On April 17, 1970, Apollo 13 astronauts James A. Lovell, John L. “Jack” Swigert and Fred W. Haise splashed down in the Pacific Ocean 600 miles southeast of
Also on hand, the Apollo 13 backup crew of John W. Young, Thomas K.
As Commander Thomas P. Stafford stated during a preflight press conference, Apollo 10 was planned to “sort out all the unknowns” to make the Moon landing
Among the spectators on hand to observe the historic launch were Vice President Spiro
NASA’s RAMPT (Rapid Analysis and Manufacturing Propulsion Technology) project at Marshall Space Flight Center is on the cutting-edge of additive manufacturing – helping the agency and industry produce stronger, lighter weight materials and new manufacturing processes to make rocket parts.
higher-performance alloys is to prove them in a rocket engine test-fire environment and then hand
NASA Technology Designed to Turn Space Trash into Treasure
Now, with all the data taken during flight in hand, this suborbital test was a real
What if astronauts could grow some of their own food in microgravity? Researchers are exploring the idea by testing various crops and equipment to figure out how to do this without a lot of extra hardware or power.
Seeds are grown in small fabric “pillows” that crew members look after and water by hand
Engineers will go beyond the ends of the Earth to find more performance for future Mars helicopters.
approach supersonic speeds, vibration-causing turbulence can quickly get out of hand
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei is returning to Earth after living in space for 355 days, the record for the longest single spaceflight by a NASA astronaut.
Crew members use hand-held cameras to take photographs for Crew Earth Observations
First shuttle flight of 1995 included several history- making achievements: First flight of a female shuttle pilot and, as part of Phase I of International Space Station Program, second flight of Russian cosmonaut on shuttle and first approach and flyaround by shuttle with Russian space station Mir.
“The next time we approach, we will shake your hand and together we will lead our
On the LiOH canister, looks like under the left-hand couch in the sleeping bag is
usually rugged and, quite naturally, tended to have few good landing spots close at hand