NASA Seeks Comments on Life Beyond Low Earth Orbit Report
S129-E-009326 (25 Nov. 2009) --- This is one of a series of images featuring the International Space Station photographed soon after the space shuttle Atlantis and the station began their post-undocking relative separation. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 3:53 a.m. (CST) on Nov. 25, 2009. Some scenes in the series show parts of the Mediterranean Sea and Africa and Spain in the background.
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In July 2016, the NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Life and Physical Sciences Research and Applications Division sponsored a science workshop on Life Beyond Low Earth Orbit(Abbreviation: LEO) The orbit around the Earth that extends up to an altitude of 2,000 km (1,200 miles) from Earth’s surface. The International Space Station’s orbit is in LEO, at an altitude of approximately 250 miles.. The workshop, which was held at NASA’s Ames Research Center, was focused on a discussion of the research that NASA should undertake to facilitate exploration in an era of new opportunities beyond low Earth orbit.
NASA is currently requesting comments on the report generated from the workshop to guide their development of a strategic plan for research in the era of exploration beyond low Earth orbit. Click here for more information on this Request For Information (RFI), which is open to all the public. Responses are due by July 16, 2018.