Feb 10, 2013 | Asteroid Exploration, Canadian Space Agency, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Mars, Space and Science, The Moon
Normally overwhelmed with work, the U. S., Canadian and Russian crew of the International Space Station previewed a song about space travel and made time to chat with William Shatner, of Star Trek Captain Kirk fame, as another busy week on the orbiting...
Feb 6, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Asteroid Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science
It’s coming to a sky near you – a late Valentine’s Day gift from the heavens! On February 15, a small asteroid is flying by within 18,000 miles of Earth. The asteroid, known as 2012 DA14, was discovered last year and is roughly the size of a school gymnasium (130 to...
Jan 27, 2013 | Asteroid Exploration, Education, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Mars, Space and Science
NASA’s annual Day of Remembrance, scheduled for Friday, Feb. 1, will pay tribute to astronauts from three U.  S. missions who lost their lives while pursuing the exploration of space. A wreath laying ceremony led by NASA Administrator...
Jan 22, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Asteroid Exploration, Blog, Book Reviews, Comets, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Why Space
Near-Earth Objects – Finding Them Before They Find Us by Donald K. Yeomans; Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey; $24.95; 2013. This is a superb book that brings the reader up-to-speed on those menacing denizens of the deep – Near Earth Objects, or...
Jan 21, 2013 | Asteroid Exploration, Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research, Why Space
The private space group – Planetary Resources – headquartered near Seattle, Washington is pushing forward on its Arkyd-100 – the firm’s space telescope and technology demonstrator for their Arkyd series of asteroid prospecting missions. The Arkyd-100 series is the...
Jan 15, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Asteroid Exploration, Blog, Education Station, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science
It is dubbed the Asteroid Impact and Deflection mission – AIDA. The European Space Agency (ESA) is appealing for research ideas to help guide the development of a U.S.-European asteroid deflection mission now under study. Concepts are being sought for both ground- and...
Jan 13, 2013 | Asteroid Exploration, Commercial Space, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Space Research
NASA’s dual human spaceflight initiatives, the Commercial Crew Program and an effort to develop a new human deep space exploration capability, are jeopardized by uncertainty over future budgets, according to the latest assessment from the agency’s...
Jan 9, 2013 | Asteroid Exploration, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science, The Sun
Observations with NASA’s Spitzer space telescope and the European Space Agency’s Herschel Space Observatory have detected familiar looking asteroid/cometary belts around Vega, a young star and one of the brightest objects in the northern night sky....
Jan 3, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Asteroid Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science
Data gleaned by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft during a year-long survey of asteroid Vesta have shown that impacting small asteroids delivered dark, carbonaceous material to the protoplanet. These huge impacts not only altered Vesta’s shape, but also its surface composition....
Jan 3, 2013 | Asteroid Exploration, Commercial Space, Exploration, International Space Station, Legislative Activity, Mars, NASA, Space and Science, The Moon
Thursday marked the first day of the U. S. 113th Congress, the members of the House and Senate elected in November to serve new two and six-year terms. However, before the 112th Congress adjourned, also on Thursday, the House and Senate produced a positive statement...