Monthly Archives: Tháng Sáu 2020

Space Station Astronauts Describe what it is “Like” Living and Working in Space

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 47 Commander Tim Kopra and Flight Engineer Jeff Williams of NASA and Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency) discussed life and research aboard the orbital laboratory during an in-flight interview June 1 with Facebook founder and chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg. The interview, which was streamed […]

NASA names Unique Solar Mission after University of Chicago Physicist Eugene Parker

On May 31, NASA renamed humanity’s first mission to fly a spacecraft directly into the sun’s atmosphere in honor of Professor Eugene Parker, a pioneering physicist at the University of Chicago. This is the first time in agency history a spacecraft has been named for a living individual. Parker, the S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor […]

Spaceflight Then, Now, and Next

The 2016 John H. Glenn Lecture in Space History was held on June 14, at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum’s Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater in Washington, DC. The featured speakers, Apollo 11 astronaut, Major General Michael Collins, USAF (Ret.) and Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin and founder/CEO of Amazon.com, reflected on the invention […]

NASA Explorers: The Family Moon Business

Lunar exploration runs in the family for the Petros. NASA lunar scientist Noah Petro interviews his father, Denis, about his work as an Apollo program engineer. In a heartfelt conversation, Noah and his dad examine the human impact of the momentous Apollo 11 mission and their shared passion for science and learning. Ginny from Danville, […]

NASA Social with NASA Astronaut Karen Nyberg

NASA Astronaut Karen Nyberg spoke with social media followers and their guests at NASA Headquarters after recently returning from a 5.5-month stay aboard the International Space Station. Participants learned how Karen lived and worked from space, and as an artist, quilting and drawing http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition36/nyberg_profile.html#.UyMrRPldWSo during her off time; how she managed the unique aspects and […]

NASA 50th Anniversary Lecture – Dr. Stephen Hawking – Part 1

NASA 50th Anniversary Lecture Series Dr. Stephen Hawking Lecture “Why We Should Go Into Space” George Washington University April 21, 2008 In 4 parts

SpaceX Dragon Cargo Spacecraft Attached to the International Space Station

Following the arrival of the unpiloted SpaceX Dragon cargo craft to the International Space Station on Feb. 23, the station crew used the Canadarm2 robotic arm to capture the Dragon. Ground controllers then sent commands for the robot arm to maneuver the vehicle to the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module where it was installed […]

Expedition 41/42 Crew Enters the International Space Station for the First Time

Two hours after docking, Expedition 41/42 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev and Flight Engineers Elena Serova of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Barry Wilmore of NASA were greeted by space station Commander Max Suraev of Roscosmos and Flight Engineers Reid Wiseman of NASA and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency. As the hatches […]

NASA Prepares to Fly a Large Unmanned Aircraft in Public Airspace Without Chase Plane for First Time

NASA’s remotely-piloted Ikhana aircraft performs flight tests in preparation to fly in the National Airspace System without a safety chase aircraft. On June 12, 2018, NASA successfully flew the historic flight. News release: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-flies-large-unmanned-aircraft-in-public-airspace-without-chase-plane-for-first The flight will help to move the United States one step closer to normalizing unmanned aircraft operations in the airspace used […]