Apr 9, 2014 | Ask the Expert, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Multimedia, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science, Space Research, Why Space
Let the games begin! A new online educational resource allows the user to build their own planetary system, putting planets into orbit around a star and racking up points until they add a planet that destabilizes the whole system. The game is an offshoot of the...
Apr 1, 2014 | Ask the Expert, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, Market Research, NASA, Space Research, Why Space
Benefits Stemming from Space Exploration was released in September 2013 by the International Space Exploration Coordination Group. At its heart, this report explains that space exploration “will continue to be an essential driver for opening up new domains in science...
Mar 10, 2014 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, NASA, Space Research, Why Space
Set for an upcoming ride to the International Space Station (ISS) are nearly a100 proteins to be used in crystallization studies – microgravity research that could lead to innovative methods of drug discovery. A SpaceX Falcon booster is to depart Florida on March 16,...
Mar 9, 2014 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science
Take a walk on Mars…without leaving Earth! Check out the third annual MarsFest in Death Valley National Park, being held March 28-30 within the breathtaking desert valley located in Eastern California. Visitors of all ages are invited to MarsFest 2014 – to elevate...
Mar 3, 2014 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Multimedia, NASA, Planet Earth, Why Space
Attention: All you riders of the Earth. NASA’s Earth Observatory website is after your vote – to cull through the best Earth images of the past year. From March 3 through April 4, you can vote for top Earth images, picking your favorites from 32 pre-selected from...
Feb 24, 2014 | Ask the Expert, Asteroid Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, The Moon
WHAM! A meteorite with the mass of a small car crashed into the Moon last September. Catching the event were astronomers in Spain, reporting the event in the journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. The impact on the Moon — in Mare Nubium, an...
Feb 16, 2014 | Ask the Expert, Asteroid Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science
It has been over a year since the space rock explosion over Chelyabinsk, Russia. The February 15, 2013 event damaged thousands of houses and other structures, shattered windows, and injured many people due to broken glass due to the powerful atmospheric blast. That...
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,...
Jan 28, 2014 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science
A planetary system around our nearest star, beyond our own Sun, is emerging. That’s the stellar forecast that suggests scientists are getting closer to discovering Earth-like planets close to Earth. Word is that “superhabitable” worlds must be considered for future...
Jan 23, 2014 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research
Mini-satellites may become “space cops” to help control traffic in space. If so, the idea could help avoid collisions in space of satellites and the creation of even more space debris. The work is underway by a team of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)...