Jun 21, 2010 | Blog, Exploration, NASA
Source: USA Today Millions of miles from Earth, two astronauts hover weightlessly next to a giant space rock, selecting pebbles for scientific research. The spaceship where they’ll sleep floats just overhead. Beyond it, barely visible in the sky, is a glittering...
Jun 19, 2010 | Blog, Education, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, Multimedia, NASA, Newsroom, Space and Science, Space Research
Credit: ASU If you want to keep a sharp eye on the red planet, consider a new iPhone application, or app. Mars can be delivered daily to this type of device. Thanks to an Arizona State University’s (ASU) camera onboard NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter — the Thermal...
Jun 17, 2010 | Blog, Exploration, NASA
Source: Space News Since releasing its fiscal year 2011 budget, the Obama Administration has muddied the water over the ultimate purpose for its proposed changes to NASA’s exploration program. The destination changes depending on the audience and the context in which...
Jun 17, 2010 | Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Newsroom, Space and Science, Space Research, The Moon
Live TV From the Moon by Dwight Steven-Boniecki; Apogee Books; Burlington Ontario Canada; (softcover) $29.95; 2010. When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin moonwalked into history back in 1969, a huge contingent of onlookers on Earth watched in amazement. That was made...
Jun 15, 2010 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education, Exploration, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science
Source: The New York Times We are about to find out just how generous nature really is. On Tuesday, astronomers operating NASA’s Kepler spacecraft will release a list of about 350 stars newly suspected of harboring planets, including five systems with multiple...
Jun 15, 2010 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education, Education Station, Exploration, NASA, The Moon
Source: National Geographic Could this be the final blow to the theory that the moon is bone dry? Not only does the moon’s surface hold a “significant amount” of water—as two NASA crashes confirmed in October—but, a new study says, the moon’s...
Jun 15, 2010 | Blog, Commercial Space, Constellation Program, Exploration, NASA
Source: The Orlando Sentinel Florida’s Democratic Senator, Bill Nelson, the chair of the Senate subcommittee charged with NASA oversight, has sent a letter to his powerful counterpart on NASA appropriations, Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, informing her of his...
Jun 15, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Newsroom, Space and Science, Space Research
Team of experts at recovery site of Hayabusa capsule. Credit: JAXA/Toshiki Hasegawa Scientists at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are ecstatic following the June 13 recovery of their Hayabusa reentry capsule in Woomera, Australia. Hayabusa was launched...
Jun 14, 2010 | Blog, Education, Exploration, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science
Source: Discovery.com There’s something strange about last week’s Jupiter impact. There’s a chance it might not have been an ‘impact’ at all. This twist in the amazing tale of the June 3 Jupiter “flash” comes after follow-up...
Jun 14, 2010 | Blog, Exploration, NASA
Source: MSNBC The Kansas Cosmosphere is hoping to cash in on a very rare opportunity. Hundreds of NASA artifacts are up for grabs with the space shuttle ends later this year. Many should end up in Kansas, but we won’t land the big prize. It’s the most...