Blogs
Registration Opens for NASA Night Rover Energy Challenge
4. April 2013 - 21:01 — Trond Krovel
Registration is open for teams seeking to compete in the
$1.5 million energy storage competition known as the Night Rover Challenge, sponsored by NASA and the Cleantech Open of Palo Alto, Calif.
Building a lunar base with 3D printing
31. January 2013 - 18:05 — Trond Krovel
[ESA Press Release - 31.01.2013]
Setting up a lunar base could be made much simpler by using a 3D printer to build it from local materials. Industrial partners including renowned architects Foster + Partners have joined with ESA to test the feasibility of 3D printing using lunar soil.
ESA workhorse to power NASA’s Orion spacecraft
16. January 2013 - 23:00 — Trond Krovel
[ESA Press Release - 16.01.2013]
ESA agreed with NASA today to contribute a driving force to the Orion spacecraft planned for launch in 2017. Ultimately, Orion will carry astronauts further into space than ever before using a module based on Europe’s Automated Transfer Vehicle technology.
NASA's GRAIL Lunar Impact Site Named for Astronaut Sally Ride
19. December 2012 - 0:17 — Trond Krovel
[NASA Press Release - 17.12.2012]
NASA has named the site where twin agency spacecraft impacted the moon Monday in honor of the late astronaut Sally K. Ride, who was America's first woman in space and a member of the probes' mission team.
NASA to Provide Dec. 17 Commentary as Twin Probes End Lunar Mission
17. December 2012 - 23:11 — Trond Krovel[NASA Press Release - 14.12.2012]
NASA will provide live commentary of the scheduled lunar surface impacts of its twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft beginning at 2 p.m. PST (5 p.m. EST) Monday, Dec. 17. The event will be broadcast on NASA Television and streamed on the agency's website.
Twin NASA Probes Prepare for Dec. 17 Mission-Ending Moon Impact
13. December 2012 - 23:25 — Trond Krovel
[NASA Press Release - 13.12.2012]
Twin lunar-orbiting NASA spacecraft that have allowed scientists to learn more about the internal structure and composition of the moon are being prepared for their controlled descent and impact on a mountain near the moon's north pole at about
2:28 p.m. PST (5:28 p.m. EST) Monday, Dec. 17.
NASA to Host Dec.13 Teleconference on Twin Probes Mission Ending Moon Impact
12. December 2012 - 23:17 — Trond Krovel
[NASA Press Release - 10.12.2012]
NASA will host a media teleconference at 10:30 a.m. PST (1:30 p.m. EST) Thursday, Dec. 13, to provide an overview of events leading up to twin spacecraft being commanded to impact the moon's surface on Dec. 17 at approximately 2:28 p.m.
NASA Twin Spacecraft Create Most Accurate Gravity Map of Moon
5. December 2012 - 22:33 — Trond Krovel
[NASA Press Release - 12.05.2012]
Twin NASA probes orbiting the moon have generated the highest resolution gravity field map of any celestial body.
The new map, created by the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory
NASA-WPI 2013 Robot Prize Competition Registration Open
30. October 2012 - 18:47 — Trond Krovel[NASA Press Release - 25.10.2012]
NASA and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Mass., have opened registration and are seeking teams to compete in next year's robot technology demonstration competition, which offers as much as $1.5 million in prize money.
NASA’s LADEE Spacecraft Gets Final Science Instrument Installed
28. October 2012 - 10:10 — Trond Krovel
[NASA Press Release - 25.10.2012]
Engineers at NASA’s Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., have installed the third and final science instrument that will fly onboard NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE).
