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NASA Awards Final Space Launch System Advanced Booster Contract | Moonandback
Aerojet tests the AJ26 rocket engine shown here during a hot fire test at Stennis. – NASA Planetary NASA Awards Final Space Launch System Advanced Booster Contract WASHINGTON, D.C. — NASA has selected...
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Imagining Mars Colonization | Moonandback
The valley feeding Palos crater. – ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum) Commentary Imagining Mars Colonization by trent waddington Recently, Ken Anthony invited me to critique his work over at Planet Plots....
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Surviving Radiation in Space | Moonandback
Astronaut is exposed to radiation during Apollo 8 EVA. – NASA Environment Surviving Radiation in Space The Myths and Truths of Death by Space Radiation by ben mcgee For those who are interested in the...
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NASA Scientists Develop Lunar South Pole Landing Site Database | Moonandback
South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, the biggest and most ancient lunar basin. Arrow identifies the location of interesting wrinkled ridges within Aitken crater. Image width is 250 km. – NASA/GSFC/Arizona...
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10 Space Trends for 2013 | Moonandback
News 10 Space Trends for 2013 by dr. bruce cordell 2012?s bright spots included NASA’s hugely popular Curiosity rover on Mars and the impressive expansion of current activities and future plans for...
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Asteroids and Planetary Defense | Moonandback
Image by Don Davis. – NASA Commentary Asteroids and Planetary Defense by michael belfiore I was talking with a customer support person on the phone yesterday, and somehow the conversation got around...
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NASA Seeking Big Ideas for Small In-Space Propulsion Systems | Moonandback
Spray visualization of a 19-nozzle multiplexed electrospray system. Yale University/U.S.Army Research Laboratory News NASA Seeking Big Ideas for Small In-Space Propulsion Systems WASHINGTON, D.C. —...
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A Perspective for Crew Safety | Moonandback
Dragon spacecraft with a full compliment of crew. – SpaceX Commentary A Perspective for Crew Safety by jonathan goff There’s been a lot of discussion over the past year or two on a few blogs...
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Another ‘Successful Failure’ for SpaceX | Moonandback
Commentary Another ‘Successful Failure’ for SpaceX by rand simberg On its last trip to the International Space Station (ISS), the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lost an engine in ascent, losing a little...
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Cosmic Warning Shots | Moonandback
Commentary Cosmic Warning Shots by henry vanderbilt It’s one thing to know intellectually that you live in the middle of a shooting gallery. It’s another to calmly anticipate a long-spotted...
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