Nov 3, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science
NASA’s EPOXI mission is closing in on its target – comet Hartley2. The spacecraft is to fly within 700 kilometers (435 miles) of the comet’s nucleus on Thursday, November 4. Closest approach of comet Hartley 2 is expected to occur at roughly 9:50 am EDT, 6:50 am PDT)....
Nov 1, 2010 | Blog, Education, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, NASA, Newsroom, Press Releases, Space and Science
The Coalition for Space Exploration today launched its Think Outside the Circle campaign with the release of an online public service announcement featuring the space shuttle Discovery on its final “rollout.” The 60-second online video depicts Discovery in unexpected...
Nov 1, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science
NASA’s EPOXI mission is set for an up close and personal look at comet Hartley 2 on Thursday, November 4. Cameras onboard the mission spacecraft will get within 700 kilometers (that’s about 435 miles!) of the comet. The name EPOXI itself is a combination of the...
Oct 31, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, Kids Space, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research
NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are joining forces to take the first step in the next era of space exploration – a journey between the stars. Called the 100-Year Starship study, the joint appraisal looks to develop the business case for...
Oct 30, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Planet Earth, Space Research, Space Shuttle, Space Tourism
Here’s a medical mix: the space shuttle, immune systems in space, and elderly and young children here on Earth. Onboard space shuttle Discovery’s STS-133 mission, there are sixteen rodent hitchhikers, riding in their own self-contained modules. The mice aboard...
Oct 28, 2010 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Commercial Space, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Mars
Tuesday will mark an historic milestone, as the United States, Russia, the European Space Agency, Japan and Canada celebrate the 10th anniversary of a continuous human presence aboard the NASA-led International Space Station. Does a decade with at least two humans and...
Oct 28, 2010 | Blog, China, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, NASA, Newsroom, Space Race
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden led a delegation to China earlier this month at the invitation of the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSE). While no specific proposals for cooperation were agreed to, Bolden has stated that the trip led to increased...
Oct 26, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science
If a medium-sized asteroid smacked into deep ocean waters here on Earth, what are the consequences? Elisabetta Pierazzo, a senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute (PSI) in Tucson, has some bad news. An asteroid crashing into the deep ocean could have...
Oct 24, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Book Reviews, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Space Race, Space Research, Space Tourism
Space Commerce – The Inside Story By The People Who Are Making It Happen by Langdon Morris and Kenneth J. Cox, Editors, An Aerospace Technology Working Group Book; $27.95; 2010. Here’s a very readable and informative look at giving space the business! That is, how...
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...