Mar 31, 2010 | International Cooperation, NASA, Space and Science
From the Economist ARISTOTLE believed that the heavens were perfect. If they ever were, they are no longer. The skies above Earth are now littered with the debris of dead satellites, bits of old rockets and the odd tool dropped by a spacewalking astronaut. Such is the...
Mar 31, 2010 | Education Station, Exploration, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science, Space Research
From Scientific American: What might future explorers of the solar system see? Artist Ron Miller takes the viewer on a journey to eight of the most breathtaking views that await explorers of our solar system. The scale of these natural wonders dwarfs anything Earth...
Mar 31, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Education Station, Exploration, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research, Space Shuttle
In a first-of-its-kind experiment, the unique conditions of space flight will be used to examine how cells remain healthy or succumb to disease, particularly in the face of stress or damage. At Arizona State University (ASU) in Tempe, Biodesign Institute researchers...
Mar 31, 2010 | Exploration, NASA, Space and Science, The Moon, Why Space
From Universe Today The debate on why humans should or should not return to the Moon has been ongoing for years. Two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to hear astronaut Ron Garan speak eloquently on a subject he is passionate about, water sustainability on planet...
Mar 31, 2010 | International Space Station, NASA, Space and Science, Space Shuttle
From Florida Today Five days before Discovery’s pre-dawn Monday liftoff to the International Space Station, launch pad 39A is clear of non-essential personnel as the orbiter’s main propulsion system and orbital engines and jets are pressurized for flight....
Mar 31, 2010 | Photo Feature
Subtle color differences on Saturn’s moon Mimas are apparent in this false-color view of Herschel Crater captured by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft during its closest-ever flyby of that moon. The image shows terrain-dependent color variations, particularly the...
Mar 31, 2010 | Photo Feature
The Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft arrived by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, March, 31, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 23 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov, Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko and NASA...
Mar 30, 2010 | International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
NASA’s 13-day, STS-131 mission by the shuttle Discovery will mark a couple of spaceflight milestones, the first times four women and two Japanese have been in space at the same time. Shuttle Discovery is scheduled to lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space...