Apr 14, 2011 | Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, The Moon
NASA’s Mission Control Center, known around the world as the pulse of U. S. human spaceflight — from the missions of Mercury and the Apollo moon landings to the assembly of the International Space Station, was named for Christopher Kraft Jr. on Thursday....
Apr 13, 2011 | Constellation Program, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Mars, Space Research, The Moon, Uncategorized
The House Appropriations Committee this week produced new details of the proposed budget Continuing Resolution that would fund the federal government through the end of the 2011 fiscal year, including $18.485 billion for NASA, just over $500 million less than...
Apr 12, 2011 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Constellation Program, Education, Exploration, International Space Station, Mars, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, The Moon
Senate appropriators sparred with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on Monday over the agency’s commitment to the 2010 NASA Authorization Act, the bi-partisan Congressional blue print agreed to by President Obama that aims for a new heavy lift rocket and crew...
Apr 11, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Space Race, Space Tourism, Spaceports
The call is out for astronaut-pilots to fly passengers on suborbital treks. Credit: Virgin Galactic Wanted: Pilot-Astronauts! The call is out from the private spaceliner group, Virgin Galactic, regarding its need for pilot-astronauts. Bankrolled by the UK’s Sir...
Apr 9, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Space Race
Credit: Walker & Company Starman – The Truth Behind the Legend of Yuri Gagarin by Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony; Walker & Company, New York; $16.00 (Paperback); May 1, 2011. Despite the historic nature of the first voyage of a human in Earth orbit five...
Apr 8, 2011 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, NASA, Space Shuttle
Credit: Yuri’s Night An around-the-globe salute to human spaceflight is set for next week, April 12th. That date — 50 years ago — marks the first flight of a human into Earth orbit, the then Soviet Union’s cosmonaut – Yuri Gagarin, back on April 12,...
Apr 6, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Comets, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space and Science
Space station research includes experiments to help look for life elsewhere. Credit: NASA The nearly complete International Space Station (ISS) is a research hub for various disciplines – including astrobiology and the search for life elsewhere. Gerda Horneck of the...
Apr 6, 2011 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Space Research
A new National Research Council report recommends a more strategic footing for NASA’s life and physical sciences research programs in order to establish the underpinning needed for the agency’s future human space exploration aspirations. The 492-page report,...
Apr 3, 2011 | Blog, China, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Space Race, The Moon
Sinus Iridum: Possible landing site for China’s first robotic Moon rover. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University China space officials have announced that the Chang’e-2’s primary mission has been completed. The Moon orbiter has been on duty for some six...
Mar 30, 2011 | Commercial Space, Constellation Program, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Mars, The Moon, Uncategorized
NASA is looking to late June to unveil of a comprehensive plan to transition from the space shuttle and Constellation programs to a new deep space exploration strategy fashioned around the 2010 NASA Authorization Act, the agency’s top exploration official...