New Findings! NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Surveys Asteroid Vesta

Oct 3, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Asteroid Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science

NASA’s Dawn mission has been orbiting asteroid Vesta since mid-July – and scientists are overjoyed with what they are seeing! For instance, the southern hemisphere of the asteroid boasts one of the largest mountains in the Solar System. Other results show that Vesta’s...

Astronaut Mike Fossum, the International Space Station Commander, Goes 1 on 1 with the Middle School Students at the Hispanic Engineering, Science and Technical Conference

Sep 27, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Benefits of Space Exploration, Education, Exploration, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, Roscosmos, Why Space

  International Space Station commander Mike Fossum, a NASA astronaut, took a series of wide ranging questions from middle school students on Tuesday. The students are participants in the Hispanic Engineering, Science and Technical Conference at the University of...

Could Human Missions to Mars be Possible in 25 years? A Collection of the World’s Most Capable Space Agencies Believes So

Sep 25, 2011 | Canadian Space Agency, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Mars, NASA, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Roscosmos, Space Research, The Moon

A collaboration among 12 national  space agencies, including NASA — and working under the wing of the International Space Exploration Coordination Group believes so.   They established a blue print, The Global Exploration Roadmap, which was made public...

Book Review: Psychology of Space Exploration

Sep 24, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, The Moon, Why Space

Psychology of Space Exploration, Edited by Douglas Vakoch, NASA History Series SP-2011- 4411, Government Printing Office (GPO); (Hardcover) $27.00; (Paperback) $23.00; Washington, D.C.; 2011. You’re going to find a rich, motherload of information here regarding a...

Apollo Legends Urge Congress to Hasten the Pace of Human Space Exploration

Sep 22, 2011 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Commercial Space, Education, Exploration, International Space Station, Mars, NASA, Space and Science, Space Shuttle, The Moon

    The first and last of the Apollo program astronauts who walked on the moon urged the House Science, Space and Technology Committee on Thursday to ramp up support for NASA’s human exploration efforts. Neil Armstrong, who commanded the July 1969...