WASHINGTON, D.C. — NASA and Bigelow Aerospace of Las Vegas are holding a media availability at 1:30 p.m. EDT, Thursday, May 23, to discuss the agency’s Space Act Agreement with the company for its insight on collaborating with commercial industry on exploration beyond Earth orbit.
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Al Globus – Three Paths to Space Settlement | Moonandback Interview
Al Globus talks about his presentation on space settlement given at Space Access 2013 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Artist's concept of a Bigelow Lunar Habitat. - Bigelow Aerospace
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NASA, Bigelow To Discuss Private Sector Human Space Exploration And Development
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity drilled into this rock target, "Cumberland," during the 279th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars (May 19, 2013) and collected a powdered sample of material from the rock's interior. - NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Planetary
NASA Mars Rover Curiosity Drills Second Rock Target
PASADENA, Calif. – NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has used the drill on its robotic arm to collect a powdered sample from the interior of a rock called “Cumberland.”
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The Red Bull Stratos team at a press conference at Hanger 7, in Salzburg, Austria on October 27, 2012. - Red Bull Stratos
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Art Thompson and Red Bull Stratos Team Receive Safety Award
..to Receive Award on May 22nd at IAASS Conference in Montreal
by merryl azriel
The International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS) has awarded the 2013 Jerome Lederer Safety Pioneer Award to Art Thompson and the Red Bull Stratos team
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The Nanosatellite Launch Adapter System (NLAS) was developed to increase access to space while simplifying the integration process of miniature satellites, called nanosats or cubesats, onto launch vehicles. It consists of an adapter, four dispensers and a sequencer. The adapter is mounted to the lower surface of the launch vehicle and the upper deck of the primary mission spacecraft. - NASA Ames
Orbit
NASA-Built Nanosatellite Launch Adapter System Ready for Flight
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Nanosatellites now have their own mass transit to catch rides to space and perform experiments in microgravity. A new NASA-designed and developed satellite deployer
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Skylab as seen by astronauts after repairs to replace the lost shielding and deploy the stuck solar array. The one on the left was lost during launch, and the remaining one nearly so - NASA
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Building a Home in Space | This Week In Space History
The drawing was simple, almost crude, but direct. And it would change space history. On August 19, 1966, George Mueller, NASA associate administrator for Manned Space Flight, sketched an idea for a simple space station built from a spent Saturn S-IVB stage designed for the Apollo Moon landing program.
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Buzz Aldrin’s Mission to Mars: A Book Review
by dennis wingo
I am reading the new book “Mission to Mars, My Vision for Space Exploration”, by Buzz Aldrin. The book is a very good read, and for those of us who know Buzz
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Commentary
The Lonely Universe: Are We All There Is?
by richard hayes
In a forthcoming article in Odyssey, I’ll be suggesting that the likelihood of extra-terrestrial intelligence may be fairly low. If you consider objectively the question of the Fermi Paradox
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Planetary
Opportunity Rover Examines Clay Clues in Rock
PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s senior Mars rover, Opportunity, is driving to a new study area
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JP Aerospace Take Thousands of Experiments to Space
This is a short version of the April 2013 PongSat Mission video. The launch, the
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Planetary
Nine-Year-Old Mars Rover Passes 40-Year-Old Record
PASADENA, Calif. — While Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt visited Earth’s moon
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Planetary
Cassini Shapes First Global Topographic Map of Titan
LAUREL, MD. — Scientists have created the first global topographic map of Saturn’s moon Titan,
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Planetary
NASA Probe Counts Space Rock Impacts on Mars
PASADENA, Calif. — Scientists using images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have estimated that the
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Environment
NASA Helps Pinpoint Glaciers’ Role in Sea Level Rise
PASADENA, Calif. – A new study of glaciers worldwide using observations from two NASA satellites
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Curiosity Rover Readies for Second Mars Drilling
This video report contains Curiosity preparing for a second drilling and a tutorial on the
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The European Space Agency Opens New Center in U.K.
HARWELL, Oxford, UK — David Willetts, UK Minister for Universities and Science, and Jean-Jacques Dordain,
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Skylab 40th Anniversary, Part 1
by greg kennedy 2013 marks the 40th anniversary of the Skylab, America’s first space station.
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Planetary
NASA’s Asteroid Sample Return Mission Moves into Development
GREENBELT, MD. — NASA’s first mission to sample an asteroid is moving ahead into development
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Thursday 23 May 2013