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NASA Progressing Toward First Launch of Orion Spacecraft
December 13, 2012 — Recent engineering advances by NASA and its industry partners across the country show important progress toward Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1), the next step to launching humans to deep space. The ... > full story -
Experts Advise Doctors on How to Clear Patients for Space Travel
December 13, 2012 — With the prospect of space travel for tourists looming, clinicians could soon be asked to advise on medical clearance for their patients, according to a new ... > full story -
NASA Probes Prepare for Mission-Ending Moon Impact
December 13, 2012 — Twin lunar-orbiting NASA spacecraft that have allowed scientists to learn more about the internal structure and composition of the moon are being prepared for their controlled descent and impact on a ... > full story -
Mars Rover Curiosity Can Be Positioned With Eclipses
December 13, 2012 — Observations from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity when Mars' moon Phobos crosses in front of the sun, like in September, help us to understand exactly where the rover is on the red planet. Researchers in ... > full story -
Review of NASA's Ground Systems Development and Operations Assesses Progress Determining Infrastructure Needs
December 12, 2012 — NASA's Ground Systems Development and Operations (GSDO) Program recently completed an important System Requirements Review/System Definition Review (SRR/SDR) as part of planning for future operations ... > full story -
Mariner 2's Encounter With Venus: NASA Celebrates 50 Years of Planetary Exploration
December 12, 2012 — Fifty years ago on a mid-December day, NASA's Mariner 2 spacecraft sailed close to the shrouded planet Venus, marking the first time any spacecraft had ever successfully made a close-up study of ... > full story -
Cassini Spots Mini Nile River on Saturn's Moon Titan
December 12, 2012 — Scientists with NASA's Cassini mission have spotted what appears to be a miniature, extraterrestrial likeness of Earth's Nile River: a river valley on Saturn's moon Titan that stretches more than 200 ... > full story -
Next Step in Launching Astronauts from U.S. Soil: NASA Awards Commercial Crew Certification Contracts
December 11, 2012 — NASA announced Dec. 10 the next step in its plan to launch American astronauts from U.S. soil, selecting three companies to conduct activities under contracts that will enable future certification of ... > full story -
NASA's EUNIS Mission: Six Minutes in the Life of the Sun
December 11, 2012 — In December, a NASA mission to study the sun will make its third launch into space for a six-minute flight to gather information about the way material roils through the sun's atmosphere, sometimes ... > full story -
NASA's Van Allen Probes Reveal New Dynamics of Earth's Radiation Belts
December 7, 2012 — Just 96 days since their launch, NASA's twin Van Allen Probes have already provided new insights into the structure and behavior of the radiation belts that surround Earth, giving scientists a ... > full story
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