Messenger Mission to Mercury

Posted by SpaceSightSeer on May 4, 2009 under Unmanned Missions | Be the First to Comment

Messenger, NASA’s first spacecraft to visit Mercury has completed two flybys of the planet Venus and two of Mercury itself. Another flyby of Mercury is planned for later this fall before beginning a yearlong orbit in March 2011. JHU’s Applied Physics Lab has begun to release images from the October 2008 flyby of Mercury. According to investigators, the latest images revealed gave scientists a look at a previously unknown impact basin. Dubbed the Rembrant Basin, the feature is more than 430 miles or roughly the distance between Washington, D.C., and Boston.

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NASA Human Spaceflight Gallery

Posted by SpaceSightSeer on January 17, 2009 under Manned Spaceflight | Read the First Comment

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NASA Human Spaceflight Gallery

This site does better with current events over historical photos, though some historical photos are included. NASA has created a system of quick menus to allow the visitor to jump to collections of images organized by mission. The past few years are fairly complete with images from the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle. Older materials are included, but appear to be only selectively included.

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Heads of Agency International Space Station

The heads of the International Space Station (ISS) agencies from Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia and the United States met in Tokyo, Japan, on March 11, 2010, to review ISS cooperation. From the left are Dr. Keiji Tachikawa, President of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, Charles Bolden, NASA Administrator; Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director General of the European Space Agency; Anatoly N. Permirov, Head of the Russian Space Agency; and, Dr. Steve MacLean, President of the Canadian Space Agency. With the assembly of the ISS nearing completion and the capability to support a full-time crew of six established, they noted the outstanding opportunities now offered by the ISS for on-orbit research and for discovery including the operation and management of the world's largest international space complex. The heads of agency reaffirmed the importance of full exploitation of the station's scientific, engineering, utilization, and education potential. They noted that there are no identified technical constraints to continuing ISS operations beyond the current planning horizon, and that the partnership is currently working to certify on-orbit elements through 2028. They emphasized their common intent to undertake the necessary procedures within their respective governments to reach consensus later this year on the continuation of the ISS to the next decade. Image Credit: JAXA
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