Happy Birthday, John Glenn, From the International Space Station

NEW NASA SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM

FROM:  NASA 

NASA’s Space Launch System, or SLS, will be the most powerful rocket in history. The flexible, evolvable design of this advanced, heavy-lift launch vehicle will meet a variety of crew and cargo mission needs. In addition to carrying the Orion spacecraft, SLS will transfer important cargo, equipment and science experiments to deep space, providing the nation with a safe, affordable and sustainable means to expand our reach in the solar system. It will allow astronauts aboard Orion to explore multiple deep-space destinations including an asteroid and ultimately Mars. The first configuration of the SLS launch vehicle will have a 70-metric-ton (77-ton) lift capacity and carry an uncrewed Orion spacecraft beyond low-Earth orbit to test the performance of the integrated system. As the SLS is evolved, it will be the most powerful rocket ever built and provide an unprecedented lift capability of 130 metric tons (143 tons) to enable missions even farther into our solar system. Image Credit: NASA.

Apollo 11 For All Mankind

Restored Apollo 11 EVA

ScienceCasts: One Year to Pluto

Orbital 2 Mission Underway on This Week @NASA

A TYPICAL SUN BURST

FROM:  NASA 

A stream of plasma burst out from the sun, but since it lacked enough force to break away, most of it fell back into the sun (May 27, 2014). The video, seen in a combination of two wavelengths of extreme ultraviolet light, covers a little over two hours. This eruption was minor and such events occur almost every day on the sun and suggest the kind of dynamic activity being driven by powerful magnetic forces near the sun's surface.   Image credit: NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory.

Sailing satellites into safe retirement

Sailing satellites into safe retirement

Pre-launch Activities Complete for Supply Mission to ISS

Pre-launch Activities Complete for Supply Mission to ISS

NASA | Scientists Create First Full 3D Model of Eta Carinae Nebula

Inflatables in space

Russian Soyuz Rocket

A LOOK INTO DESTINY

FROM:  NASA 

This view in the International Space Station, photographed by an Expedition 40 crew member, shows how it looks inside the space station while the crew is asleep. The dots near the hatch point to a Soyuz spacecraft docked to the station in case the crew was to encounter an emergency. This view is looking into the Destiny Laboratory from Node 1 (Unity) with Node 2 (Harmony) in the background. Destiny is the primary research laboratory for U.S. payloads, supporting a wide range of experiments and studies. Image Credit: NASA.

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