Tag Archives: NASA
Google Execs Page, Brin, and Schmidt Offered $33 Million To NASA For Hangar To Cover Their 8 Private Jets
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) executives Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Eric Schmdit offered $33 million to refurbish NASA’s Hangar One. As a result, the three executives would essentially be leasing the space from NASA to park eight of their private jets in there. Page, Brin, and Schmidt made the offer through their H211 airplane operations company this past September. NASA has not accepted the offer as of yet.
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NASA To Crash International Space Station Harmlessly Into Pacific Ocean In 2020
The United States, Russia, and their partners have decided that they will allow the International Space Station (ISS) to sink into the Pacific ocean at the end of it’s life cycle after 2020 since it would be considered junk at that point.
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Space Shuttle: The Complete Missions [VIDEO]
The Space Shuttle is a launch system and orbital spacecraft that is operated by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) over the last thirty years (1981-2011). The Space Shuttle completed 135 missions. The Space Shuttle Atlantis performed the 135th launch. The Space Shuttle fleet delivered the Hubble Space Telescope, the International Space Station, and many satellites. Two of the shuttles were lost as part of the program, the Challenger in 1986 and Columbia in 2003. Nature.com put together a re-cap of all 135 missions in the video above.
NASA Invests $75 Million Into SpaceX
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has invested $75 million into Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX). SpaceX is led by CEO Elon Musk. NASA is investing in SpaceX as part of the Commercial Crew Development (CCDev2) effort. NASA’s CCDev2 effort is to accelerate the availability of space transportation to their crew as they get prepare to retire the Space Shuttle. [socaltech]
NASA Builds A Human Shuttle [VIDEO]
In the timelapse video above, you will see NASA Kennedy Space Center employees assembling an aerial photo outside of the Vehicle Assembly Building. The event was organized in honor of the Space Shuttle Program’s 30 year celeration. This video was uploaded 5 days ago and has surpassed over 120,000 views, making it viral.
NASA Selects A Board To Investigate $424 Million Glory Rocket Mistake
Last week the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched a nine-story rocket named Glory. Glory was carrying a satellite, which had a purpose of observing how aerosol affects the Earth’s climate. Glory did not reach orbit and fell back to Earth instead.
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NASA Signs HP Contract Worth $2.5 Billion
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) signed a contract with NASA that is valued at $2.5 billion. The $2.5 billion contract is good for the next 10 years. “It’s basically everything that’s plugged into the wall that’s IT,” stated NASA spokesman Michael Sweigart. “This contract combines some services on a number of different contracts across the agency.”
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NASA Year In Review 2010 [VIDEO]
This year NASA had achieved many milestones. Some of these milestones include the 10th anniversary of the International Space Station, the participation in SpaceX’s first commercial spacecraft, aiding the Chilean miners, discovering the first known microorganism on Earth that can thrive and reproduce using toxic chemical arsenic and helping with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Below is a press release that NASA sent out about their year in review and above is a video I grabbed from YouTube.
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Neil Armstrong Reveals Why He And Buzz Stayed Within 100 Yards Of The Lunar Landing On The Moon
Earlier this month, Robert Krulwich of NPR wondered out loud about why Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stayed within 100 yards of the lunar lander when they were the first people to walk on the moon. Armstrong answered the question himself. It turns out that he and Buzz suits were not sure how well their suits would work while on the moon. Being within 100 yards of the lander ensured that NASA could observe them on camera. Armstrong admitted that at one point he did go beyond 100 yards to observe interior crater walls. Below is his response:
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Douglas Wheelock Sends Out Interesting Twitpics From Space
Douglas Wheelock is one of the most interesting Twitter users. Wheelock is a NASA Astronaut that studied engineering at Georgia Tech. From outer space, Wheelock sends out some very interesting Twitpics. He sent out the picture above when writing: “Hurricane Earl is gathering some serious strength. It is incredible what a difference a day makes when you’re deal.” If you’re not following @Astro_Wheels on Twitter yet, I highly recommend that you do.