2013 in spaceflight - Wikipedia
Numerous significant milestones in robotic spaceflight occurred in 2013, including the landing of China 's Chang'e 3 lander at Moon 's Mare Imbrium on 14 December; it is China's first attempt and first successful soft landing by its spacecraft on an extraterrestrial surface.
Accomplishments - NASA Science
In 2013, NASA helped U.S. commercial companies transform access to low-Earth orbit and the International Space Station even as one of the agency's venerable spacecraft was confirmed to have reached interstellar space, and engineers moved ahead on technologies that will help carry out the first astronaut mission to an asteroid and eventually Mars.
NASA Langley’s Top 11 Stories for 2013
2014年1月8日 · In 2013, NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., continued to advance science, aeronautics and exploration. From dropping a helicopter to building and testing future space vehicles, it’s been a busy year. Check out our “Top 11” list of amazing accomplishments for 2013.
Kennedy Space Center in 2013: A Year of Accomplishments and ... - NASA
2013年12月23日 · NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida accomplished many milestones in 2013 as it continued to transition from a historically government-only launch facility to an affordable, sustainable, multiuser spaceport for both government and commercial customers.
Looking Back at How NASA Looked Ahead during 2013
2013年12月17日 · Focusing on the future was the dominant theme of a busy year for NASA’s aeronautical innovators during 2013. A new strategic vision that will guide the agency’s aviation research efforts now and into the future was adopted even as world class research continued at NASA centers across the nation to make air travel ever more efficient and ...
6 Biggest Space Science Discoveries of 2013
2013年12月28日 · From extrasolar planets to extraterrestrial neutrinos, these finds have made sure that 2013 has been an unforgettable year. This artist's concept shows the general locations of NASA's two...
On This Day in 2013: NASA’s Earth Science Satellite Fleet
2023年7月2日 · These cover a wide spectrum of Earth observations and join NASA’s seventeen* Earth science missions in space observing our planet’s atmosphere and oceans, its climate, weather patterns, and much more.
Explorers Program News 2013 - NASA
2013年12月4日 · The mission of the Explorers Program is to provide frequent flight opportunities for world-class scientific investigations from space utilizing innovative, streamlined and efficient management approaches within the following space science themes: Astronomical Search for Origins and Planetary Systems, Structure and Evolution of the Universe, The ...
News 2013 - nas.nasa.gov
2013年9月18日 · Some of NASA's best and brightest will showcase more than 30 of the agency's exciting computational achievements at the Supercomputer Conference 2013 (SC13), Nov. 17-22, 2013, in Denver. Highlighted accomplishments include science revelations made during the Mars rover Curiosity's first year on the Red Planet, the Kepler mission's new data ...
One-Earth-year mission allows thorough coverage of near-Mars space. One-Earth-year mission provides coverage of all local solar times and most latitudes. Figure shows periapsis location for each orbit. We will use multiple, independent approaches to determining atmospheric loss.