New Study: Big Growth in Small Satellites
Small satellites are growing… in popularity and utility. That’s the message from a new study looking into trends and projections for the nano/microsatellite market. The new assessment comes from SpaceWorks of Atlanta, Georgia and the study projects that more...Book Review: America’s Space Futures – Defining Goals for Space Exploration
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,...NASA Administrator Charles Bolden Named 2014 National Space Trophy Recipient
The selection of NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, former astronaut and retired U.S. Marine Corps major general, as the 2014 recipient of the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation’s annual National Space Trophy was announced...Project Moon Dust: A Kickstarter Educational Initiative
It’s called Project Moon Dust – intended to inspire and educate the next generation of space travel hopefuls. Behind the effort is Zybek Advanced Products, founded in Boulder, Colorado in 1996. The group has established a project funding effort for a Lunar...President Signs Compromise 2014 Spending Measure That Includes $17.65 billion for NASA
Mid-January produced a flurry of U. S. legislative activity in Washington D. C. that concluded late Friday with President Obama’s signature of a $1.1 trillion Omnibus appropriations act for 2014 that funds the federal spending through Sept. 30, including...
Space Station Crew Welcomes Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus Cargo Mission
The six person crew of the International Space Station eagerly greeted the first Orbital Science Corp’s re-supply mission flown under the terms of an eight-flight $1.9 billion Commercial Crisply Services agreement early Sunday. The astronauts opened the supply...Video: International Space Exploration Forum Focuses on Global Cooperation
The United States hosted the International Space Exploration Forum (ISEF), the first-ever ministerial-level meeting to build support for global cooperation in space exploration, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on January 9, 2014. ISEF brought...New Survey Poll Data: Funding the Final Frontier
An interesting poll was taken last year focusing on space and funding the final frontier. Done by the London-based YouGov, the fieldwork was done between Nov. 28 and Dec. 1st. YouGov is an international, full service online market research agency founded in the UK in...
White House Endorses Extension of Space Station Operations from 2020 to 2024
A White House endorsement Wednesday of an extension of operations aboard the U. S. led International Space Station from 2020 to at least 2024 sets a wide stage for more work on life support systems for future human deep space missions, the maturing of U. S. commercial...Space Talk
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#NASA estimates that a human mission to Mars could take months or years with current propulsion technologies. To accelerate this timeline, NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are exploring nuclear thermal propulsion.
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.@NASA_Langley is testing the Lightweight Surface Manipulation System AutoNomy capabilities Development for Surface Operations (LANDO), a robotic arm designed to lift payloads and place them on the #lunar surface.
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