Beyond Low Earth Orbit: “Gateway” Habitats Advocated
A NASA, university and industry team is studying mid-decade human exploration beyond low Earth orbit. Detailed by the team are options for long-duration “Gateway” habitats. An interim look at such a prospect is being briefed at high-levels within NASA, a plan that...CubeSat Canopy Experiment: Dealing with Interplanetary Flyspecks
Tiny, hold in your hand satellites, are dubbed CubeSats. They hitch rides on boosters carrying larger satellites. CubeSats can conduct all types of experiments, from Earth remote sensing to monitoring the space environment. According to Stanford news writer, Louis...Radar Mosaics Provide Unique Views of Earth
For the last 15 years, Canada’s RADARSAT-1 has observed the Earth from space. RADARSAT-1 is a sophisticated Earth observation satellite developed by Canada to monitor environmental changes and the planet’s natural resources. Launched in November 1995, RADARSAT-1...NASA Auditor Outlines Management, Financial Concerns
NASA faces significant management challenges as it carries out the shuttle’s retirement, termination of the Constellation Program and the start of a commercial space transportation initiative, according to agency Inspector General Paul Martin. In 14-page report made...Our Planet – Art Work Captured by Satellites
Earth never looked so good! Thanks to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), a space-based look back on our piece of celestial real estate offers an art-filled eye-full. The USGS has unveiled “Earth as Art3” – a collection of the latest set of NASA Landsat satellite...Japan’s Hayabusa Probe Reportedly Contains Particles from Asteroid
A sample container from Japan’s Hayabusa spacecraft that returned from its seven year round-trip to asteroid Itokawa earlier this year reportedly does contain particles from the space rock. According to several press reports, an analysis of some 1,500 particles found...Groundbreaking for The Spaceship Company
The privatization of commercial space travel has taken a step forward. On November 9, The Spaceship Company (TSC) broke ground on a new assembly, integration and test hangar at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California. A subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation,...NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Facing Cost Challenge
NASA faces new cost and potential political challenges over the future of the James Webb Space Telescope, the highly touted successor to the Hubble Space Telescope whose price tag has soared to $6.5 billion. A joint effort led by the U. S. with participation from...China: Moon Probes, Space Stations, Deep Space Exploration
A number of recent space stories by Chinese news outlets underscore that country’s multi-step space exploration agenda. Early this week, Xinhua news service reported that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao attended an unveiling ceremony for pictures of the Moon’s Sinus Iridum...Space Talk
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