NASA Glenn Expertise Instrumental in Orion Spacecraft
Cleveland OH (SPX) Dec 02, 2014 -
Space exploration projects like Orion require putting together a top team of scientists and engineers from all the NASA centers across the United States. Experts from NASA's Glenn Research Center have been an instrumental part of the team working to ensure the success of the upcoming exploration flight test of Orion on December 4.
Glenn's contributions were essential to the design and deve ...
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Orion Test Flight a Critical Step on NASA's Journey to Mars
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 02, 2014 -
America embarks on a long-lasting trip to Mars this Thursday. Orion's maiden flight, Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1), slated to test spacecraft's crucial systems is a critical first step on our journey to destinations beyond Earth never before visited by humans, like asteroids and Mars.
"Everyone is very excited about this mission," Stephanie Schierholz, NASA spokesperson told astrowatch ...
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NASA's Orion Flight Test and the Journey to Mars
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 02, 2014 -
In the not-too-distant future, astronauts destined to be the first people to walk on Mars will leave Earth aboard an Orion spacecraft. Carried aloft by the tremendous power of a Space Launch System rocket, our explorers will begin their Journey to Mars from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying the spirit of humanity with them to the Red Planet.
The first future human mission to ...
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Russia Puts Second GLONASS-K Satellite Into Orbit: Defense Ministry
Moscow, Russia (Sputnik) Dec 02, 2014 -
The second new-generation GLONASS-K Russian navigation satellite has been put into orbit, a Defense Ministry spokesperson told RIA Novosti Monday.
"The Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket...has successfully put the new-generation Russian navigation satellite 'Glonass-K' into orbit," Col. Alexei Zolotukhin, a spokesperson for Russia's Aerospace Defense Forces, said.
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Republican Budget Cuts Threaten NASA's Space Exploration Plans
Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 02, 2014 -
NASA's space program is facing budget cuts from a Republican-controlled Congress from January, which will likely have in its sights a controversial plan to redirect an asteroid around the Moon as a stepping stone to a future Mars mission.
"Those who say we've got to go back to the Moon instead of an asteroid, well, show me the money," Bill Nelson, the Democrat who currently chairs the Sena ...
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Observing Solar System Worlds as if They Were Distant Exoplanets
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 02, 2014 -
"It takes one to know one," as the old truism goes. When it comes to unraveling the mysteries of far-off exoplanets, the same holds true - one more reason why astronomers want to thoroughly understand the local planets right here in our Solar System.
A new scientific paper moves the ball forward in this regard by simulating how several rocky Solar System bodies would look if glimpsed at th ...
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NASA's Orion capsule poised for first test launch
Miami (AFP) Dec 02, 2014 -
NASA's multi-billion dollar Orion capsule is poised for its first test launch Thursday, in a demonstration flight that aims to propel it higher than any spacecraft meant to carry humans in 40 years.
After launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida atop a powerful Delta IV rocket at 7:05 am (1205 GMT), the unmanned spacecraft should circle the Earth twice and reach a height of 3,600 miles (5,800 ...
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