DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – NASA is giving $100,000 to aerospace engineering researchers in Daytona Beach to apply concepts from kite-surfing to a solar-powered project in space. A team of professors at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University got the grant to develop a communications platform that could stay stationary up to 60,000 feet above the Earth while running… Continue reading →

It was a happy landing for the astronauts returning to earth this Thursday (June 11), after more than six months spent in space. The landing went smoothly in the steppes of Kazakhstan. “It was a textbook homecoming for the Expedition 43 crew,” a NASA presenter said after the descent capsule of the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft touched… Continue reading →

An undated artist’s concept shows the test vehicle for NASA’s Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD), designed to test landing technologies for future Mars missions. [Photo/Agencies] HONOLULU – A parachute inflated during a test of new technology for landing larger spacecraft on Mars, but it then disintegrated immediately afterward, NASA officials said Tuesday. The parachute appeared to rupture… Continue reading →

NASA is preparing to test its Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) technology Monday, after several weather-related delays. The flying saucer-shaped system is scheduled to lift off from the Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, and the launch attempt will be streamed live. Since the goal of the new braking technology is to… Continue reading →

Bad weather led the US space agency to postpone until Friday the first test of the largest parachute ever deployed, with the view of one day using it to land on Mars. If conditions improve, the test flight of the flying saucer, known as the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator, will be broadcast live on NASA’s website beginning… Continue reading →

NASA is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the US first extravehicular activity better known as a spacewalk through a number of commemorative features. On June 3, 1965, NASA astronaut Ed White became the first American to walk in space. On June 1, NASA will premiere a documentary on the history and future of humans working on… Continue reading →

WASHINGTON, May 29, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On June 3, 1965, NASA astronaut Ed White became the first American to walk in space. NASA is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the United States’ first extravehicular activity (EVA) — better known as a spacewalk — through a number of commemorative features on NASA Television and NASA.gov. On Monday,… Continue reading →

WASHINGTON, May 26, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — From mega space telescopes to space navigation, NASA is bringing a variety of interactive, hands-on activities and exhibits to the more than 100,000 visitors who will attend this year’s World Science Festival in New York Wednesday, May 27 through Sunday, May 31. The public is invited to join NASA in… Continue reading →

WASHINGTON: While few doubted it would happen, the news that Elon Musk’s scrappy, pushy and — yes — disruptive launch company SpaceX won certification from Space and Missile Systems Center carries enormous import for the international launch industry, for the Pentagon, the Air Force and the Intelligence Community. It’s not that Musk’s SpaceX is going to… Continue reading →