Former Spy Satellite Telescopes?
NASA is asking scientists for ideas about how best to use two huge space telescopes it received from the United States’ spy satellite agency earlier this year. On Monday (Nov Continue reading
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NASA Common Instrument Interface Guidelines for Hosted Payload Opportunities Working Meeting
Synopsis – Nov 14, 2012 General Information Solicitation Number: NNH12ZDA015J Posted Date: Nov 14, 2012 FedBizOpps Posted Date: Nov 14, 2012 Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action: No Original Response Date: N/A Current Response Date: N/A Classification Code: A — Research and Development NAICS Code: 541712 Set-Aside Code: Contracting Office Address NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code 210.H, Greenbelt, MD 20771 Description NASA announces the upcoming Common Instrument Interface (CII) Guidelines Working Meeting, scheduled for December 13, 2012, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Continue reading
NASA probes exploring radiation belts get new name
Twin NASA probes exploring the harsh radiation belts around Earth have a new name honoring the late James Van Allen the pioneering scientist who first discovered the radiation zones, the space agency announced Friday. The heavily armored spacecraft were initially called the Radiation Belt Storm Probes when they launched in late August. They will now be known as the Van Allen Probes for the remainder of their two-year mission, NASA officials said. Continue reading
NASA Probes Exploring Earth's Radiation Belts Get New Name
Twin NASA probes exploring the harsh radiation belts around Earth have a new name honoring the late James Van Allen the pioneering scientist who first discovered the radiation zones, the space agency announced today (Nov. 9) Continue reading