Orion test sets stage for ESA service module
Today's flight and splashdown of NASA's first Orion spacecraft paves the way for future human exploration beyond low orbit powered by ESA's European Service Module.
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Informing NASA's Asteroid Initiative: A citizen forum
In its history, the Earth has been repeatedly struck by asteroids, large chunks of rock from space that can cause considerable damage in a collision. Can we—or should we—try to protect Earth from potentially hazardous ...
Obama salutes 45th anniversary of US astronauts' Moon landing
Celebrating the 45th anniversary of the first lunar landing, President Barack Obama on Tuesday recognized the "courage" of astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins, who participated in the mission.
Orbital Sciences' second mission delivers delights to space station
Satellites, Girl Scouts and good ole Charlie Brown highlight Orbital Sciences Corporation's second commercial resupply voyage to the International Space Station. The mission, Orbital-2, will both deliver new scientific investigations ...
National panel urges 'putting human boots' on Mars
After 18 months of research and deliberation, the Committee on Human Spaceflight – a diverse national group of scientists and professionals convened by Congressional request, and co-led by a Cornell professor – issued ...
Mars or bust, says new report on NASA human space exploration
If NASA is to make great strides in its human spaceflight program, it needs to go big or go home - and get to the Martian surface, says a new congressionally mandated report.
NASA should maintain long-term focus on Mars as 'horizon goal' for human spaceflight
Arguing for a continuation of the nation's human space exploration program, a new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council concludes that the expense of human spaceflight and the dangers to the astronauts ...
NASA marks major programmatic milestone for spaceport of the future
NASA achieved a major milestone this month in its effort to transform the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida into a multi-user spaceport by successfully completing the initial design and technology development phase ...
Enough lying about
ESA's volunteers recently finished their third and last session lying in bed in the interest of spaceflight and science. They can return to their normal lives after spending their last 21 days in bed with their feet up – ...
NASA, Orbital Sciences poised for Wednesday mission to ISS
Orbital Sciences Corp. on Wednesday launches the test flight of an unmanned rocket to the International Space Station, as NASA forges ahead with its plan to privatize US space missions.
