Second NASA Curiosity Mission Would Seek Evidence of Past Life on Mars

Jul 11, 2013 | Asteroid Exploration, Benefits of Space Exploration, Comets, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, Mars, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Roscosmos, Space and Science

NASA is refining plans for a second SUV-sized Curiosity rover mission to Mars in 2020 that would search for evidence of past biological activity, a potential international enterprise whose results may address the prospects for life elsewhere in the solar system and...

Atlantis Exhibit Makes Weekend Debut

Jun 28, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Commercial Space, Education, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Mars, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Space and Science, Space Tourism

  Orbiter Atlantis, a veteran of 33 NASA shuttle missions, goes on public display in Central Florida on Saturday as the centerpiece of a $100 million Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex exhibit.   More than 40 astronauts, including NASA Administrator...

NASA Asteroid Retrieval Mission Becomes Global Grand Challenge

Jun 19, 2013 | Asteroid Exploration, Benefits of Space Exploration, Exploration, International Cooperation, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research, The Moon

NASA’s proposed asteroid identification and redirect mission proposal was elevated to “Grand Challenge” status in Washington on Tuesday by the Obama Administration. The featured theme of President Obama’s proposed 2014 NASA budget is now on par...

Book Review: The Little Book of Space Law

May 28, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Asteroid Exploration, Blog, Book Reviews, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, NASA, Space Research, Space Shuttle, Space Tourism, The Moon, Why Space

The Little Book of Space Law by Matthew J. Kleiman; ABA Book Publishing; Bolingbrook, Illinois; $19.95 (Regular)/$17.95 (American Bar Association Member); 2013. This is an excellent and very readable treatment regarding space law – the international and national laws...

House Panel Greets NASA Asteroid Plan With Skepticism, Favors Moon as Next Step to Mars

May 22, 2013 | Asteroid Exploration, Benefits of Space Exploration, Constellation Program, Exploration, International Cooperation, Mars, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research, The Moon

    Plans to robotically capture and corral a small asteroid into a stable lunar orbit so it can be explored byU. S.astronauts as early as 2021 got a chilly reception as the strategy was outlined Tuesday before the House Space Subcommittee, a NASA oversight...

All Aboard! Send Your Name, Message to an Asteroid

Apr 1, 2013 | Asteroid Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Kids Space, Multimedia, Our Solar System, Space Research

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is preparing for launch its Hayabusa2 spacecraft – set to depart in 2014 then land on an asteroid in 2018. Then the mission will return samples of the space rock back to Earth in 2020. JAXA has opened up a Haybusa2 name...

Telltale Clues: Solar System Impact Bombardment

Mar 25, 2013 | Ask the Experts — Answers, Asteroid Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science, The Moon, Why Space

Howardites and eucrites are meteorite classifications, both of which are providing surprising clues to solar system-wide impact bombardment billions of years ago. New research unveils an unexpected link between asteroid Vesta and the Moon, providing new means for...