Space

Touchdown! NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Safely Lands on Red Planet

The following is NASA press release 21-018, released February 18, 2021, and is archived here for reference.  The largest, most…

February 18, 2021

6 Things to Know About NASA’s Mars Helicopter on Its Way to Mars – January 21, 2021

The following article was published by NASA/JPL. It is archived here for reference and research purposes. by NASA/JPL Ingenuity, a…

January 22, 2021

NASA Conducts Test of SLS Rocket Core Stage for Artemis I Moon Mission

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIKKHYZuq0I The following was released by NASA on January 16, 2021, and is archived here for reference. NASA conducted a…

January 18, 2021

Laser-Sustained Plasmas for Application to Rocket Propulsion, April 1987

Background From the abstract of the report: "Laser propulsion is the production of high specific impulse rocket thrust using a…

December 21, 2020

NASA Releases Best Practices Handbook to Help Improve Space Safety

Background The following was released by NASA on December 15, 2020: NASA has released the first iteration of its Spacecraft…

December 16, 2020

NASA’s SOFIA Discovers Water on Sunlit Surface of Moon, October 26, 2020

The following is NASA press release 20-105. It is archived here for reference. NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)…

October 26, 2020

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Successfully Touches Asteroid, October 20, 2020

The following is NASA's Press Release 20-103. It is archived here for reference. NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security,…

October 20, 2020

Video: Vanguard I Satellite 60th Anniversary: A Look Back

Background Launched by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, March 17, 1958, Test Vehicle 4 (TV4), better known as Vanguard I,…

September 4, 2020

Video: Clementine 25th Anniversary Video

Background Clementine was placed in lunar orbit on February 19, 1994, completing its highly successful lunar mapping mission. Clementine left…

September 4, 2020

NASA’s $1 Million Grant To Prepare Religions for Extraterrestrial Life Discovery

Background In 2017, Senator Jeff Flake published a document that outlined 50 examples of what he felt was "wasteful spending."…

August 20, 2020