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NASA app Ting – Video

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ISS Expedition Crews 40 and 41 Practice for Space Launch in Baikonur, Kazakhstan – Video

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ISS Expedition Crews 40 and 41 Practice for Space Launch in Baikonur, Kazakhstan
At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 40/41 Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NASA Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman and Flight Engineer...

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ISS Mailbag Episode 2 – Part 5 – The Games People Play, Not Like in the Movies – Video

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ISS Mailbag Episode 2 - Part 5 - The Games People Play, Not Like in the Movies
NASA astronauts Don Pettit and Mike Massimino answer more questions submitted via Twitter. To find out more about Mike and Don go to http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/massimin.html and...

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El Nino Weather & Legal execution by Drones & NASA cuts & Our Sun is Freaking out. SuperNews! – Video

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NASA hands space enthusiasts the keys to a 1970s-era spacecraft

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NASA felt it had gotten its money's worth out of the International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 mission back in the 1980s. Its last scientific mission ended in 1997, and contact was suspended in 1998. But time and a fortuitous orbit mean that ISEE-3 is now catching up with Earth and will make a close pass this summer. When we first noted this story last year, some enthusiasts were suggesting that the probe should be revived and returned to scientific duty, but theperpetually tight budgets at NASA made that outcome unlikely.

Yesterday, NASA announced that it found a solution: it would hand the keys to the probe over to those enthusiasts.

Launched in 1978, the hardware was initially sent to the L1 Lagrange point between the Earth and Sun and was used to study the solar wind. With that mission complete, the International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 was renamed the International Cometary Explorer and was sent into orbit around the Sun, where it passed through the tails of two comets before its mission ended in 1997.

ISEE-3 is now catching up with Earth again. At last check, all its instruments were functional,which raisesthe possibility that it could be restored to its former location at the L1 Lagrange and returned to scientific duty. That restorationis more challenging than it might sound, as NASA hasn't maintained the hardware and communication protocols necessary to communicate with ISEE-3.

The challenge didn't deter a number of enthusiastsat theISEE-3 Reboot project, which had been attempting to restore contact with the spacecraft without official permission. That situation changed yesterday with the announcement of an agreement between NASA and Skycorp, Inc., a company that's backing the Reboot project. The "Non-Reimbursable Space Act Agreement" gives the rebooters permission to try to control the spacecraft, and it specifies the conditions that need to be met before attempts are made to do so.

Should the attempt be successful, any new data that results will be placed in the public domain. Right now, the group has a team at the Arecibo Observatory attempting to reestablish contact.

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NASA Signs Agreement with Citizen Scientists Attempting to Communicate with Old Spacecraft

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May 21, 2014

Image Caption: Artist's concept image of ISEE-3 (ICE) spacecraft. Credit: NASA

WASHINGTON, May 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ NASA has given a green light to a group of citizen scientists attempting to breathe new scientific life into a more than 35-year old agency spacecraft.

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The agency has signed a Non-Reimbursable Space Act Agreement (NRSAA) with Skycorp, Inc., in Los Gatos, California, allowing the company to attempt to contact, and possibly command and control, NASAs International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 (ISEE-3) spacecraft as part of the companys ISEE-3 Reboot Project. This is the first time NASA has worked such an agreement for use of a spacecraft the agency is no longer using or ever planned to use again.

The NRSAA details the technical, safety, legal and proprietary issues that will be addressed before any attempts are made to communicate with or control the 1970s-era spacecraft as it nears the Earth in August.

The intrepid ISEE-3 spacecraft was sent away from its primary mission to study the physics of the solar wind extending its mission of discovery to study two comets. said John Grunsfeld, astronaut and associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA headquarters in Washington. We have a chance to engage a new generation of citizen scientists through this creative effort to recapture the ISEE-3 spacecraft as it zips by the Earth this summer.

Launched in 1978 to study the constant flow of solar wind streaming toward Earth, ISEE-3 successfully completed its prime mission in 1981. With remaining fuel and functioning instruments, it then was redirected to observe two comets. Following the completion of that mission, the spacecraft continued in orbit around the sun. It is now making its closest approach to Earth in more than 30 years.

The goal of the ISEE-3 Reboot Project is to put the spacecraft into an orbit at a gravitationally stable point between Earth and the sun known as Lagrangian 1 (L1). Once safely back in orbit, the next step would be to return the spacecraft to operations and use its instruments as they were originally designed. ISEE-3s close approach in the coming weeks provides optimal conditions to attempt communication. If communications are unsuccessful, the spacecraft will swing by the moon and continue to orbit the sun.

NASA has shared technical data these citizen scientists to help them communicate with and return data from ISEE-3. The contributions of any citizen science provided by the spacecraft, if it is successfully recovered, depend on the current condition of its instruments. New data resulting from the project will be shared with the science community and the public, providing a unique tool for teaching students and the public about spacecraft operations and data gathering. The data also will provide valuable information about the effects of the space environment on the 36-year old spacecraft.

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NASA Teams with Web Tech Company Slooh to Bring Universe to Everyone and Help Protect Earth Too

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As part of the agency's Asteroid Grand Challenge, NASA is partnering with private internet technology company Slooh to engage citizen scientists in the effort to track and characterize near-Earth asteroids (NEOs) that are potentially hazardous to human populations.

Sloohs global network of web-connected telescopes will be available for use by amateur astronomers for monitoring and characterizing NEOs. Citizen scientists without access to professional equipment will have the opportunity to be a part of the global challenge to find hazardous NEOs. NASA also is partnering with Slooh on live astronomy events.

We are excited by the opportunity to tap into Sloohs network of amateur astronomers, who are already producing scientific papers with their work, said Jason Kessler, program executive for the Asteroid Grand Challenge. We look forward to expanding the meaningful science the Slooh network can provide in support of the grand challenge.

The live astronomy events on which NASA and Slooh will partner include the LINEAR comet meteor shower, occurring Friday, May 23, and Saturday, May 24. Slooh will provide live feeds of the event from 6 p.m. EDT Friday to 3 a.m. Saturday on the company's website and the UStream feed for NASAs Marshall Spaceflight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, at:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-msfc

Live astronomy events through the NASA and Slooh platforms increase the number of people who can watch and actively participate in science as it happens. Future events will include NASA experts offering commentary on live events. Slooh plans to provide NASA with relevant observation data from these events, which may be used for grand challenge citizen science efforts.

This partnership is a great validation of our approach to engage the public in the exploration of space, says Michael Paolucci, founder and CEO of Slooh. NASA understands the importance of citizen science and knows a good way to get amateur astronomers involved is to offer them ways to do productive astronomy. Slooh does that by giving them remote access to great telescopes situated at leading observatory sites around the world.

The Asteroid Grand Challenge is built on such collaborative efforts. The partnership with Slooh augments grand challenge partnerships with SpaceGambit and Planetary Resources Inc., and extending the search from existing data to direct observation through telescopes.

Through NASA's asteroid initiative, the agency seeks to enhance its ongoing work in the identification and characterization of near-Earth objects for further scientific investigation. This work includes locating potentially hazardous asteroids and identifying those viable for redirection to a stable lunar orbit for future exploration by astronauts. The Asteroid Grand Challenge, one part of the asteroid initiative, expands the agency's efforts beyond traditional boundaries and encourages partnerships and collaboration with a variety of organizations.

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NASA denies funding for its Brown Dwarf & Astronomical Phenomenon division – MAXWISE – Video

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https://www.youtube.com/thornews The Government is cutting back on a lot of Brown Dwarf Astronomical Phenomenon data while increasing budgets for the search of Exoplanets. Very Interesting....

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TT3 at the NASA Pit Bull Brawl, Carolina Motorsports Park May 2014 – Video

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Running my Evo IX in TT3 at the NASA Southeast Pit Bull Brawl, May 2014. Best lap official time was 1:46.27, good for 3rd out of 8 cars in TT3 and 5th fastest time overall in TT. Still a ways...

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NASA Television Coverage Set for Next Space Station Crew Launch

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NASA Television will broadcast prelaunch activities for the next three crew members flying to the International Space Station, followed by extensive live coverage of their launch and docking to the orbital laboratory Wednesday, May 28.

Expedition 40/41 Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA, Soyuz Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency will launch to the space station in a Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 3:57 p.m. EDT (1:57 a.m. May 29, Baikonur time).

NASA TV coverage begins at 3 p.m. and will include video of the prelaunch activities leading up to and including the crew members boarding their spacecraft.

The crew is scheduled to dock to the station's Rassvet module less than six hours later, at 9:48 p.m. NASA TV coverage of docking begins at 9 p.m.

Expedition 40 Commander Steve Swanson of NASA and Flight Engineers Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos will greet the new crew when the hatches open at about 11:25 p.m. NASA TV hatch opening coverage begins at 11 p.m.

Wiseman, Suraev and Gerst will remain aboard the station until mid-November. Swanson, Skvortsov and Artemyev will return to Earth in mid-September, leaving Suraev as Expedition 41 Commander.

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NASA says it doesn't need Russia to run space station

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Computerworld - Less than a week after Russia threatened to stop its work on the International Space Station (ISS), NASA's chief said work on the orbiter will continue on with, or without, Russia's cooperation.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, speaking to a group of reporters in Berlin on Monday, said no single nation is indispensable and the U.S. space agency fully intends to continue its work with the space station through at least 2024 as expected .

Bolden "was saying the five major partner countries that make up the International Space Station have an inter-related relationship," said a NASA spokesman in an email to Computerworld. "No single nation can end the ISS partnership."

While Bolden said that no one country can shutter the space station, Russia has been playing a critical role.

The U.S., along with other nations, have depended on Russia to ferry astronauts back and forth to the space station since NASA retired its fleet of space shuttles in 2011.

To lessen the partners' dependence on Russia, NASA is aiming to launch astronauts from U.S. soil again by 2017.

Bolden's remarks this week were another stage in the escalating conflict between the U.S. and Russia over their partnership to operate and maintain the space station, along with Europe, Japan and Canada.

The trouble started in April when NASA announced that because of Russia's aggressive actions in Ukraine, the U.S. was scaling back its work with Russia's space agency. At the time of the announcement, NASA was working on a list of projects it might cancel or exclude Russia from participating in. The space agency has not specified what those projects are.

NASA, though, made it clear that it would work with the Russian Federation to continue the safe and continued operation of the space station.

Russia, however, turned up the heat.

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NASA Partners with Rolls-Royce on Braze Joint Technology Testing

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The Innovative Technology Partnerships Office or ITPO at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center inGreenbelt, Marylandis pleased to announce the signing of a Reimbursable Space Act Agreement between Rolls-Royce,Indianapolis, Ind., to collaborate on the development of braze joint performance prediction methods for critical structures subjected to complex loading conditions.

Through this partnership Rolls-Royce will establish a braze Failure Assessment Diagram (FAD) that can be used to define acceptable stress combinations and margins of safety of braze joints and braze repair structures. NASA will receive verification of its FAD methodology for failure prediction of structural brazed joints on real industrial applications.

Rolls-Royce will use the "Methodology of Evaluating Margins of Safety in Critical Brazed Joints," developed at Goddard by Dr.Yury Flomto help in the performance prediction of brazed joints at NASA Goddard.

"I hope that recognition of this methodology by one of the leading aerospace companies such as Rolls-Royce will help to improve our ability to design and build more reliable critical brazing structures," stated Dr. Flom. "Critical brazed structures are structural components in spacecraft, jet engines, power generators, nuclear power generation systems, automobiles, medical devices such as implants, pace makers, etc. Failure of such components could cause multimillion dollar losses of equipment and possibly human lives."

The automotive and aircraft industry may benefit from this technology as it could be used to design and manufacture components for use in automobile radiators and space radiators, aluminum engine blocks and pistons, heat exchangers for gas-turbine applications, all-metal honeycomb sandwich panels for fabrication of aircraft structures, jet engines in commercial and military aircrafts, thrust chambers in rocket engines; and for other electronic components, probes and thermionic devices, space vehicle assemblies and various miscellaneous applications.

"This fundamental research between Rolls-Royce and NASA will further enhance the brazing technology for the joining and repair of gas turbine engine components in aerospace applications," says Dr.Ray Xu, Senior Specialist at Rolls-Royce."

"This agreement with Rolls-Royce offers a fantastic opportunity for NASA Goddard to partner with an organization that has a wide-range of unique research and development activities," saidDennis Small, Technology Transfer Manager in NASA Goddard's ITPO.

For more information on NASA Goddard's Innovative Technology Partnerships Office, please visit: http://itpo.gsfc.nasa.gov/.

For more information on Rolls-Royce, please visit: http://www.rolls-royce.com/

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