May 15, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Our Solar System, Space and Science, Space Research, Spaceports
Japan is ready to launch its Venus Climate Orbiter “Akatsuki” as well as a small solar power sail demonstrator, the IKAROS. The two payloads will be lofted via Japan’s H-2A booster from the Tanegashima Space Center. Liftoff is slated for Monday, May 17 at 5:45 pm east...
May 14, 2010 | Ask the Experts — Answers, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Mars, NASA, Newsroom, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research, Uncategorized
Could drilling on the red planet offer some insight into dealing with that horrific, on-going saga of an oil spill off the Louisiana coast? A host of solutions are being reviewed to cut off spewing oil from 5,000 feet below sea-level. U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu...
May 12, 2010 | Augustine Committee, Commercial Space, Constellation Program, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
The first and the last of America’s Apollo moon walkers raised concerns before a Senate oversight panel on Wednesday that President Obama’s space exploration strategy could cause the United States to lose its global leadership in the exploration of...
May 12, 2010 | Education Station, Exploration, NASA, Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle
An outstanding video is now available from last week’s NASA’s flight test, called Pad Abort-1 – a test of the launch abort system designed for the Orion crew exploration vehicle. The Pad Abort-1 hardware lifted off at 9 a.m. EDT May 6 at the U.S. Army’s White Sands...
May 12, 2010 | Education, Education Station, Exploration, Space and Science, Space Research
Source: Mashable.com From robotics to space research, from physics to computer science, the Internet is a vast trove of information about the sciences. Resources such as Wikipedia (and its easy-on-younger-minds counterpart, Simple English Wikipedia) and online video...
May 11, 2010 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education, Exploration
Source: Scientific American In the past two decades, the roster of known planets in the galaxy has mushroomed. Astronomers have added to the handful in our own solar system roughly 450 so-called exoplanets orbiting other stars. Most of those planets are more massive...
May 11, 2010 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Exploration, NASA
Source: The New York Times Astronauts will not be sent by the United States to the Moon or Mars for at least a decade, but they can still get an idea of what it would be like by living 65 feet underwater. On Monday, a crew of six, including two veteran astronauts,...
May 11, 2010 | Blog, Exploration, NASA
Source: Space.com From top mission controllers on through the ranks of astronauts and shuttle workers, reverence reigns over the upcoming last flight of the space shuttle Atlantis – the first of NASA’s final shuttle missions this year. Atlantis is set to...
May 11, 2010 | Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, NASA, Newsroom, Spaceports, Uncategorized
Johannes Kepler Departure: Photo Credit – Astrium Europe’s “Johannes Kepler” has made one small step toward the International Space Station. As the second Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), the huge cargo-carrying spacecraft is on its way to the European...
May 11, 2010 | Blog, CSExtra, Education, Exploration, NASA
The Coalition for Space Exploration presents CSExtra, a daily overview of the top space news. Offering a concise selection of reports and editorials published each day by respected news organizations on developments within the global space community and the U.S....