#Doctorwho Returns September 19th At 9pm On BBC AMERICA . You Can Watch The Full Trailer At Youtube.com/BBCAmericaTV
#Doctorwho returns September 19th at 9pm on BBC AMERICA . You can watch the full trailer at youtube.com/BBCAmericaTV
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Exciting NASA news
… as if there’s not been some of that already this week.
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It seems that NASA’s slated to select two proposals for their Discovery program missions.
A “Discovery” mission at NASA is generally a smaller mission that happens very quickly. Something like the Curiosity rover or the Cassini-Huygens mission aren’t Discovery program missions, those are called “Flagship” missions.
NASA’s incredible Dawn mission is a Discovery mission.
Right now the five missions under consideration are:
- VERITAS (Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR Topography and Spectroscopy): Basically a mission that would orbit Venus (a planet deserving to be visited again) and map its surface with high resolution radar.
- Psyche: This mission would explore a huge, metal-rich asteroid in the asteroid belt. Important and potentially influential mission (there are lots of entrepreneurs looking for metal-rich asteroids to mine in the near future).
- Lucy: This mission would explore a series of “Trojan” asteroids, basically asteroids that trail behind Jupiter.
- NEOCam: This would search for dangerous near-Earth asteroids.
- DAVINCI (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging): As you might guess from its name, this spacecraft would descend through the Venusian atmosphere, studying it as it goes down.
If the rumors I’ve heard are true, it’s possible NASA might be able to select two missions from this excellent pile.
What are your picks?
Suspended ‘spoon’ spotted on Mars.
Another unusual formation on the Red Planet wows space fans by resembling a popular eating utensil.
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Fun Moments with Our Record Breaking Astronaut
Astronaut Scott Kelly has broken the record for longest time spent in space by a U.S. astronaut. He has spent a cumulative of 383 days in space over the course of four missions. What better way to celebrate than to highlight some of his fun moments on the internet:
A question from the president during a recent TweetChat:
Astronaut Scott Kelly occasionally hosts TweetChats from the International Space Station. During a recent chat, he happened to get a question from someone who lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue! HERE’s a recap from a similar chat from the station.
Tackling the tough questions during interviews:
During an interview with Katie Couric, Kelly explained what a day on the space station is really like…including the chores he can and can’t do.
The pros and cons of having roommates:
The International Space Station is an orbiting laboratory where an international crew live, work and conduct valuable research.
Getting supplies from cargo ships:
Living on the space station requires food, water and supplies. All of these things, plus experiments and other essentials are delivered to the crew via cargo ship. Learn more about our commercial resupply program HERE.
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