NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander Puts Soil in Chemistry Lab, Team Discusses Next Steps
June 25, 2008
NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander placed a sample of Martian soil in the spacecraft’s wet chemistry laboratory today for the first time. Results from that instrument, part of Phoenix’s Microscopy, Electrochemistry and Conductivity Analyzer, are expected to provide the first measurement of the acidity or alkalinity of the planet’s soil. Read more
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Moon-Bound NASA Spacecraft Passes Major Preflight Tests
June 25, 2008
Engineering teams are conducting final checkouts of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, that will take a significant step forward in the search for water on the moon. Read more
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Students At Science Camp Gear Up to Call the Space Station
June 24, 2008
“Mission BISD: All Systems Go” technology and science camp students are gearing up to chat and ask questions during a call to the International Space Station crew on Thursday, June 26, from 10:50 a.m. to 11:10 a.m. CDT. Read more
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NASA Study Provides Next Step to Establishing Lunar Outpost
June 24, 2008
NASA engineers and scientists completed a milestone review June 20 that will help determine the systems needed to return humans to the moon and establish a lunar outpost. Read more
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50 Years And Beyond - NASA Announces Smithsonian Folklife Festival Activities
June 23, 2008
In honor of NASA’s 50th anniversary, the Smithsonian Institution’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and NASA are partnering on this year’s Folklife Festival. The festival will be held Wednesday, June 25 through Sunday, June 29, and Wednesday, July 2 through Sunday, July 6, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th Streets. Read more
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NASA Selects Explorer Mission of Opportunity Investigations
June 21, 2008
NASA has selected two science proposals to be the agency’s next Explorer Program Mission of Opportunity investigations. One activity will study black holes and other extreme environments in the universe. The other will determine how the Earth’s outer atmosphere responds to external forces. Read more
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