Oct 20, 2010 | Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, Space Tourism, Spaceports
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Leading space entrepreneurs have gathered here to assess the political and economic climate for personal and commercial spaceflight. Meanwhile, construction crews are at work at a neighboring but remote site – busily completing Spaceport...
Oct 17, 2010 | Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science
From Jars to the Stars – How Ball Came to Build a Comet-Hunting Machine by Todd Neff; Earthviewmedia; Denver, Colorado; $24.95 (trade paperback); 2010. Here’s a fascinating book that’s perfect for reading as NASA’s Deep Impact/EPOXI spacecraft makes a breathtaking...
Oct 16, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Blog, China, Education Station, Exploration, NASA, Space Race, The Moon
Following a trio of braking maneuvers, China’s Chang’E-2 orbiter is circling the Moon in a 100 kilometer by 100 kilometer orbit. The Moon probe has been transmitting science data to two ground stations back here on Earth, in Beijing and Yunnan Province. In the last...
Oct 15, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science
How best to deal with an incoming Near Earth Object – or NEO for short — is getting increased attention in Washington, D.C. It’s called planetary defense, an ability to fend off an asteroid on a trajectory that will strike Earth. That vision has moved from...
Oct 13, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Blog, China, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, NASA, Space and Science, Space Race
NASA’s leader, Charles Bolden, is ready to visit China at the invite of the Director of the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO). Bolden will travel to that country October 16-21. During his visit, NASA’s Bolden is expected to conduct site sojourns to Chinese...
Oct 12, 2010 | Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Space Tourism, Spaceports
The maiden solo flight of the privately-built SpaceShipTwo on October 10 moves forward the day of passenger travel to the suborbital heights. That date marked the successful completion of the first piloted free flight of SpaceShipTwo, named the VSS Enterprise. “We at...
Oct 11, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, features, NASA, Newsroom, Press Releases, Space and Science
The Coalition for Space Exploration (Coalition) is pleased that President Obama signed the FY2011 NASA Authorization Act into law today. This marks yet another critical step for NASA to achieve a bold and sustainable approach for the future. Additionally, it further...
Oct 11, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, NASA
On your next camping trip to a national park, take a look skyward and connect with the International Space Station (ISS). NASA and the U.S. Department of Interior’s Park Service have partnered to share information with park visitors about where and when to look up to...
Oct 10, 2010 | Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, Space Tourism, Spaceports
SpaceShipTwo has flown solo for the first time at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California. Released at altitude early this morning from its carrier plane – the WhiteKnightTwo – the first, on-its-own aerial flight of the Virgin Galactic space vehicle successfully...
Oct 10, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, NASA, Planet Earth
Trapped underground since early August, thirty-three miners in Chile will be using a modified NASA-designed rescue capsule – able to bring each miner topside from over 2,000 feet below ground. News reports have spotlighted the efforts of NASA engineer Clinton Cragg,...