Sailing through space might sound like something out of science fiction, but the concept is no longer limited to books or the big screen. In April, a
Seven meters of the deployable booms can roll up into a shape that fits in your hand
When she heard that NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, would name its newest building after her, Katherine Johnson responded the only way
numbers through the same equations that had been programmed into the computer, but by hand
Anders (onboard): Okay, why don’t you get underneath there, Jim, and give Frank a hand
Right hand’s alright. 004:47:21 Duke: Okay. 004:47:22 Stafford: With the right hand
Leadership from NASA and prime contractor Lockheed Martin will officially unveil the fully completed and freshly painted X-59 to the world during a rollout
representatives from the TV show Star Trek, including creator Gene Roddenberry, were on hand
Analog missions prepare us for near-term and future exploration to asteroids, Mars, and the Moon. Analogs play a significant role in problem solving for spaceflight research.
Possible Hazards: Affects spatial orientation, head-eye and hand-eye coordination
A half-century ago, as the Apollo 11 command module Columbia ripped through Earth’s atmosphere, moments from ending the historic first lunar landing mission,
According to Hansen, while Apollo technology led to the use of joystick hand controllers
It wasn’t an easy task to follow Apollo 11, the first Moon landing, but the crew of Apollo 12 achieved the second Moon landing despite a few challenges along
That’s just like somebody shining a spotlight in your hand.”
At an airport close to where the crew capsule splashes down, the team will set up the mock capsule. Each astronaut will enter, lie down, and the test will begin.
a survival pack, climb the ladder, and – through a hatch at the capsule’s top – hand
By Brian Odom, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Historian
queued up in lines several blocks long” and waited for several hours to see first-hand