National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Training astronauts underwater may seem obvious now, but at the dawn of the space age it was rejected time and time again. It took a few dedicated people in a h...
lunes, 22 de febrero de 2016
OLGA VALENTIN PRADO: nasa history
OLGA VALENTIN PRADO: nasa history: National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution 4 h · Trai...
nasa history
On this day (February 21) in 2008, the USA-193 reconnaissance satellite was intentionally destroyed by the U. S. Navy.
The satellite was the first to be launched by the joint effort known as the United Launch Alliance, a Lockheed Martin-Boeing collaboration. Unfortunately, the mission proved to be a major failure when the satellite lost contact with the ground within hours. In January 2008, the problem got worse: orbital predictions showed that the satellite was expected to...
On this day (February 19) in 1473, revolutionary astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was born. Copernicus, in formulating a heliocentric model of the universe, provided the ignition for one of the most significant scientific revolutions in history—the aptly named Copernican Revolution. Un-tethered from the geocentric dogma of his times, Copernicus was able to start with a fresh slate and develop a more elegant heliocentric system of concentric circles, planetary orbits. Copernicus...
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22 febrero 2016
You’ve probably already seen our retro travel posters, but here they are explained. Take a look and choose your excursion:http://nasa.tumblr.com/…/travel-posters-of-fantastic-excurs…
Deep in the heart of California’s Owens Valley, a strange looking telescope is listening for echoes of distant stars. These echoes could help us discover new worlds in distant star systems. Discover more:https://youtu.be/hDpVHcmA4rE
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Bon appétit! See how high school culinary students are competing to have their dishes sent to the International Space Station. Team’s in this year’s challenge had to develop a vegetable entrée and the dish had to meet a strict set of nutritional guidelines. Details: http://go.nasa.gov/1mQOaHN
Happy Birthday to Scott Kelly, who is working 250 above Earth, and Mark Kelly, who is helping with the Twins Study from our home planet:http://nasa.tumblr.com/po…/129151446854/the-one-year-mission
Ahead of today’s #DAYTONA500, NASCAR driver Carl Edwards stopped by our Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a behind-the-scenes tour. Take a look: https://youtu.be/10eum__SZ5k
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It's a diamond in the dust! Our Hubble Space Telescope sees a young forming star. This star is in an adolescent phase of life, while most of a sun-like star’s life is spent in a stable stage. Details:http://go.nasa.gov/1QrLhuM
America stands on the cusp of a new era in aviation that’s dramatically cleaner, quieter, and even faster. If approved, President Obama’s recently released federal budget request will be the first in a bold 10-year plan to achieve huge goals in reducing fuel use, emissions, and noise by the way aircraft are designed, and the way they operate in the air and on the ground. Details: http://go.nasa.gov/20LT6uM #FlyNASA
#OTD in 1962, astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth in his Mercury capsule Friendship 7. In this video, Glenn describes the 'weirdest' training for his historic flight. More:http://go.nasa.gov/1QrIsKh
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Our “flying” telescope, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) aboard a highly modified Boeing 747SP jetliner, began its fourth series of science flights to study a full gamut of astronomical topics, both in our solar system and beyond. Details:http://go.nasa.gov/1KxUAqC
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