WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — A large inflatable heat shield developed by NASA’s Space Technology Program has successfully survived a trip…
Month: July 2012
The Longest Continuous View of Earth From Space Hits 40
WASHINGTON — NASA and the Interior Department Monday marked the 40th anniversary of the Landsat program, the world’s longest-running Earth-observing…
New Supercomputer Facility Set to Advance Earth Research
WASHINGTON — NASA soon will open a new chapter of discovery using enhanced Landsat Earth-observing data in a state-of-the-art, high-performance…
Mars Science Lab Curiosity Worth the Cost?
The fact that we are about to land the largest most complex and powerful rovers ever to land on mars…
Telescope Captures Sharpest Images of Sun’s Corona
WASHINGTON — A telescope launched July 11 aboard a NASA sounding rocket has captured the highest-resolution images ever taken of…
Japan Robotic Cargo Ship to dock with the Space Station
Japan is launching a new unmanned cargo spaseship that will be delivering goods to the international space station. The…
Earth-Observing Camera to Launch to International Space Station
WASHINGTON — A remote-controlled Earth-observing camera system called ISERV will be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the…
NASA Completes Another Successful Orion Parachute Test
HOUSTON — NASA completed another successful test Wednesday of the Orion crew vehicle’s parachutes high above the Arizona desert in…
