Mi permetto di aprire questo nuovo thread dove concentrare le notizie relative alla NASA, senza stare ogni volta ad aprirne di singoli.

 

La prossima sonda in partenza per Marte.

 

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/nasas-next-mars-probe-maven-arrives-launch-site-6C10861797

Tutto OK a bordo di Juno ....

 

Juno Exits Safe Mode late Friday ....

NASA's Jupiter bound Juno probe exited safe mode late Friday.

The exit occurred at 5:12 p.m., EDT, according to a statement from the Southwest Research Institute of San Antonio, the institutional home to Scott Bolton, principal investigator for the $1.1 billion NASA funded mission to study the atmospheric structure as well as the origins and evolution of Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet.

 

Fonte .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:04ce340e-4b63-4d23-9695-d49ab661f385&plckPostId=Blog:04ce340e-4b63-4d23-9695-d49ab661f385Post:21a50f23-8f2f-442c-b555-44c3b1c022a9

 

 

La NASA è tuttora in 'animazione sospesa' .... http://notice.usa.gov/ .... ma, nonostante ciò, rimane in grado di fornire ancora qualche segno di vita ....

 

NASA in suspended animation but signs of life persist ....

 

NASA, the world’s largest and best-funded space agency, has furloughed 97% of its 18,000-strong workforce because of the US government shutdown.

The furlough has largely put on hold all but those programmes deemed essential.

 

Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/nasa-in-suspended-animation-but-signs-of-life-persist-391656/

La NASA torna al lavoro ....

 

NASA gets back to work as US Government debt limit is raised ....

 

The impasse in the US Congress between the Republican party and the Democrat Obama administration is finally over ....

The result was that the US Government “shutdown” since 1 October was ended and government departments including museums, government departments and NASA were allowed to get back to work ....

 

Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola/2013/10/nasa-gets-back-to-work-as-us-government-spending-limit-is-raised/

 

Nel momento in cui sto scrivendo .... il sito dell'Ente Spaziale USA risulta però ancora chiuso ....

 

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, this website is not available.
We sincerely regret this inconvenience.

For information about available government services, visit USA.gov.

 

Il sito della NASA è stato da poco riaperto .... http://www.nasa.gov/

 

.... riporto dunque un ricordo dell'astronauta "Mercury" Scott Carpenter da parte dell'Amministratore dell'ente Charles Bolden ....

.... "NASA Administrator Remembers Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter" .... http://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/october/nasa-administrator-remembers-mercury-astronaut-scott-carpenter/

 

.... nonché un articolo dedicato al film "Gravity" .... "Space Station Work Serves As Film’s Dramatic Backdrop" .... http://www.nasa.gov/content/space-station-work-serves-as-film-s-dramatic-backdrop/index.html

Procede il programma Orion

 

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=41801

Il "buco" si restringe .... a volte ....

 

Antarctic Ozone Hole Slightly Smaller than Average This Year ....

 

The ozone hole that forms each year in the stratosphere over Antarctica was slightly smaller in 2013 than average in recent decades, according to NASA satellite data.

The ozone hole is a seasonal phenomenon that starts to form during the Antarctic spring (August and September).

The September-October 2013 average size of the hole was 8.1 million square miles (21 million square kilometers).

For comparison, the average size measured since the mid-1990s when the annual maximum size stopped growing is 8.7 million square miles (22.5 million square kilometers).

However, the size of the hole in any particular year is not enough information for scientists to determine whether a healing of the hole has begun.

 

Fonte .... http://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/october/antarctic-ozone-hole-slightly-smaller-than-average-this-year/

Se son rose fioriranno....

 

http://www.space.com/23300-nasa-orion-spacecraft-2014-test-flight.html

 

 

MAVEN .... sulla rampa di lancio ....

 

 

Mars-Bound MAVEN at the Launch Pad ....

 

Two days before the scheduled launch to Mars, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket and NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft rolled out of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41 Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013, Cape Canaveral, Florida.

 

Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

 

In viaggio verso Marte.

 

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/11/atlasv-launch-maven-mars-mission/

 

http://www.patrick.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123372081

Modificato 26 novembre 201312 anni da holmes7

MAVEN .... un commento di Frank Morring Jr. .... (Aviation Week & Space Technology) ....

 

"Maven Heralds Humans On Mars" .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/AW_11_25_2013_p46-638550.xml

Dalla NASA .... aggiornamenti sullo stato della missione LADEE ....

 

"LADEE Project Scientist Update: Science Observations Begin" .... http://www.nasa.gov/content/ames/ladee-project-scientist-update-science-observations-begin/

 

On the road ....

 

"NASA's Orion Spacecraft Heads Cross Country" .... http://www.nasa.gov/content/nasas-orion-spacecraft-heads-cross-country/

Rampa di lancio 39A .... a noleggio ....

 

 

"NASA Selects SpaceX to Begin Negotiations for Use of Historic Launch Pad" .... http://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/december/nasa-selects-spacex-to-begin-negotiations-for-use-of-historic-launch-pad/index.html

 

C'era una volta ....

 

 

 

"NASA Transforms Access to Low-Earth Orbit, Touches Interstellar Space, Makes Unprecedented Discoveries and Develops Cutting-Edge Technologies in 2013" ....

 

.... http://www.nasa.gov/content/year-in-review-2013-feature/

Apollo 8 .... 45 anni dopo ....

 

 

"NASA Releases New Earthrise Simulation Video" .... http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasa-releases-new-earthrise-simulation-video/

Beyoncé .... .... .... criticata dalla NASA ....

 

"Video di Beyonce' fa arrabbiare la Nasa" .... https://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/videogallery/spettacolo/2014/01/03/Video-Beyonce-fa-arrabbiare-Nasa_9849071.html?

 

"Beyoncé criticized for using Challenger disaster audio clip in pop song" .... http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/12/30/beyonce-però-challenger-disaster-families-slam-pop-star/

 

"Beyonce defends using Challenger disaster audio in song" .... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25557551

 

 

 

 

Lunga vita alla Stazione Spaziale Internazionale ....

 

Obama Administration Extends International Space Station Until at Least 2024 ....

 

As more than 30 heads of space agencies from around the world prepare to gather in Washington January 9-10 for an unprecedented summit on the future of space exploration, we are pleased to announce that the Obama Administration has approved an extension of the International Space Station (ISS) until at least 2024.

We are hopeful and optimistic that our ISS partners will join this extension effort and thus enable continuation of the groundbreaking research being conducted in this unique orbiting laboratory for at least another decade.

 

Fonte .... http://blogs.nasa.gov/bolden/2014/01/08/obama-administration-extends-international-space-station-until-at-least-2024/

 

International Space Exploration Forum (ISEF) .... http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2014/01/219503.htm

Alè, una bella notizia!

Il commento di Frank Morring (AW&ST) ....

 

"More Years Eyed For ISS, To Increase Utilization" .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/AW_01_13_2014_p18-653040.xml

E' definitivo .... lo "Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center" cambia nome .... e viene intitolato a Neil A. Armstrong ....

 

 

"NASA Center Renamed in Honor of Neil A. Armstrong" .... http://www.nasa.gov/content/nasa-center-renamed-for-neil-armstrong/#.UtldpRB5MSY

 

H.R. 667 .... http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113hr667enr/pdf/BILLS-113hr667enr.pdf

 

Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC) .... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryden_Flight_Research_Center

 

Dr. Hugh L. Dryden .... http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/FactSheets/FS-018-DFRC.html

 

"Who has seen the wind?

Neither I nor you ...."

A Portrait of Global Winds ....

High-resolution global atmospheric modeling provides a unique tool to study the role of weather within Earth’s climate system.

NASA’s Goddard Earth Observing System Model (GEOS-5) is capable of simulating worldwide weather at resolutions as fine as 3.5 kilometers.

This visualization shows global winds from a GEOS-5 simulation using 10-kilometer resolution.

Surface winds (0 to 40 meters/second) are shown in white and trace features including Atlantic and Pacific cyclones.

Upper-level winds (250 hectopascals) are colored by speed (0 to 175 meters/second), with red indicating faster.

This simulation ran on the Discover supercomputer at the NASA Center for Climate Simulation.

The complete 2-year “Nature Run” simulation—a computer model representation of Earth's atmosphere from basic inputs including observed sea-surface temperatures and surface emissions from biomass burning, volcanoes and anthropogenic sources—produces its own unique weather patterns including precipitation, aerosols and hurricanes.

A follow-on Nature Run is simulating Earth’s atmosphere at 7 kilometers for 2 years and 3.5 kilometers for 3 months.

Image Credit: William Putman/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

 

 

Who Has Seen the Wind? .... http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/20036 ....

 

 

Due veterani astronauti verranno presto inseriti nella "U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame" ....

 

 

"Shannon Lucid, Jerry Ross Selected for U. S. Astronaut Hall of Fame" .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3A04ce340e-4b63-4d23-9695-d49ab661f385Post%3A088ab294-09b0-45af-90a5-831afab8c6fb

 

"Lucid, Ross To Be Inducted Into Astronaut Hall of Fame" .... http://spacecoastdaily.com/2014/02/lucid-ross-to-be-inducted-into-astronaut-hall-of-fame/

 

U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame .... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Astronaut_Hall_of_Fame

 

 

La Francia va su Marte .... con gli Americani ....

 

 

"NASA and French Space Agency Sign Agreement for Mars Mission" .... http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/february/nasa-and-french-space-agency-sign-agreement-for-mars-mission/#.UvnZdvl5MSa

 

 

InSight .... http://insight.jpl.nasa.gov//docs/InSight_NASA_fact_sheet_rev3_June_2013_FC.pdf

C'era una volta ....

 

Un occhio puntato sulle profondità dello spazio ....

 

Space Communications Antenna Supported Early NASA Missions ....

 

This 26 meter (85 foot) antenna operated in Woomera (Island Lagoon), Australia at Deep Space Station (DSS) 41, established in August 1960.

The Island Lagoon site was the first deep space station to be established outside the United States and the first Australian antenna NASA built.

The station was operated by the Australian Department of Supply and helped support the Ranger and early Mariner missions, as well as communications from the Deep Space Network (DSN) complex in Goldstone, California via a moon bounce.

Woomera’s antenna ceased operations in 1972.

Today, the Deep Space Network -- consisting of three sites in Goldstone, California; Madrid, Spain; and Canberra, Australia -- supports space communications for NASA and non-NASA missions that explore the furthest points of our solar system.

Each complex currently has a 70 meter (230 foot) antenna, one 34 meter (111 foot) High Efficiency (HEF) antenna, and one or more 34 meter Beam Wave Guide (BWG) antenna.

The Deep Space Network is operated 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days per year.

To support future mission needs, construction is currently underway in Canberra, Australia to add two new 34 meter BWG antennas, Deep Space Station 35 (DSS-35) and DSS-36 by 2018.

 

Image Credit: NASA

 

Deep Space Network ....http://www.nasa.gov/content/deep-space-network/

 

 

I tempi cambiano ....

 

Expedition 39 Preflight ....

An Orthodox priest blesses the Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad on Monday, March 24, 2014 in Kazakhstan.

 

 

Expedition 39 Preflight ....

An Orthodox priest blesses members of the media on the Soyouz launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad on Monday, March 24, 2014 in Kazakhstan.

 

 

 

Questo .... ai tempi di Gagarin .... non succedeva ....

 

E .... non venitemi a dire che quello non è Giuliano Ferrara che, travestitosi da prete ortodosso, è riuscito a intrufolarsi all'interno del poligono di Tyura Tam ....