NASA has selected Native Resource Development Company Inc. of Bernalillo, New Mexico, to provide custodial services at the agency’s Johnson Space Center, Ellington Field, and Sonny Carter Training Facility in Houston.
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NASA Provides Updated International Space Station Transition Plan
NASA Provides Updated Plan for International Space Station Transition that details the goals for the next decade of station operations.
Read MoreWisconsin Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station
Wisconsin Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station
Read MoreNASA Hosts Virtual Destination Station with Astronaut, Scientists
NASA astronaut Victor Glover, along with representatives from NASA and the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory, will participate in a virtual panel discussion at 1 p.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 2, to highlight the orbiting laboratory’s research capabilities, and share space research and technology development progress.
Read MoreLightness of Being: Remembering Space Shuttle Columbia and Her Crew
The bright Sun dissects the airglow above Earth’s horizon in this view photographed with a digital still camera from during the STS-107 mission.
Read MoreWhat is the temperature on Mars?
The temperature on Mars is much colder than on Earth. But then, the planet is also farther from the sun. The small, barren planet also has a thin atmosphere that is 95 percent carbon dioxide. This combination of factors makes Mars a harsh and cold world whose temperature can drop to as low as minus 200 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 128 degrees Celsius). As a point of comparison, the lowest recorded temperature on Earth is minus 128.6 degrees F (minus 88 degrees C) in Antarctica according to Arizona State University. Meanwhile,…
Read MoreThe greatest spaceships of science fiction
What are the greatest spaceships of science fiction? So many discussions of ships in science fiction movies and tv fall into the same tired debates. Who goes faster, the Star Wars’s Millennium Falcon or Star Trek’s the USS Enterprise? How big of a planet would the Death Star blow up — and how much would that ship cost, anyway? This article takes things a step further. Here we explore the most creative and coolest ships of science fiction, in the age where everyone from Jeff Bezos to Elon Musk is…
Read MoreLearning How Ocean Water Melts Glaciers
To learn how ocean water is melting glaciers, NASA’s Oceans Melting Greenland mission extensively surveyed the coastline of the world’s largest island.
Read MoreChina prepares its Long March 8 rocket for second mission
A Long March 8 rocket has arrived at the coastal Wenchang spaceport for the second mission of what is planned to be China’s first reusable launch vehicle. The Long March 8 will launch in late February or early March and will be carrying 22 satellites for Chinese commercial space companies, including optical and radar Earth observation satellites. The rocket’s maker, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), a giant state-owned company, earlier stated it would convert the Long March 8 into a rocket capable of making vertical landings like…
Read MoreInvestigate the retro sci-fi realm of Simon Stålenhag in new ‘Tales From the Loop: The Board Game’
Fans who absorbed the surreal and somber world of Amazon Prime‘s sci-fi series, “Tales From the Loop,” might want to take note of Sweden’s Free League Publishing as they plan to roll out a new tabletop board game based on the hit TV show and artist Simon Stålenhag’s retro-inspired universe of fringe technology scattered across stark European landscapes. This new cooperative amusement was forged from a successful Kickstarter campaign that funded in just three short hours and will be available for purchase starting Feb. 8 at the publisher’s webshop, local…
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