Mar 5, 2015 | Ask the Experts — Answers, Asteroid Exploration, Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, Why Space
Journey To Space is a brand new, exciting and informative film, a fascinating production that spotlights the past, present, and future of space exploration. This unique documentary spotlights not only America’s giant leaps of space travel brought about by the Space...
Feb 25, 2015 | Ask the Experts — Answers, Asteroid Exploration, Benefits of Space Exploration, Capitol Hill News, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Space Race, The Moon
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness, convened a hearing on Tuesday, February 24, 2015. The hearing was entitled “U.S. Human Exploration Goals and Commercial Space Competitiveness.” Former NASA astronauts...
Oct 25, 2014 | Ask the Experts — Answers, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Canadian Space Agency, China, Commercial Space, Education Station, European Space Agency, International Cooperation, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Kids Space, NASA, Space Race, Why Space
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has unveiled their new report: The Space Economy at a Glance 2014. The report provides a statistical overview of the global space sector and its contributions to economic activity. This new edition...
Oct 8, 2014 | Ask the Experts — Answers, Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space and Science, Space Race, Why Space
Why Mars – NASA and the Politics of Space Exploration by W. Henry Lambright; Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland; $49.95 (hardcover); 2014. Wondering when humans will set boot on Mars? Author W. Henry Lambright has written an absorbing and...
Jun 24, 2014 | Ask the Experts — Answers, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space Research
Question: How do you feed a six-person crew on a three-year mission to Mars? Answer: It’s not easy! That point was underscored during a June 23 panel discussion on living and working in extreme conditions at the 2014 Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual...
Mar 30, 2014 | Ask the Experts — Answers, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, Gallup Polls, Kids Space, Market Research, Multimedia, NASA, Research, Space Race, The Moon, Why Space
Marketing the Moon – The Selling of the Apollo Lunar Program by David Meerman Scott & Richard Jurek; MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.; $39.95 (hard cover); Feb. 2014. This is an absolutely marvelous and exceptional read! The authors, both marketing sages, have...
Mar 9, 2014 | Ask the Experts — Answers, Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Space Race, Space Research, Space Shuttle, Why Space
X-15: The World’s Fastest Rocket Plane and the Pilots Who Ushered in the Space Age by John Anderson and Richard Passman; Zenith Press/Quayside Publishing Group, Minneapolis, MN.; Licensed by Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum; $30.00 (hard cover); 2014. This...
Feb 2, 2014 | Ask the Expert, Ask the Experts — Answers, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Book Reviews, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space and Science, Space Race, Space Research, Space Shuttle
America’s Space Futures: Defining Goals for Space Exploration, Editor Eric Sterner; George C. Marshall Institute, Arlington, Va.; $12.99, shipping and handling $3.99; (soft cover); 2013. The George C. Marshall Institute has published a thought-provoking new book,...
Dec 3, 2013 | Ask the Experts — Answers, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, Multimedia, NASA, Space Research, Why Space
Origami is a source of inspiration for mechanical engineering students who are working with NASA/JPL, the National Science Foundation, and origami master Robert Lang to design novel mechanisms for use in space and in other applications. Brigham Young University (BYU)...
Nov 20, 2013 | Ask the Experts — Answers, Asteroid Exploration, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, Multimedia, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research, Why Space
That Feb. 15 asteroid that burst over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk has reset thinking regarding damage caused by smaller space rocks. Also, there may be more small asteroids than formerly thought. These findings and other research observations are on view tonight...