Saturn Moon – A Hazy, Cozy Atmosphere for Life?
Titan is Saturn’s largest moon, enshrouded by a smog-like haze. Work by a University of Arizona (UA) research team has simulated that haze, finding amino acids and nucleotide bases – the most important ingredients of life on Earth. “Our team is the first to be able to...Book Review: The Wright Stuff – The Century of Effort Behind Your Ticket to Space
The Wright Stuff – The Century of Effort Behind Your Ticket to Space By Derek Webber; Apogee Books; Burlington, Ontario Canada; $25.95 (soft cover); October 2010. Here’s an invaluable guide to the emergence of public space tourism. What the reader will find in...Americans Embrace Space Exploration, Believe Shuttle a Good Investment, Rasmussen Poll Reveals
A Rasmussen Reports poll unveiled this week reveals some rather dramatic shifts in public opinion this year in favor of NASA and the agency’s endeavors in human as well as robotic space exploration. The changes unfolded during a on going debate among lawmakers...Space Manufacturing 14…Register Now!
Space Manufacturing 14: Critical Technologies for Space Settlement will be held at NASA Ames Conference Center in Mountain View, CA, October 30 and 31, 2010. Attendance will be limited to 200 participants. (Non-US Citizens, please allow 30 days for approvals to...NASA’s LCROSS Mission Scores Breakthrough Award
NASA’s 2009 Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, was honored Tuesday night in New York City as the recipient of a Breakthrough award for innovation in science and technology from Popular Mechanics Magazine. The lunar probe was launched on...Update: China’s Chang’e-2 Moon Probe Enters Lunar Orbit
Launched on October 1, China’s Chang’e-2 spacecraft braked itself into an orbit around the Moon on October 6, Beijing local time. Firing its onboard engine for 30 minutes, the probe entered a 100 kilometer by 8,000 kilometer orbit. The craft takes some 12 hours to...Red Planet Orbiter: MAVEN to go Martian
BOULDER, Colorado – An innovative NASA Mars Orbiter is moving into the development stage. The mission is NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, or MAVEN for short. It will probe the past climate of Mars, including its potential for harboring life over...China Probe Nears Lunar Orbit
China’s Chang’e-2 is Moon-bound and on course to enter lunar orbit after five days of flight. Launched on October 1, Chang’e-2 is to start orbiting the Moon early this week. The Chinese spacecraft is to enter lunar orbit, initially about 100 kilometers above the...First Drop Test of SpaceShipTwo Looming
The first drop test of – SpaceShipTwo – the suborbital spaceliner being built for Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic — appears to be near at hand. SpaceShipTwo is undergoing testing by Scaled Composites at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California. Taking...Space Talk
NASA Futurist Monty K Reed demonstrating the use of the EEG cap in BCI (Brain Computer Interface) in the laboratory to control the LIFESUIT Powered Robotic Suit aka Exoskeleton that helps paralyzed people walk again Followed by a demonstration of Mind Reading #NASAFuturist #NASA
A trip to Mars could come at a heartbreaking cost https://buff.ly/CT84AAs
An interesting report @UniverseToday via @physorg_com on a newly published study which helps quantify the types of health problems facing us if we ever colonise Mars.
#Space #Mars
uh esta #esa en la gala taylor te pido que no te saques una foto no me quiero aguantar a las otras toda la noche NO TE PONGAS GAGÁ
I ended up hand-drawing all 88 constellation illustrations for my app to ensure they perfectly match the actual lines connecting the stars.
I was looking for a more modern Japanese illustration style, so I decided to create them myself!
#space #astronomy #AstroPlotorium
