October 2011
23 posts
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NASA Performs Student Experiments For Whole World... →
NASA announced it will provide support to Space Adventures, Ltd. of Vienna, Va., to conduct a global competition for students to design experiments that will be performed in space and broadcast…
Hubble Mosaic of the Galactic Center →
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope infrared mosaic image represents the sharpest survey of the Galactic Center to date. It reveals a new population of massive stars and new details in complex…
10-07-2011 →
Vice President Biden Honors Mark Kelly →
Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands with Captain Mark Kelly during his retirement ceremony in the Secretary of War Suite of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, in Washington, D.C., Oct. 6,…
NASA Invites Twitter Fans To A Tweetup At Langley... →
NASA is inviting its Twitter followers to register for a Tweetup and behind-the-scenes tour of the agency’s first laboratory, NASA’s Langley Research Center. NASA will host 50 social media guests…
10-06-2011 →
NASA Administrator Available To Media At Kennedy... →
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will be available to media during a visit to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 11 a.m. EDT.
NASA Developing Instruments For New Solar Orbiter... →
NASA will begin development and testing of two science instruments, in cooperation with the European Space Agency (ESA), to be placed on ESA’s newly selected Solar Orbiter mission.
Space Observatory Provides Clues To Creation Of... →
Astronomers have found a new cosmic source for the same kind of water that appeared on Earth billions of years ago and created the oceans. The findings may help explain how Earth’s surface ended up…
Molecular Cloud Cepheus B Is a Hot Spot for Star... →
This composite image, created using data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Spitzer Space Telescope, shows the molecular cloud Cepheus B, located in our galaxy about 2,400 light years from…
10-04-2011 →
Arctic Sea Ice Continues Decline, Hits... →
Last month the extent of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean declined to the second-lowest extent on record.
Sputnik 1 →
On Oct. 4, 1957, Sputnik 1 successfully launched and entered Earth’s orbit. Thus, began the space age. The successful launch shocked the world, giving the former Soviet Union the distinction of…
NASA Awards Historic Green Aviation Prize →
NASA has awarded the largest prize in aviation history, created to inspire the development of more fuel-efficient aircraft and spark the start of a new electric airplane industry.
NASA To Seek Applicants For Next Astronaut... →
In early November, NASA will seek applicants for its next class of astronaut candidates who will support long-duration missions to the International Space Station and future deep space exploration…
10-02-2011 →
NASA Leads Study Of Unprecedented Arctic Ozone... →
A NASA-led study has documented an unprecedented depletion of Earth’s protective ozone layer above the Arctic last winter and spring caused by an unusually prolonged period of extremely low…
10-01-2011 →
NASA Modifies Contract To Continue Ground... →
NASA Modifies Contract To Continue Ground Operations Work
View of Mission Operations Control Room During the... →
Gene Kranz (foreground, back to camera), an Apollo 13 Flight Director, watches Apollo 13 astronaut and lunar module pilot Fred Haise onscreen in the Mission Operations Control Room, during the…
09-30-2011 →
NASA Awards Protective Services Contract At... →
NASA Awards Protective Services Contract At Kennedy
September 2011
41 posts
NASA Spacecraft Revealing More Details About... →
NASA Spacecraft Revealing More Details About Planet Mercury
09-29-2011 →
NASA Selects Science Investigations For Concept... →
NASA has selected 11 science proposals for evaluation as potential future science missions. The proposals outline prospective missions to study the Earth’s atmosphere, the sun, the Milky Way galaxy,…
NASA's J-2X Engine →
This image is from a 2008 cold flow test campaign conducted at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center for the J-2X engine program. NASA continues to test the J-2X engine and conducted a 40-second test…
150 Of NASA's Twitter Followers Will Be Invited To... →
NASA will host a two-day launch Tweetup for 150 of its Twitter followers on Nov. 23 and 25 at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The Pacman Nebula →
High-mass stars are important because they are responsible for much of the energy pumped into our galaxy over its lifetime. Unfortunately, these stars are poorly understood because they are often…
Asteroid Caught Marching Across Tadpole Nebula →
This infrared image from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, showcases the Tadpole Nebula, a star-forming hub in the Auriga constellation about 12,000 light-years from Earth. As WISE…
09-27-2011 →
NASA Spacecraft Reveals New Details Of Planet... →
NASA will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Sept. 29, to discuss new data and images from the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury.
NASA To Host News Conference On Asteroid Search... →
NASA will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. EDT on Thurs., Sept. 29, to reveal near-Earth asteroid findings and implications for future research. The briefing will take place in the NASA Headquarters…
Electrical Circuit Between Saturn and Enceladus →
This artist’s concept shows a glowing patch of ultraviolet light near Saturn’s north pole that occurs at the “footprint” of the magnetic connection between Saturn and its moon Enceladus. The…
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NASA's UARS Re-Enters Earth's Atmosphere →
The precise re-entry time and location of debris impacts have not been determined.
Earth's Moon →
Photographed by the Expedition 28 crew aboard the International Space Station, this image shows the moon, the Earth’s only natural satellite, at center with the limb of Earth near the bottom…
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Earth’s Moon Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:00:00 -0500
Photographed by the Expedition 28 crew aboard the International Space Station, this image shows the moon, the Earth’s only natural satellite, at center with the...
New Supernova Remnant Lights Up →
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers are witnessing the unprecedented transition of a supernova to a supernova remnant, where light from an exploding star in a neighboring galaxy, the Large…
09-11-2011 →
NASA Launches Mission To Study Moon From Crust To... →
GRAIL Heads to the Moon →
Fire and smoke light up a blue sky as a United Launch Alliance Delta II Heavy rocket propels NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission into space. Liftoff from Space Launch…
09-10-2011 →
NASA, ATK Announce New Commercial Crew Agreement →
NASA and Alliant Techsystems (ATK) managers will announce an agreement that could accelerate the availability of U.S. commercial crew transportation capabilities at 3 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Sept. 13….
09-09-2011 →
Update: NASA Provides Media Interviews For Space... →
NASA has canceled the previously scheduled news conference on Friday, Sept. 9, about the award of the organization that will manage the portion of the International Space Station operated as a U.S….
GRAIL on the Pad →
NASA’s GRAIL twin spacecraft await launch atop a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/United Launch Alliance, Thom Baur
09-07-2011 →