Nuclear Propulsion1 Will NASA Ever Recover Apollo 13′s Plutonium From the Sea? By Staff Writers on December 5, 2011 A pellet of PU-238. (Credits: US Department of Energy). The Query: Will NASA ever... Read more →
News 3D Printer Could Enable Manufacturing in Space By Tereza Pultarova on December 4, 2011 Made in Space tests a 3D printer in microgravity (Credits: Made in Space). A new... Read more →
Life in Orbit1 No More Dirty Clothes! NASA Plans to Develop First Washing Machine in Space By Tereza Pultarova on December 2, 2011 The washing machine designed by Oregon-based UMPQUA Research Company is being tuned for... Read more →
Media NASA’s Apollo 13 Checklist Auctioned for $388,375 By Stavros Georgakas on December 2, 2011 The checklist booklet used to guide the Apollo 13 spacecraft back to Earth was sold on... Read more →
News1 NASA Selects Proposals for Innovation Awards By Joel Spark on December 2, 2011 NASA announced Nov 29th that it had selected 300 proposals from small businesses and... Read more →
Interplanetary Contamination and Extraterrestrial Life MSL Curiosity Drill Deviated from Planetary Protection Standards By Merryl Azriel on December 2, 2011 NASA engineers conducting a test of Curiosity in a clean room environment. (Credits:... Read more →