Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST
NASA's J-2X Engine Kicks Off 2012 With Powerpack Testing
A new series of tests on the engine that will help carry humans to deep space will begin next week at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in southern Mississippi. The tests on the J-2X engine bring NASA one step closer to the first human-rated liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen rocket engine to be developed in 40 years.
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Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST
Texas Students to Speak Live With Space Station Crew
Fifth- through eighth-grade students at Asa Low Intermediate School in Mansfield, Texas, will speak with NASA’s Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineer Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station at 11:50 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 31.
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Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST
Astronaut Jerry Ross, First Seven-Time Flier, Retires
Jerry Ross, the first person to launch into space seven times, has retired from NASA. In a career that spanned more than three decades, Ross spent almost 1,400 hours in space and conducted nine spacewalks to rank third on the list of most extravehicular activity time in space.
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Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST
NASA Awards Safety And Mission Assurance Contract Extension
NASA has exercised two six-month options to the agency's Safety and Mission Assurance Support Services Contract with Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) of San Diego for the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The options are worth $32.9 million.
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Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST
NASA's Kepler Announces 11 Planetary Systems Hosting 26 Planets
NASA's Kepler mission has discovered 11 new planetary systems hosting 26 confirmed planets. These discoveries nearly double the number of verified planets and triple the number of stars known to have more than one planet that transits, or passes in front of, the star.
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Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST
NASA Deputy Administrator Visits Aurora Flight Sciences Highlights Importance Of Technology In An American Economy Built To Last
NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver will visit Aurora Flight Sciences in Manassas, Va., on Jan. 27 to highlight how government can partner with small business to help create the jobs of the future through investment in science and technology.
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Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST
NASA Hosts Briefing on New Observations of Interstellar Matter
NASA will host a Science Update at 1 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, to discuss new analysis from NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft of material from outside our solar system and the interstellar boundary region that surrounds our home in space.
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Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases Annual Report
The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, or ASAP, has released its 2011 annual report. The ASAP holds quarterly fact-finding and public meetings and visits NASA facilities to directly observe the agency's operations and decision making.
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Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST
Educators Selected to Fly on NASA's SOFIA Airborne Observatory
Twenty-six educators from the United States have been selected for research flights aboard SOFIA, NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy. As participants in the Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors program, the educators will partner with professional astronomers using SOFIA for scientific observations in 2012 and 2013.
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Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST
NASA's NuSTAR Ships to Vandenberg Ahead of March 14 Launch
NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, shipped to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on Tuesday to be mated to its Pegasus launch vehicle. The observatory will detect X-rays from objects ranging from our sun to giant black holes billions of light-years away.
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