February 22, 2010
 “And so we just wanted to let you know that the amazing work that's
being done on the International Space Station not only by our American
astronauts but also our colleagues from Japan and Russia is just a
testimony to the human ingenuity; a testimony to
extraordinary skill and courage that you guys bring to bear; and is
also a testimony to why continued space exploration is so important,
and is part of the reason why my commitment to NASA is unwavering,”
said President Barack Obama during a call to the crew currently aboard
the International Space Station. President Obama was accompanied by
White House Science Adviser John Holdren, left and middle school
students in the Roosevelt Room of the White House during the call on
Wednesday, Feb.
17, 2010 in Washington. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Posted by Prateek Tripathi.
February 10, 2010
 Members of the STS-129 shuttle mission present a specially minted
silver medallion to National Football League officials on Wednesday,
Jan. 27, 2010, at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. The
coin, which was flown in space during the November flight of Atlantis,
will be used for the official coin toss prior to the kickoff of Super
Bowl XLIV on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. One member of Atlantis' crew, Leland
Melvin, was drafted by the NFL's Detroit Lions in 1986. The crew also
flew other... Continue reading...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi.
February 10, 2010
 The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
(ASTER) instrument on NASA’s Terra spacecraft captured this false-color
image of Haiti on Jan. 21, 2010, nine days after a magnitude 7.0
earthquake struck the region and caused massive damage and loss of
life, and one day after a large 5.9 aftershock caused additional
damage. While ASTER's 50-foot resolution is not sufficient to see
damaged buildings, it can be used to identify other results. Tiny dots
of white against the p... Continue reading...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi.
February 10, 2010
 This view from the navigation camera near the top of the mast on
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the tracks left by the rover
as it drove southward and backward, dragging its inoperable right-front
wheel, to the location where the rover broke through a crust in April
2009 and became embedded in soft sand. The rover team's strategy to
extricate Spirit from the sand trap was to follow these tracks out,
heading north. Spirit took this image during the 2,092nd Martian day,
or sol, of t... Continue reading...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi.
February 10, 2010
NASA'S Mars Rover Spirit Topic Of Media Call Jan. 26
WASHINGTON
-- NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan.
26 to discuss the status of the agency's Mars rover Spirit. The robotic
explorer has been stuck in sandy soil on Mars for the past eight
months. The participants are: - Doug McCuistion, director of the Mars Exploration Program, NASA Headquarters in Washington - John Callas, project manager, Mars Exploration Rovers, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laborator... Continue reading...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi.
February 8, 2010
On this Wednesday ma'am told me me that she want's to leave the activity as she is to much tensed in organizing the activity for the founders day . to this I replied to ma'am that you don't have to take any tension because I will take care of everything concerned with the activity but she did not agreed to this and remain fixed at her point but for this I tried to convince ma'am that till I am in this activity their is nothing for you to be tensed because space for me is a passion for m... Continue reading...
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February 5, 2010
 With its suite of science instruments, Juno will investigate the
existence of a solid planetary core, map Jupiter's intense magnetic
field, measure the amount of water and ammonia in the deep atmosphere,
and observe the planet's auroras. Juno’s principal goal is to
understand the origin and evolution of Jupiter. Underneath its dense
cloud cover, Jupiter safeguards secrets to the fundamental processes
and conditions that governed our solar system during its formation. As
our primary example ... Continue reading...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi.
February 5, 2010
Rover Gives NASA an "Opportunity" to View Interior of Mars
PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars exploration rover Opportunity is allowing scientists to get a glimpse deep inside Mars.
Perched on a rippled Martian plain, a dark rock not much bigger than a
basketball was the target of interest for Opportunity during the past
two months. Dubbed "Marquette Island," the rock is providing a better
understanding of the mineral and chemical makeup of the Martian
interior. "Marquette Island is ... Continue reading...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi.
February 5, 2010
NASA Extends the World Wide Web Out Into Space
HOUSTON -- Astronauts aboard the International Space Station received a
special software upgrade this week - personal access to the Internet
and the World Wide Web via the ultimate wireless connection.
Expedition 22 Flight Engineer T.J. Creamer made first use of the new
system Friday, when he posted the first unassisted update to his
Twitter account, @Astro_TJ, from the space station. Previous tweets
from space had to be e-mailed to th... Continue reading...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi.
February 5, 2010
High School Students Can Send Experiments Flying with NASA
CLEVELAND
-- NASA is inviting student teams nationwide to design and build an
experiment or technology demonstration to be sent to the near space
environment of the stratosphere, an altitude of 100,000 feet. The
Balloonsat High Altitude Flight competition will launch on a NASA
weather balloon May 25-27 in Cleveland. To participate,
student teams in grades nine through 12 must submit a research or
flight demonstration proposa... Continue reading...
Posted by Prateek Tripathi.
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