Commercial Activity Fuels Growth in Global Space Economy

Apr 3, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, China, Commercial Space, European Space Agency, Exploration, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Market Research, NASA, Roscosmos, Space and Science, Space Research

The global space economy is surging, and the commercial space sector deserves much of the credit, according to the Space Foundation, the Colorado Springs-based non profit, in its annual report on the sector for 2013. During 2012, the world’s space sector...

All Aboard! Send Your Name, Message to an Asteroid

Apr 1, 2013 | Asteroid Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Kids Space, Multimedia, Our Solar System, Space Research

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is preparing for launch its Hayabusa2 spacecraft – set to depart in 2014 then land on an asteroid in 2018. Then the mission will return samples of the space rock back to Earth in 2020. JAXA has opened up a Haybusa2 name...

SPACECAST: Space Weather System for Protecting Satellites

Feb 27, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Kids Space, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research, The Sun

An international effort including Europe, the United States and Japan is focused on protecting the global satellite network from Sun-driven space weather. Satellites can be damaged by high energy charged particles in the Earth’s radiation belts, and during solar...

U. S., Japanese and Russian Astronauts Return to Earth to Close Out Four Month Space Station Mission

Nov 19, 2012 | Canadian Space Agency, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, Roscosmos, Space Research

    U. S., Japanese and Russian astronauts descended safely to Earth late Sunday, touching down aboard their Soyuz spacecraft in wintry northern Kazakhstan after a 127 day mission to the International Space Station The capsule carrying Sunita Williams, of...

NASA Offers Space Station Viewers Email, Text Alerts

Nov 5, 2012 | Canadian Space Agency, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, Planet Earth, Roscosmos, Space and Science

Just a few days ago, the U. S.  led International Space Station reached a significant milestone: a dozen years of continuous human occupancy. NASA astronaut Bill Shepherd and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko arrived aboard a Soyuz capsule on Nov....

SpaceX Achieves Successful Space Station Cargo Delivery and Return Mission With Sunday Splashdown

Oct 28, 2012 | Canadian Space Agency, Commercial Space, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, Space Research, Space Shuttle

  SpaceX’s Dragon capsule splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean off the southern California coast Sunday afternoon, successfully restoring a U. S. cargo delivery and return capability to the International Space Station once shouldered by NASA’s long...

Japanese Asteroid Mission: Sample Return and Hopper

Oct 3, 2012 | Asteroid Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Kids Space, Our Solar System, Space and Science

MASCOT – the Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout – will be bound for asteroid JU 3 in 2014 courtesy of Japan’s Hayabusa-2 mission. Four years later, on arrival at the space rock, MASCOT will free-fall onto the asteroid’s surface, automatically orient itself, then “hop” from...