The American Astronautical Society will host the 55th Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium at the Greenbelt Marriott, 6400 Ivy Lane, Greenbelt, Maryland, on March 8-9, 2017. This year’s theme, “Future Space: Trends, Technologies and Missions,” will emphasize NASA’s projects and programs in the coming years. This year’s symposium is supported by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight … [Read more…]
Spaceflight has traditionally been seen as the realm of a lucky elite chosen by government space agencies or wealthy individuals willing to pay for a ride to the International Space Station on the Russian Soyuz. That concept is beginning to show cracks with private space ventures like Project PoSSUM, which trains astronauts for its suborbital … [Read more…]
SpaceX has announced that two private citizens have deposited a down payment to take a trip around the Moon next year and other potential private crews have expressed interest in performing similar missions. These crews will make use of the Crew Dragon (Dragon Version 2) spacecraft once it has been flight-tested and earned a rating … [Read more…]
The original flight plan for NASA’s Juno probe called for the spacecraft to alter its current orbit, which takes 53 days to orbit Jupiter, into an orbit that would have circled Jupiter every 14 days. However, the Juno team has decided to abandon this plan and leave Juno in its current orbit after two … [Read more…]
Members of the media are invited to NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia on Jan. 27 at 8:30 a.m. EST to check out a test model of the Space Launch System (SLS) in Langley’s Transonic Dynamics Tunnel and talk to subject matter experts about the wind tunnel testing for the world’s most powerful rocket. … [Read more…]
Oklahoma Students Speaking To ISS Commander on Thursday Students from Jenks Middle School in Jenks, Oklahoma probably aren’t feeling very jinxed right now because they have the chance to speak with the current International Space Station commander, Shane Kimbrough, on Thursday, January 26, at 10:35 AM EST. The 20-minute event will be broadcast live on … [Read more…]
David Hitt is a communications strategist for NASA’s Space Launch System, helping to share the story of America’s next-generation heavy-lift rocket for human and scientific exploration beyond Earth’s orbit. Hitt began working at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in 2002 as a writer for the NASAexplores education website, and later served as the senior writer … [Read more…]
Do you feel sorry for people who have to spend holidays away from home? I’m bummed for military men on deployment, too. When you aren’t lucky enough to have relatives who send you a care package for the holidays, MRE packets don’t make for an appetizing holiday meal. It’s a little bit different for astronauts … [Read more…]
The Mercury missions were NASA’s first serious effort to send American astronauts into space. One of its primary objectives was to prove that humans could live and work above Earth’s atmosphere. Along the way, there were several technical challenges, successes, and occasional frightening moments for both the Original Seven Mercury astronauts and those supporting them … [Read more…]
Skylab isn’t necessarily the first thing people think of when the subject of NASA and America’s space effort comes up. The Mercury Project, the Apollo moon missions, the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station are more likely to be mentioned. However, Skylab was America’s first space station, an underdog built from spare parts left … [Read more…]