Tag: NASA
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Why SpaceX and Boeing can sell spots on commercial space taxis to private travelers
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams wears a SpaceX spacesuit as she sits in a mockup for a Crew Dragon spaceship. (SpaceX Photo) RENTON, Wash. — When NASA’s Phil McAlister worked out the contracts with SpaceX and Boeing to ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station, he made sure they could make some money on the…
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NASA puts out the call for partners to build the first piece of Gateway space station
An artist’s conception shows a spacecraft that incorporates a solar electric propulsion system. (NASA Illustration) NASA has laid out its plan for acquiring the first piece of its successor to the International Space Station, an outpost known as the Gateway that will be stationed in lunar orbit. A draft solicitation, published today, calls for commercial…
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White House lays out updated plan for detecting (and deflecting) killer asteroids
NASA is planning missions to study how to divert a threatening asteroid, including an experiment known as DART, or Double Asteroid Redirection Test. (NASA Illustration) The White House has issued an updated plan that lays out the roles played by NASA and other federal agencies in anticipating threats from near-Earth objects — and makes clear…
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Government study looks to improve planning for possible asteroid impact
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION This image, taken in 2015, shows Earth as seen by NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), aboard NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) spacecraft.Credit: NASA The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is spearheading a 10-year plan to improve detection of near-Earth asteroids and comets that…
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Stamps and Blue Origin toys pay tribute to Sally Ride, 35 years after space milestone
The first American woman in space, Sally Ride, is the subject of serious and playful memorials today, 35 years after her historic flight and nearly six years after her death. A U.S. postage stamp bearing Ride’s visage went on sale last month, and last year, a Sally Ride minifigure was released as part of a…
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Trump calls for establishment of U.S. “space force”
President Donald Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence, delivered remarks at Monday’s meeting of the National Space Council at the White House. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Catching observers off guard, President Trump, in remarks before a National Space Council Meeting at the White House Monday, officially directed to Pentagon to establish a sixth branch of…
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NASA’s most experienced astronaut, Peggy Whitson, hangs up her space helmet
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is framed by one of the windows in the International Space Station’s Cupola during her 2016-2017 tour of duty. (NASA Photo) NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who holds the U.S. record for most cumulative time in space, is retiring after 22 years in the astronaut corps and three tours of duty on…
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Tech titan Nathan Myhrvold revisits NASA asteroid argument in peer-reviewed paper
in his office at Intellectual Ventures in Bellevue, Wash., Nathan Myhrvold shows off a fragment of the Chelyabinsk meteorite, which was left behind by an asteroid impact in 2013. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) Nathan Myhrvold is back, and this time he’s got peer review on his side. Two years ago, the Seattle tech pioneer…
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Spacewalkers install HD video cameras to monitor future SpaceX and Boeing trips
NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold looks out from the International Space Station’s Quest airlock at the beginning of a spacewalk. (Oleg Artemyev / Roscosmos via Twitter) News Brief: NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold installed new high-definition video cameras on the exterior of the International Space Station today during a spacewalk that lasted nearly seven…
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Good news! NASA says Opportunity rover should be able to wait out Martian storm
An artist’s conception shows NASA’s Opportunity rover under sunnier conditions. (NASA Illustration) NASA has had to put its power-starved Opportunity rover into an induced coma on Mars, but that drastic maneuver — plus some luck — should be enough to save it from one of the worst dust storms ever observed on the Red Planet. That doesn’t…