As we all go our separate ways this Memorial Day weekend, I urge everyone to remember the heroic sacrifice of the men and women who died in defense of our country while serving in the United States military. It is the dedication and commitment of these men and women, those who were willing to make […]
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NASA Planetary Scientist, Jared Espley, is studying data being sent back from Mars by the MAVEN spacecraft, which is currently orbiting the Red Planet. The data, about the processes occurring in the upper atmosphere of Mars, can help answer some very important questions for humans planning to go to Mars – like, where is the […]
Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 53 Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei of NASA fielded questions about life and work on the orbital outpost during an in-flight educational event Sept. 18 with students from the Pine River-Backus schools in Pine River, Minnesota. Vande Hei is in the second week of a five and a half […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 Series Dr. Stephen Hawking Lecture “Why We Should Go Into Space” George Washington University April 21, 2008 In 4 parts
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 […]