30 January 2017
Orion engineers test for vibrations and SLS completes a major review
... board NASA’s Orion spacecraft, engineers have begun subjecting candidates to a series of vibration tests at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Orion spacecraft is similar to NASA’s Apollo capsule but will carry up to six astronauts instead...
23 October 2019
Landing site sought for UN's Dream Chaser mission
...Dream Chasers, on the other hand, will glide home like NASA's Space Shuttles did - at up to 1.5 G's, much like a normal ...at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Florida where the Space Shuttles landed, but SNC has long said...
September 2017
Europe needs facility to handle extra-terrestrial space material
... dedicated curation facility for pristine extra-terrestrial samples on European territory, similar to those at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Houston, or at JAXA, Sagamihara, Japan. Unrestricted or restricted samples The two facilities cited above have...
October 2018
Radiation study paves way for safe deep space exploration
... in the severe radiation environment beyond LEO. AstroRad protective garment with the Orion capsule at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Radiation threats Crew radiation protection is a design driver of the Orion spacecraft and it includes a storm shelter...
October 2024
Cupola views: Karen Nyberg’s space-inspired fabric lines
...-themed blocks, many accompanied by letters and personal stories, showing the makers’ enthusiasm for space. A group of volunteers at NASA and Johnson Space Center pieced the blocks together and created 28 king-sized quilts which were displayed at the...
January 2021
Evolution of volatiles on the Moon
.... Apollo sample processors Andrea Mosie, Charis Krysher and Juliane Gross open lunar sample 73002 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Lunar rocks inside this tube had remained untouched since they were collected on the surface...
