Aug 12, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Cooperation, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research, Why Space
What does a Canadian mine more than a mile underground have to do with dark matter in the universe? This month, scientists are putting in place a bubble chamber in the Canadian mine – part of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) in Ontario, Canada. Scientists...
Jun 18, 2010 | Blog, Hubble Space Telescope, International Space Station, NASA
Source: Telegraph.co.uk Satellites such as the Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space Station are under new threat from the most powerful meteor storm in more than a decade, Nasa scientists have warned. Astronomers believe the seven-hour bombardment from...
Jun 2, 2010 | Hubble Space Telescope, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Uncategorized
The first African-American space traveler is among four men and women who will be inducted into the U. S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in Titusville, Fla., on Saturday (June 5). Guion Bluford, now 67, earned the distinction on Aug. 30, 1983, as he lifted off on the eighth...
May 9, 2010 | Constellation Program, Hubble Space Telescope, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Uncategorized
Shuttle Atlantis is nearing a lift off for the 32nd and likely the last time on Friday, May 14, a strong indication that NASA’s shuttle program is nearing the retirement envisioned by the nation’s top policy makers in the aftermath of the 2003 shuttle...
Apr 27, 2010 | Education Station, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science
It’s called “forward contamination” in terms of inadvertently sending Earth bacteria to other worlds. Indeed, fouling the nest of say Mars – perhaps a niche for microbial life – is a concern of NASA researchers. New research published in the April issue of the journal...
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 | Blog, Hubble Space Telescope, NASA
Source: The Houston Chronicle Two decades ago today space shuttle Discovery launched from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, carrying the Hubble Space Telescope in its payload bay. Among the mission’s five NASA astronauts was Steven Hawley, an astronomer now...
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 22, 2010 | Blog, Hubble Space Telescope, NASA
Source: The Atlantic In addition to marking the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, this week also marks the 20th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope — the first of NASA’s four “great observatories” launched to observe the...
Apr 21, 2010 | Blog, Education, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, NASA
Source: New Scientist Twenty years after its launch, the Hubble Space Telescope’s spectacular images are a familiar sight. Yet it is incredible that the observatory has survived this long, given the near-death experiences it has faced along the way, says David...