Moon's Water Supply Came From Earth, Not From Comet Impacts
John P. Millis, Ph.D. for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Prior to the Apollo Moon missions, scientists conjectured that the Moon would be extremely dry, that even below the surface of the Magnificent Desolation little or no water would be...
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WASHINGTON, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA released a synopsis Friday announcing plans to issue an announcement for proposals for the commercial use of Launch Pad 39A at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The announcement is expected next week. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) Use of the launch pad by industry is designed to encourage commercial space activities along Florida's Space Coast and fully use the historic launch...
Class 7 Clean Room Used to Support Product Manufacturing for Biopharm Industry FREDERICA, Del., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ILC Dover, the designer and manufacturer of NASA's space suits and a wide range of engineered film and fabric products, announced today it has received certification for its ISO Class 7 Clean Room. Testing of the cleanroom was performed in accordance with ISO Standard 14644 and IEST RP-CC006.3. This facility will enhance ILC Dover's ability to support the...
It has been announced that two lectures will take place in June in conjunction with the exhibition “Out of this World! Jewelry in the Space Age” currently at The Forbes Galleries, New York City through September 7, 2013. New York, NY (PRWEB) May 13, 2013 On Wednesday, June 5 at 4 p.m., gem artist John Hatlleberg will speak on “Using Unusual Materials in Art Jewelry”. Three of John’s works are on view in the exhibition including “The Kitchen Sink Ring” which is set with...
Study identifies a new minimalist ascent pod lunar lander concept REDONDO BEACH, Calif., May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has completed a feasibility study for a new commercial lunar lander for the Golden Spike Company (GSC). The study confirmed the viability of lander concepts for Golden Spike's human lunar expedition architecture and conceived a novel new, low-mass ascent stage concept dubbed "Pumpkin." (Logo:...
TULSA, Okla., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) announced today the release of its latest technical publication, Energy Resources for Human Settlement in the Solar System and Earth's Future in Space, a compilation of peer-reviewed geologic studies. The book, available in hardcover from AAPG at http://store.aapg.org, and at AAPG's national convention in Pittsburgh, Pa., May 19-22, takes a fascinating look at the role...
Engineering Control Designed to Protect Against Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers FREDERICA, Del., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ILC Dover, the designer and manufacturer of NASA's space suits and a wide range of engineered film and fabric products, announced its innovative NanoPac(TM) flexible containment system, which exceeds new NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety) standards for nanoparticle containment. As nanotechnology continues to expand into every industrial...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A New Hampshire auction house has announced that it will soon be accepting bids for the electrocardiogram of Neil Armstrong’s heartbeat taken when he first stepped onto the moon from the Apollo 11 spacecraft in July 1969. The slow, metronomic heartbeat represented by the EKG stands in stark contrast to that of Armstrong’s pilot Buzz Aldrin. "It was really slow on the way down, while Aldrin's was racing" Gerald Schaber, who...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online During a simulation of two types of parachute failures this past Wednesday, a test version of NASA’s Orion spacecraft made a safe landing. The mock capsule was traveling approximately 250 mph during the test in Yuma, Arizona, when the parachutes were deployed. This is the highest speed reached by the craft as part of a series of tests designed to certify the parachute system for carrying humans. The mission’s engineers rigged...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online NASA's annual Great Moonbuggy Race kicked off today in Huntsville, Alabama, marking 20 years since the competition began. The annual Great Moonbuggy Race involves high school- and college-aged students who build lightweight, human-powered "moonbuggies" that address many of the same design challenges NASA and industry engineers overcame during the Apollo missions. In the late 1960s, NASA engineers designed the Apollo-era Lunar Roving...
WASHINGTON, March 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has signed a one-year contract option with Jacobs Technology, Inc., of New Orleans to continue manufacturing support and facilities operations at the agency's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO ) The one-year contract option begins on May 1. The contract is a performance-based, cost-plus-award-fee, mission services contract with an indefinite-delivery,...
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Ronald Ellwin Evans, Jr. was an astronaut that worked with NASA on the Apollo missions and served as a Captain in the United States Navy. Evans is one of the twenty-four astronauts to fly to the moon. . Evans was born on November 10, 1933 in St. Francis, Kansas. He graduated from Highland Park High School in Topeka, Kansas. Boy Scouts of America played a huge role in Evans youth as he attained the highest level of Life Scout. Evans then went on to study at the University of Kansas...
Vance Brand is an engineer and former test pilot and NASA astronaut. He was born Vance DeVoe Brand on May 9, 1931 in Longmont, Colorado. As a child, he was active in Troop 64 of the Boy Scouts of America and in the International Order of DeMolay. He graduated from Longmont High School and then went on to receive a Bachelor's degree in Business from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1953. Immediately after his graduation, Brand was commissioned as an officer and a naval aviator with the...
Frank Borman is a retired NASA astronaut and engineer. He was born Frank Frederick Borman, II on March 14, 1928 in Gary, Indiana. His father moved his family to Tucson, Arizona during Borman's childhood. He graduated from Tucson High School and then graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1950. Upon his graduation, he entered the United States Air Force and became a fighter pilot. He received his Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the California Institute...
William Anders is a former United States Air Force officer, NASA astronaut, businessman, and engineer. He is also one of the first three people to have left Earth orbit and traveled to the Moon. He was born William Alison Anders on October 17, 1933 in Hong Kong. As a child, he was active in the Boy Scouts of America and achieved its second highest rank, Life Scout. Anders graduated from Grossmont High School in La Mesa, California. After receiving his high school diploma, he was accepted into...
Roger Chaffee was an American aeronautical engineer, a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy and a NASA astronaut in the Apollo program. He was born Roger Bruce Chaffee on February 15, 1935 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he graduated from Central High School. In 1957 he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Purdue University. That same year, he married Martha Horn in Oklahoma City on August 24. They had two children, Sheryl Lyn and Stephen. Chaffee was a...
