Apr 27, 2010 | Blog, Exploration, Our Solar System, Planet Earth
Source: Space.com If intelligent alien life forms do exist out in the vastness of the space, they might not be the friendly cosmic neighbors the people of Earth are looking for, famed British scientist Stephen Hawking says in a new television series chronicling his...
Apr 27, 2010 | Blog, Exploration, NASA
Source: The Space Review On April 15th President Obama outlined the administration’s new plan for civil space exploration in a speech at the Kennedy Space Center. This article is part 2 of an analysis of the President’s announcement. The first part of the analysis...
Apr 27, 2010 | Blog, Exploration, NASA
Source: Space.com Space exploration has been the guiding star of American innovation. The Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and shuttle programs have rallied generations of Americans to devote their careers to science and engineering, and NASA’s achievements in exploration and...
Apr 27, 2010 | Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Space and Science, The Moon
NASA orbiter spots Lunokhod 1 on the MoonScientists have located on the lunar surface a long lost light reflector attached to the former Soviet Union’s Lunokhod 1 rover. The French-built laser reflector was sent aboard the robotic Luna 17 mission. That craft landed on...
Apr 26, 2010 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Coalition News, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, NASA
Source: BBC Happy birthday, Hubble. It’s 20 years since the shuttle blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center to place the famous observatory in orbit. The telescope’s achievements are immense. Few instruments in the history of science have had quite the...
Apr 26, 2010 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Exploration, NASA
Source: The Korea Times Renowned members of the American astronaut program, the U.S. Congress, and scientific community have warned that planned cuts and changes by the Obama administration to the American space program “destines our nation to become one of...
Apr 26, 2010 | Blog, Education, Education Station, Exploration, NASA
Source: The Houston Chronicle Houston astronaut asks youths to give views on exploration Houston’s only native astronaut is reaching out to the next generation of Space City children to learn what NASA can do to motivate them. Shannon Walker, who will launch...
Apr 25, 2010 | Education, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Space Research, The Moon
Odyssey magazine has devoted their April issue to “Fly Me to the Moons” – including a heavy dose of exploring Earth’s next-door neighbor – our own Moon. Odyssey is an award-winning science magazine for young people ages 10 to above (grades 5 and up) and features...
Apr 23, 2010 | Blog, Education, Education Station, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope
Source: Universe Today The Hubble Space Telescope is 20 years old on Saturday and, to mark this anniversary, all the world’s space and astronomy fans have a chance to become part of the Hubble team. As part of the birthday celebrations NASA’s Space Telescope...
Apr 23, 2010 | Blog, Exploration, NASA
Source: The Hill Congressional opposition to the president’s proposed budget for NASA stiffened on Thursday, as top Republican appropriators accused the White House of attempting to rob the agency of its mission. While President Barack Obama retooled NASA’s spending...