U.S. National Security, Health of Commercial Space Share Vital Link, according to CSIS report
Increasingly U. S. national security depends on a healthy commercial space sector, a report entitled, National Security and the Commercial Space Sector, released this week by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank, concludes. The...July 24 marks the 60th Anniversary of Inaugural Rocket Launch from Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral, Fla., the United State’s premier site for the launching of rockets and astronauts, marks the 60th anniversary of its first lift off on Saturday (July 24th, 2010). On July 24, 1950, a 62-foot long V-2 rocket rose in a low arc from a very primitive...NASA Chief: Next Frontier Better Relations With Muslim World
Source: FOX News NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said in a recent interview that his “foremost” mission as the head of America’s space exploration agency is to improve relations with the Muslim world. Though international diplomacy would seem well...Congressional Bill Calls for Commission on Planetary Defense
How best to thwart Earth-threatening objects is receiving increased attention in Washington, D.C. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (Republican from California) has introduced a bill calling for the establishment of a United States Commission on Planetary Defense. Such a...In a Space Probe’s Journey, a Test for Japan
Source: NY Times TOKYO — The Japanese are calling it a miracle. The Hayabusa space probe returned last month from a seven-year, 382-million-mile round trip to an asteroid, giving a much-needed confidence boost to a country worried that its technological prowess might...Eye in the Sky
Source: USA Today Where the images of Earth viewed from the moon evoked the awakening environmentalism of the 1970s, satellite images, of every disaster or news flash, now define our era, says space historian Margaret Weitekamp of the Smithsonian’s National Air...Coalition for Space Exploration’s website has a new look
And we’re celebrating with a contest, Explore Our Space, which offers visitors the opportunity to win some cool prizes, including a chance to watch one of the final space shuttle launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Throughout July,...New Views: Satellites Track Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
NASA’s Terra satellite keeps an eye on huge oil spill The huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is being observed by numbers of satellites, such as NASA’s Aqua and Terra spacecraft. Those satellites make use of a Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer...In the Hunt for Planets, Who Owns the Data?
Source: The New York Times We are about to find out just how generous nature really is. On Tuesday, astronomers operating NASA’s Kepler spacecraft will release a list of about 350 stars newly suspected of harboring planets, including five systems with multiple...Space Talk
@bonzack You got a hell of a weather week to be here in a suit. Good luck!
Sometimes the messy middle is the best part...
@NASAHubble caught lenticular galaxy NGC 1266 during its transition from a major burst of star formation to a quieter period. Growth doesn't always look linear, but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.
https://go.nasa.gov/4dyruaI
Sometimes the messy middle is the best part...
@NASAHubble caught lenticular galaxy NGC 1266 during its transition from a major burst of star formation to a quieter period. Growth doesn't always look linear, but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.
https://go.nasa.gov/4dyruaI
Sometimes the messy middle is the best part...
@NASAHubble caught lenticular galaxy NGC 1266 during its transition from a major burst of star formation to a quieter period. Growth doesn't always look linear, but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.
https://go.nasa.gov/4dyruaI