- Watch our preview briefing today at 2 p.m. EDT (8 a.m. HST) for the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) test. The LDSD project is designed to investigate and test breakthrough technologies for landing future robotic and human Mars missions and safely returning large payloads to Earth. Watch live: http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv Have a question? Use #askNASA
LDSD is set to launch no earlier than 1:30 p.m. EDT (7:30 a.m. HST) Tuesday, June 2, from the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) on Kauai, Hawaii.
#JourneyToMars
Science drives exploration and nowhere is that more evident than through our discoveries about Mars. From Apollo to the Curiosity rover, the pace of scientific exploration will allow us to answer the question: Are We Alone?
Dr. John Grunsfeld, our associate administrator for Science and former space shuttle astronaut discusses the path to landing humans on Mars.
#JourneyToMars
Experience the next SpaceX launch in-person! Social media users are invited to apply for credentials to attend the targeted June 26 launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. This is the next cargo resupply to the International Space Station. For more information and to apply, visit: http://go.nasa.gov/1FxkzYW
Our pilot Jim Less and videographer Lori Losey refuel their F-15D #897 aircraft from a KC-135 refueling tanker. The F-15D Eagle aircraft flies for research support and pilot proficiency. Our research support aircraft NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center are commonly called chase planes and fill the role of escort aircraft during research missions. Details: http://go.nasa.gov/1FjhUyT
#FlyNASA
Take a ride to the International Space Station! Watch this time-lapse video from March 27 showing the Soyuz spacecraft, carrying the #YearInSpace crew, catching up and docking with the orbiting laboratory.
http://www.nasa.gov/oneyear
Our Cassini spacecraft will make its final close approach to Saturn's large, irregularly shaped moon Hyperion on Sunday, May 31. Details: http://go.nasa.gov/1KDv9Cc
#NASABeyond
With launch in 4 days, the #LDSD team is preparing for the test of our Mars landing tech: http://go.nasa.gov/1Bwqc5O
Sparkling cities below the International Space Station are haloed by an aurora on the Earth's horizon. Astronauts took this image from the vantage point of the station and its crew, high above. Details: http://go.nasa.gov/1BvziQm
Big science in the Big Apple! Today and all weekend, we're bringing a variety of interactive, hands-on activities and exhibits to this year’s World Science Festival in New York City through Sunday, May 31. Learn more: http://go.nasa.gov/1AAqT3m
Science instruments selected for Europa mission & on 'This Week @NASA.' Watch and discover other agency events and activities that happened this week.
Actor Jon Cryer voices our new film to help celebrate 50 years of spacewalks. Astronaut Ed White became the first American to walk in space on June 3, 1965. The documentary on the history and future of humans working on a tether in space premieres Monday, June 1, on NASA Television starting at 10 a.m. EDT, and will be available on our website and YouTube channel. More: http://go.nasa.gov/1GKxxVC
#SuitUp
A full mission dress rehearsal was held for the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project today at the U.S. Navy Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) in Kauai, HI. The #LDSD crosscutting technology demonstration mission will test breakthrough entry, descent and landing technologies that will enable large payloads to be landed safely on the surface of Mars. The second flight test of LDSD will be attempted on Tuesday, June 2, launching a rocket-powered, saucer-shaped test vehicle into near-space. Mission blog: http://blogs.nasa.gov/ldsd
#JourneyToMars
About 25,000 light years away is the Arches Cluster, the densest known star cluster in the Milky Way galaxy. It's close to the heart of our galaxy and fairly young, between two and four million years old. Details: http://go.nasa.gov/1BuNxot
#NASABeyond
The same GPS technology that helps you get where you’re going in a car will soon be used in space to improve hurricane forecasting. The technology is a key capability in a our mission called the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) currently in development.
CYGNSS, set to launch in 2016, will use eight micro-satellites to measure wind speeds over the ocean, increasing the ability of scientists to understand hurricanes. For more on the mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/cygnss
#EarthRightNow
Glowing aurorae can be seen by the naked eye on a terrestrial planet other than Earth - Mars! http://go.nasa.gov/1GJvG37
Big science in the Big Apple! Today and all weekend, we're bringing a variety of interactive, hands-on activities and exhibits to this year’s World Science Festival in New York City through Sunday, May 31. Learn more: http://go.nasa.gov/1Bu9T9JA team of scientists has used X-ray and gamma-ray observations of some of the most distant objects in the Universe to better understand the nature of space and time. Their results set limits on the quantum nature, or “foaminess” of spacetime at extremely tiny scales. Details: http://go.nasa.gov/1GJv25G
#NASABeyondApply now for a #NASASocial credential to cover the SpaceX launch in-person June 26 in FL: http://go.nasa.gov/1GJtbheDo you know what happened this week aboard the International SpaceStation? Watch our weekly #SpaceToGround update:
A billowing plume of steam signals a successful 450-second test of the RS-25 rocket engine today! RS-25 engines tested on the stand will power the core stage of our new rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), which is being developed to carry humans deeper into space than ever before. This is another step on our #JourneyToMars!
Details: http://go.nasa.gov/1J6IRNC
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LDSD JUNE 1 2PM.
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Expedition 35
Expedition 35, March 26, 2013
This image is one of a series of still photos documenting the process to release the SpaceX Dragon-2 spacecraft from the International Space Station on March 26. The spacecraft, filled with experiments and old supplies, can be seen in the grasp of the Space Station Remote Manipulator System's robot arm or CanadArm2 after it was undocked from the orbital outpost. The Dragon was scheduled to make a landing in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California, later in the day.
(credit: NASA-JSC)
This image is one of a series of still photos documenting the process to release the SpaceX Dragon-2 spacecraft from the International Space Station on March 26. The spacecraft, filled with experiments and old supplies, can be seen in the grasp of the Space Station Remote Manipulator System's robot arm or CanadArm2 after it was undocked from the orbital outpost. The Dragon was scheduled to make a landing in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California, later in the day.
(credit: NASA-JSC)
LIFT-OFF!
STS-7, June 18, 1983
The space shuttle Challenger, its two solid rocket boosters and an external fuel tank carry the five-member STS-7 astronaut crew toward a six-day mission in Earth orbit. This high-angle view of the liftoff, a lengthy stretch of Florida Atlantic coastline and a number of large cumulus clouds was photographed with a handheld 70mm camera by astronaut John W. Young. Young usually pilots the Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) for weather monitoring at l...
STS-7, June 18, 1983
The space shuttle Challenger, its two solid rocket boosters and an external fuel tank carry the five-member STS-7 astronaut crew toward a six-day mission in Earth orbit. This high-angle view of the liftoff, a lengthy stretch of Florida Atlantic coastline and a number of large cumulus clouds was photographed with a handheld 70mm camera by astronaut John W. Young. Young usually pilots the Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) for weather monitoring at l...
STS-119, March 25, 2009
Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earth's horizon, Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-119) is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 18 crew member on the International Space Station soon after the shuttle and station began their post-undocking relative separation on March 25, 2009.
(credit: NASA-JSC)
Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earth's horizon, Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-119) is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 18 crew member on the International Space Station soon after the shuttle and station began their post-undocking relative separation on March 25, 2009.
(credit: NASA-JSC)
The
Gemini 3 Fliteline Medallion, flown on the mission. It's one of the few
places the term "Molly Brown" is seen on anything on the mission, as, I
believe, NASA never officially recognized that name.
1963,
Portrait of the first two groups of astronauts. The seven original
Mercury astronauts plus new members of the astronaut corps. Seated from
left to right are: Gordon Cooper, Gus Grissom, Scott Carpenter, Wally
Schirra, John Glenn, Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton. Standing from left
to right are: Edward White, James McDivitt, John Young, Elliot See,
Charles Conrad, Frank Borman, Neil Armstrong, Thomas Stafford, and James
Lovell.
(credit: NASA-JSC)
(credit: NASA-JSC)
Apollo 11, March 24, 1969
Guenter Wendt waits to assist the Apollo 11 backup crew during an altitude chamber test.
(credit: NASA-Apollo Archive)
Guenter Wendt waits to assist the Apollo 11 backup crew during an altitude chamber test.
(credit: NASA-Apollo Archive)
Gemini 3, 1964
View of a Gemini-Titan spacecraft on launch pad at night. The launch pad lights are all on and there are spotlights in the background.
(credit: NASA-KSC)
View of a Gemini-Titan spacecraft on launch pad at night. The launch pad lights are all on and there are spotlights in the background.
(credit: NASA-KSC)
STS-90, March 23, 1998
The Space Shuttle Columbia begins its rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B in preparation for the STS-90 mission. The Neurolab experiments are the primary payload on this nearly 17-day space flight. Investigations during the Neurolab mission will focus on the effects of microgravity on the nervous system. Specifically, experiments will study the adaptation of the vestibular system, the central nervous system, and the pathways tha...
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The Space Shuttle Columbia begins its rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B in preparation for the STS-90 mission. The Neurolab experiments are the primary payload on this nearly 17-day space flight. Investigations during the Neurolab mission will focus on the effects of microgravity on the nervous system. Specifically, experiments will study the adaptation of the vestibular system, the central nervous system, and the pathways tha...
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Gemini 3, March 23, 1965
Launching of the first manned Gemini flight. The Gemini-Titan 3 lifted off pad 19 at 9:24 a.m. (EST) on March 23, 1965. The Gemini-3 spacecraft "Molly Brown" carried astronauts Virgil I. Grissom, command pilot, and John W. Young, pilot, on three orbits of Earth.
(Credit: NASA-KSC)
Launching of the first manned Gemini flight. The Gemini-Titan 3 lifted off pad 19 at 9:24 a.m. (EST) on March 23, 1965. The Gemini-3 spacecraft "Molly Brown" carried astronauts Virgil I. Grissom, command pilot, and John W. Young, pilot, on three orbits of Earth.
(Credit: NASA-KSC)
happy 87th birthday to astronaut Jim Lovell. In 1962, NASA
Today
we wish a happy 87th birthday to astronaut Jim Lovell. In 1962, NASA
selected Lovell to be an astronaut, and he flew his joined with Gemini
VI to complete the first crewed spacecraft rendezvous. In 1966, he
commanded Gemini XII and two years after that was the command module
pilot on Apollo 8. Most remembered for his final flight, Lovell served
as commander on the near-tragic Apollo 13 mission. During this mission
he and fellow crewmembers, John Swigert and Fred Haise, avoided disaster
200,000 miles from Earth after a malfunction with an oxygen tank caused
an explosion in the service module of the spacecraft.
Learn more about Jim Lovell and Apollo 13 here: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_p…/apollo/missions/apollo13.html
Learn more about Jim Lovell and Apollo 13 here: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_p…/apollo/missions/apollo13.html
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