The Asteroid we talked about last week, 2012 LZ1, came within 3.3 million miles of the earth on June 14. The flyby did allow astronomers to…
Month: June 2012
NuSTAR Black Hole Space Telescope Unfolds 33-Foot Mast in Orbit
The NuSTAR black hole telescope unfolded its giant mast in orbit on Thursday, June 21. This is one of the…
NASA Space Launch System Core Stage Moves From Concept to Design
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The nation’s space exploration program is taking a critical step forward with a successful major technical review…
LRO finds crater on moon that may have 22 percent surface ice
WASHINGTON — NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has returned data that indicate ice may make up as much as…
NASA Administrator To Speak With NEEMO 16 Crew During Underwater ‘Spacewalk’
WASHINGTON — NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will speak with astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger, commander of the 16th NASA Extreme Environment Mission…
NASA’S Pleiades Supercomputer Gets A Little More Oomph
WASHINGTON — NASA’s flagship Pleiades supercomputer just received a boost to help keep pace with the intensive number-crunching requirements of…
Study Finds Ancient Warming Greened Antarctica
WASHINGTON — A new university-led study with NASA participation finds ancient Antarctica was much warmer and wetter than previously suspected.…
NASA Selects Low Cost, High Science Earth Venture Space System
WASHINGTON — NASA has selected an ocean wind study proposal led by the University of Michigan from among 19 submitted…
