NASAs annual Day of Remembrance observance at Arlington National Cemetery took location on January 26. The event honors the astronauts of Apollo 1; space shuttle bus Challenger and Columbia; and others who lost their lives in assistance of NASAs mission of exploration and discovery. Nuclear thermal propulsion technology might be utilized for future NASA crewed missions to Mars. NASAs Webb Space Telescope group has actually been picked to receive the Space Foundations 2023 John L. “Jack” Swigert, Jr. This yearly award honors a space agency or other entity in area exploration and discovery.
Honoring our fallen heroes …
Working on a nuclear alternative for space travel …
And the next crewed objective to the spaceport station ….
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On Thursday, January 26, the 37th anniversary of the Challenger accident, NASA will commemorated the teams of Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia, as well as other NASA associates throughout the firms Day of Remembrance. NASAs Day of Remembrance honors members of the NASA household who lost their lives while enhancing the reason for expedition and discovery.
Artist concept of Demonstration for Rocket to Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) spacecraft, which will show a nuclear thermal rocket engine. Nuclear thermal propulsion innovation might be utilized for future NASA crewed missions to Mars. Credit: DARPA.
NASA, DARPA to Test Nuclear Rocket Engine in Space.
On January 24, NASA announced a cooperation with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA to demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in area that might assist enable crewed NASA objectives to Mars. Discover more at nasa.gov/ spacetech.
The 4 team members that consist of the SpaceX Crew-6 mission are seated inside the SpaceX Dragon crew ship throughout a training session at the businesss headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Seated from left in their spacesuits are, Mission Specialist Andrey Fedyaev, Pilot Warren “Woody” Hoburg, Commander Stephen Bowen, and Mission Specialist Sultan Alneyadi. Credit: SpaceX.
Preview of SpaceX Crew-6 Mission.
The members of our SpaceX Crew-6 objective, consisting of NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, previewed the objective throughout a January 25 crew press conference at our Johnson Space Center. Crew-6 is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station no earlier than February 26.
Creative mural of the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA.
Webb Telescope to Receive Top Space Foundation Award.
NASAs Webb Space Telescope group has actually been selected to receive the Space Foundations 2023 John L. “Jack” Swigert, Jr. Award for Space Exploration. This yearly award honors a space firm or other entity in space expedition and discovery.
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Day of Remembrance: Honoring Our Fallen Heroes.
NASAs annual Day of Remembrance observance at Arlington National Cemetery happened on January 26. The event honors the astronauts of Apollo 1; space shuttles Challenger and Columbia; and others who lost their lives in assistance of NASAs mission of exploration and discovery. The observance also preceded the 20th anniversary of the Columbia accident on February 1.