Book Review: Space Ace
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: Space Ace: A Combat Pilot’s Journey from Vietnam to Beyond Earth Author:
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HOUSTON — In early November, NASA will seek applicants for its next class of astronaut candidates who will support long-duration missions to the International Space...
A time-lapse created by science educator James Drake, who compiled 600 publicly available images taken from the front of the International Space Station as it...
NASA has selected two game-changing space technology projects for development. The larger of the two awards has gone to NASA’s “Ride the Light” concept which...
High definition versions of this video are available on the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory website.
...NASA announced the following on their website September 14 (no costs were provided): NASA is ready to move forward with the development of the Space...
Deke Slayton talks to Alan Shepard during Al’s 1961 suborbital flight like a boss. Life magazine photo. First, the good news: I have an awesome...
1971 NASA publication highlighting sites and features of the Moon from lunar orbiters. NASA has been known to send out various pamphlets, brochures, and publications...
The author standing in front of Juno’s Atlas V, August 4th, 2011. GO BIG OR GO HOME! My article summing up Juno’s NASA Tweetup went...
NASA has selected seven companies to integrate and fly technology payloads on commercial suborbital reusable platforms that carry payloads near the boundary of space and...
This video is no longer available. This video is a condensed collection of photos from the Juno NASA Tweetup last week. Originally I had...
Juno’s Atlas V is on top of this plume, August 5th, 2011. At this time, the Atlas V was traveling downrange towards its desired interplanetary...
Although the details of the design of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) have yet to be released, significant information about the schedule and cost is...
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