Dec 26, 2011 | Blog, Comets, Education, Education Station, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, Kids Space, Our Solar System, Space and Science, The Moon, The Sun
The explosion in mobile apps in the last few years has meant that many new astronomy applications have become available. Thanks to Andrew Fraknoi of Foothill College in California, a first catalog has been assembled that lists a variety of apps for displaying and...
Dec 25, 2011 | Asteroid Exploration, Canadian Space Agency, China, Commercial Space, European Space Agency, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Mars, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Roscosmos, The Moon
A year of milestones in human spaceflight, some tinged with nostalgia, is drawing to a close. The New Year opens with the U. S.and its global partners settled in Earth orbit, and a NASA strategy for the future human exploration of deep space starting to gel. In...
Nov 19, 2011 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Space Station, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Tourism, The Moon, Why Space
Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration opens today, organized by the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The just-opened exhibit launches visitors into the exciting future of space exploration as it boldly examines humanity’s next steps “out...
Oct 20, 2011 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Comets, Education, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science, The Moon, Uncategorized
NASA’s Spitzer space telescope has unveiled what may be a “nearby” replay of the same violent processes that unfolded in our own solar system billions of years ago. Imagery from the infrared observatory has spotted a stream of comets raining down on...
Oct 8, 2011 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Space Station, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space Tourism
It is being called the newest form of “agritainment”. In a special outreach titled Space Farm 7, seven of the nation’s top agritourism farms have been selected to celebrate and honor the U.S. space program in collaboration with NASA this fall. Each farm has planted...
Sep 9, 2011 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Space Station, Kids Space, NASA
For the moment, forget crop circles and off-Earth aliens playing havoc with a farmer’s real estate! Here’s a new and more down to Earth space-farm connection. In collaboration with NASA, seven farms across the U.S. will invite the public to get lost in space this...
Aug 29, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Kids Space, Mars, Space Research
Stuffing the food pantry for the first voyagers to strike out for Mars is no easy task. That’s the word from Maya Cooper, a senior research scientist at the NASA Johnson Space Center in the Space Food Systems Laboratory in Houston, Texas. Maya has reported that...
Aug 14, 2011 | Education, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Space Research
NASA on Monday is making approximately 2,000 artifacts from the shuttle-era and earlier spaceflight programs available for display at NASA visitor centers as well as qualified museums, libraries, planetariums and other venues. The agency will accept requests...
Jul 25, 2011 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, NASA, Space Shuttle
Check out this just issued and impressive video from the Nature Video Channel. NASA’s 30-year Space Transportation System (STS) program came to an end on 21st July 2011. The Space Shuttle fleet delivered the Hubble Space Telescope, the International Space Station, and...
Jul 23, 2011 | Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Mars, Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, Planet Earth, The Moon, The Sun
The crew of NASA’s final shuttle mission completed the last leg of their mission on Friday, as they returned to Houston, where hundreds from the Texas city welcomed them back as colleagues and neighbors. Neither the rush hour traffic nor the high heat seemed...