Crew members aboard the International Space Station conducted scientific investigations during the week of Jan. 9 that included growing high-quality protein crystals, demonstrating the production of potable water from urine, and analyzing the benefits of growing tomatoes in space.
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Atlanta Shines at Night
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthplace, Atlanta, Georgia, is seen on January 20, 2013, in this image from the International Space Station as it flew approximately 240 miles above the city.
Read MoreNASA Selects Shawn Quinn to Lead Exploration Ground Systems Program
NASA has selected Shawn Quinn as manager of the Exploration Ground Systems program based at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, effective Sunday, Jan. 15.
Read MoreHubble Visits Galactic Neighbors
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the galaxy LEDA 48062 in the constellation Perseus.
Read MoreNASA to Announce Major Eco-Friendly Aviation Project Update
Media are invited to a news conference with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and other agency leadership at 10 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 18, at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
Read MoreNASA’s tiny Lunar Flashlight moon probe may be in trouble in deep space
NASA’s newest tiny lunar probe is battling a thruster glitch on its way to the moon. The spacecraft, called Lunar Flashlight, launched last month on a mission to seek out water ice on the moon. The probe was also expected to test a new “green” propellant during its four-month voyage to the moon, but its thrusters have a problem, NASA said on Thursday (Jan. 12). “While the smallsat is largely healthy and communicating with NASA’s Deep Space Network, the mission operations team has discovered that three of its four thrusters…
Read MoreSpaceX’s giant Starship rocket spotted from space by satellite (and poses for epic photos, too)
The biggest rocket ever built was just spotted from space. SpaceX stacked its huge Starship vehicle earlier this week, placing the Ship 24 upper-stage spacecraft atop the Booster 7 first stage at the company’s Starbase site, near the South Texas city of Brownsville. Together, the Ship 24-Booster 7 duo stands about 395 feet (120 meters) tall, making it bigger than NASA’s iconic Saturn V moon rocket and the agency’s new Space Launch System, which recently launched the Artemis 1 moon mission. Starship is plenty big enough to be spotted from…
Read MoreNASA Awards Safety, Mission Assurance, Services Contract
NASA has selected Banner Quality Management Inc., of Friendswood, Texas, to provide safety and mission assurance, engineering, and technical services to the agency in various locations across the country.
Read MoreEl reto TechRise de la NASA premia a estudiantes con una oportunidad de volar
La NASA ha seleccionado a 60 equipos ganadores del segundo desafío estudiantil TechRise, un concurso nacional diseñado para involucrar a estudiantes de tecnología, la ciencia y la exploración espacial. Estos equipos trabajarán juntos para construir experimentos científicos y tecnológicos como preparación para una prueba de vuelo suborbital.
Read MoreMissing the moment history happens: The media and ‘NewSpace’ (op-ed)
Rick Tumlinson, Founder of SpaceFund, Earthlight Foundation, Space Frontier Foundation and New Worlds Institute. More often than not, at the moment when history happens, it’s hard to see. While barely showing up in the montages of 2022 run by every media organization on the planet, I believe that last year, this year, and the next few to follow will be seen as the beginning of what the Washington Post calls “The New Space Age.” (Of course, as the guy who coined the term, I prefer “NewSpace Age,” but I’ll take…
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