Jan 25, 2011 | Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, The Moon, Why Space
NASA and the larger space community will honor the 17 men and women who have perished in American spacecraft during ceremonies on Thursday at the Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington D. C. Additional memorials are planned this week at the Johnson Space...
Jan 25, 2011 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, The Moon
The votes are in! In a “stampede” of competition between stamps that are iconic images tied to the United States, the Moon landing stamp was voted top slot and will represent the USA in the International Gallery Exhibit of the new William H. Gross Stamp Gallery at the...
Jan 25, 2011 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Exploration, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research
NASA is rounding up amateur photographers who would like a chance to win up to $500 for the best photographs of the recently deployed NanoSail-D spacecraft, an orbiting solar sail experiment. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and Ames Research Center...
Jan 23, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, NASA, Space Race, The Moon
John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon by John M. Logsdon; Palgrave Macmillan; New York, New York; $35.00 (Hardcover); 2010. In a time when America is looking for another “Sputnik Moment” to spur the country on a number of fronts, this scholarly and well-written...
Jan 21, 2011 | European Space Agency, Exploration, Mars, Our Solar System, Space and Science
The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter captured close up photos of the Martian moon Phobos on Jan. 9 A cratered surface is evident in the photos taken at a distance of less than 70 miles. The circled areas are landing sites for Russia’s...
Jan 20, 2011 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science, The Moon
A Valentine’s Day gift from space – that’s what scientists are looking for as NASA’s Stardust-NExT spacecraft zooms by comet Tempel 1. The craft is on track for an 8:37 p.m. PST (11:37 p.m. EST) close look at the celestial wanderer on February 14. But take note: The...
Jan 17, 2011 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Cooperation, NASA, Space and Science
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy – SOFIA for short – has opened a new window on star formation in and around the nebula Messier 42 in the constellation Orion. The new image data were acquired using the Faint Object Infrared Camera for the SOFIA...
Jan 16, 2011 | China, Commercial Space, Constellation Program, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Mars, The Moon
NASA began the New Year with a stir last week, when it furnished Congress with a legislatively required blueprint for a Space Launch System, a new heavy lift rocket, and a Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle — essentially a combination of rocket launcher and capsule...
Jan 15, 2011 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Our Solar System
NASA’s Opportunity rover is engaged in survey work at the edge of a crater dubbed Santa Maria. Scientists are pleased with the robot’s imagery showing a crater with diverse textures – including sand dunes at the crater’s bottom. Opportunity has rolled up close to the...
Jan 14, 2011 | Commercial Space, Constellation Program, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Mars, The Moon, Why Space
The White House, Congress and NASA must work quickly to resolve the space agency’s future exploration and transportation strategies, the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel concludes in the committee’s latest annual report. The Congressionally-chartered panel...