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»» New NASA HD App for iPad With Expanded Content Available Free
[Thursday, September 2, 2010] NASA has unveiled NASA App HD, a new mobile application designed for the iPad. The application is available free of charge at the App Store from Apple.
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»» Summoning the Future By Remembering the Past
[Monday, August 30, 2010] There is an old saying that those who do not remember history are doomed to repeat its mistakes. However, there is an extension of this in that those who do not remember history are doomed to not repeat what was successful either.
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»» Caterpillar Inc. Joins Sponsors of First Lunar Expedition by Astrobotic Technology
[Tuesday, August 24, 2010] The initial Astrobotic mission will revisit the Apollo 11 site in April 2013 with a five-foot tall, 160-lb. robot broadcasting 3D high-definition video. The mission will carry payloads to the Moon and convey the experience to the world via Internet video
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»» NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Reveals 'Incredible Shrinking Moon'
[Thursday, August 19, 2010] Newly discovered cliffs in the lunar crust indicate the moon shrank globally in the geologically recent past and might still be shrinking today.
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»» NASA to Hold Media Briefing on Latest Results from Lunar Mission
[Wednesday, August 18, 2010] NASA will host a media teleconference at 2p.m. EDT on Thursday, August 19 to discuss new research results from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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»» The eXploration Habitat (X-Hab) Academic Innovation Competition
[Saturday, August 14, 2010] The challenge is for a senior- and graduate-level design course in which students will design, manufacture, assemble and test an inflatable loft that will be integrated onto an existing NASA-built operational hard-shell prototype.
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»» Mini-RF Has Just Completed its First Month of Polar Mapping
[Sunday, August 8, 2010] The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's Mini-RF has just completed its first month of systematic polar mapping.
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»» NASA Seeks Data from Innovative Lunar Demonstrations
[Saturday, August 7, 2010] NASA has issued a BAA to purchase specific data resulting from industry efforts to test and verify vehicle capabilities through demonstrations of small robotic landers. The purpose is to inform the development of future human and robotic lander vehicles.
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»» NASA Desert RATS 2010: Challenger Center Hardware Arrives at JSC
[Wednesday, August 4, 2010] As was the case in 2009, Green Trail Energy has partnered with the Challenger Center for Space Science Education to provide logistical and technical support for Education and Public Outreach to be done at NASA's annual Desert RATS activity.
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»» GRAIL Spacecraft Takes Shape
[Thursday, July 29, 2010] Engineers have conducted a fuel tank check of one of NASA's GRAIL mission spacecraft (Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory), scheduled for launch in 2011.
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»» Challenger Center Is Ready To Return to NASA Desert RATS
[Wednesday, July 28, 2010] NASA will conduct its annual Desert RATS activity in northern Arizona later this summer. Challenger Center will be participating once again as it did last year.
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»» NASA Opens Online Voting For Next Desert RATS Exploration Site
[Tuesday, July 27, 2010] NASA is inviting the public to choose an area in northern Arizona where explorers will conduct part of the annual Desert Research and Technology Studies, known as Desert RATS.
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»» NASA Honors Lunar Science Trailblazer Don Wilhelms
[Wednesday, July 21, 2010] Don Edward Wilhelms received the Shoemaker Distinguished Lunar Scientist Award last night during a ceremony of the Lunar Science Forum at NASA's Ames Research Center.
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»» Letter to Senators Mikulski and Shelby from Apollo Astronauts Neil Armstrong, James Lovell, and Eugene Cernan, 20 July 2010
[Tuesday, July 20, 2010] Nearly a half century ago, President Kennedy explained, "The exploration of space ... is one of the great adventures of all time.
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