Vice President Pence to NASA, Nation: ‘Return Americans to Moon’ in Next Five Years
During his visit to Huntsville March 26, Vice President Mike Pence praised the hard work and dedication of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center team members – and at a meeting of the National Space Council, delivered an historic challenge to NASA and its spacefaring partners to return American astronauts to the Moon within the next five years.
50 Years After Apollo, NASA Celebrates 25 Years of Student Rover Competition
As NASA celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first Apollo Moon landing this year, the agency is also gearing up for its 25th year of challenging young innovators to design, build and drive lightweight vehicles inspired by the original lunar rovers. On April 12-13, high school and college student teams from around the world will take part in NASA’s Human Exploration Rover Challenge at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
Galactic Center Visualization Delivers Star Power
Want to take a trip to the center of the Milky Way? A new immersive, 360-degree, ultra-high-definition visualization made by combining NASA Ames Research Center supercomputer simulations with data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. The movie offers an unparalleled opportunity to look around the center of the galaxy, from the vantage point of the central supermassive black hole, in any direction the user chooses.
SLS Engine Section Approaches Finish Line for First Flight
NASA and Boeing have completed the majority of outfitting for the core stage engine section for the first flight of the agency’s new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. The engine section, located at the bottom of the 212-foot-tall core stage, is one of the most complex parts of the rocket.
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