Survival Important Part Of Mars500 Training
The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced the European prime and backup crewmembers for the 105-day Mars500 study.
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Altair Application By Boeing
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], through its Space Exploration division, submitted a proposal to NASA today for Altair lunar lander design support and NASA is expected to award multiple contracts this spring.
Read MoreThe Hue Of Blue For A Saturnian Storm
Rendered in myriad hues, vivid details of Saturn's stormy atmosphere play out below the shadow of the rings.
Read MoreSpatial Disorientation Solution Ahead?
Alion Science and Technology, an employee-owned technology solutions provider, has been awarded a grant valued at $1.73 million by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI), a nonprofit partnership with NASA, to review spatial disorientation by astronauts during spaceflight.
Read MoreOCO Mishap Has NASA’s Obenschain Investigating
NASA's Rick Obenschain, deputy director at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, will lead the investigation board for the unsuccessful launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory on February 24th.
Read MoreNASA’s Kepler Telescope Set to Launch In Search of Other Earths
Get ready for the launch of NASA's Kepler telescope now targeted for no earlier than Friday, March 6, from Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Read MoreVoluminous Vortex Vanquishes All
The terminator nearly covers the south pole of Saturn and its stormy vortex in darkness.
Read MoreA Glowing Review From Venus Express
ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft has observed an eerie glow in the night-time atmosphere of Venus.
Read MoreSaturn’s Hexagon Partially Imaged By Cassini
Saturn's north pole hexagon, seen here in an image from the Cassini spacecraft, has been around for awhile. It was seen in Voyager images in the early 1980s, in ground-based telescopic images in the 1990s, and now with Cassini.
Read MorePlanck Prepped
Both payloads for Arianespace’s upcoming Ariane 5 mission to explore the universe are now in French Guiana, following this week’s delivery of the Planck observatory to the Spaceport.
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