Credits: NASA/SSC NASA cleared a milestone in preparation for Green Run testing of its Space Launch System (SLS) core stage with an Aug. 23/24 lift and installation of the core stage pathfinder simulator onto the B-2 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss. The lift and installation of… Read more“NASA Prepares for Green Run Testing, Practices Lifting SLS Core Stage”
Month: August 2019
NASA Gets a Rare Look at a Rocky Exoplanet’s Surface
This artist’s illustration depicts the exoplanet LHS 3844b, which is 1.3 times the mass of Earth and orbits an M dwarf star. The planet’s surface may be covered mostly in dark lava rock, with no apparent atmosphere, according to observations by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC) A new… Read more“NASA Gets a Rare Look at a Rocky Exoplanet’s Surface”
Confirmation of Toasty TESS Planet Leads to Surprising Find of Promising World
A piping hot planet discovered by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has pointed the way to additional worlds orbiting the same star, one of which is located in the star’s habitable zone. If made of rock, this planet may be around twice Earth’s size. The new worlds orbit a star named GJ… Read more“Confirmation of Toasty TESS Planet Leads to Surprising Find of Promising World”
NASA Announces Call for Next Phase of Commercial Lunar Payload Services
Commercial landers will carry NASA-provided science and technology payloads to the lunar surface, paving the way for NASA astronauts to land on the Moon by 2024.Credits: NASA NASA has announced the latest opportunity for industry to participate in its Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) efforts to deliver science and technology… Read more“NASA Announces Call for Next Phase of Commercial Lunar Payload Services”
NASA Asks American Companies to Deliver Supplies for Artemis Moon Missions
An illustration of the Gateway – what will serve as home base for human and robotic missions to the Moon and, ultimately, Mars.Credits: NASA By Tammy LongNASA’s Kennedy Space Center In another major step toward landing American astronauts on the lunar surface by 2024, NASA is asking industry to respond… Read more“NASA Asks American Companies to Deliver Supplies for Artemis Moon Missions”