Sep 27, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Benefits of Space Exploration, Education, Exploration, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, Roscosmos, Why Space
International Space Station commander Mike Fossum, a NASA astronaut, took a series of wide ranging questions from middle school students on Tuesday. The students are participants in the Hispanic Engineering, Science and Technical Conference at the University of...
Sep 25, 2011 | Canadian Space Agency, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Mars, NASA, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Roscosmos, Space Research, The Moon
A collaboration among 12 national space agencies, including NASA — and working under the wing of the International Space Exploration Coordination Group believes so. They established a blue print, The Global Exploration Roadmap, which was made public...
Sep 22, 2011 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Commercial Space, Education, Exploration, International Space Station, Mars, NASA, Space and Science, Space Shuttle, The Moon
The first and last of the Apollo program astronauts who walked on the moon urged the House Science, Space and Technology Committee on Thursday to ramp up support for NASA’s human exploration efforts. Neil Armstrong, who commanded the July 1969...
Sep 16, 2011 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Exploration, International Space Station, Mars, Space Research
NASA medical, psychological and engineering experts who leaped to the aide of 33 trapped Chilean miners in 2010 were recognized this week for their contributions to a successful rescue effort with the National Security and International Affairs Medal, an annual award...
Sep 16, 2011 | Canadian Space Agency, European Space Agency, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, Roscosmos, Space and Science
Human operations aboard the International Space Station will continue uninterrupted under a new Russian Soyuz launch strategy announced Thursday, following a meeting of the NASA-led Space Station Control Board. The station’s 15-nation partnership faced...
Sep 12, 2011 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Canadian Space Agency, Commercial Space, Education, European Space Agency, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, Roscosmos, Space and Science, Space Research
NASA has completed negotiations with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, the Florida-based nonprofit group selected by the space agency earlier this year to manage the U. S. National Laboratory segment of the International Space Station. CASIS...
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...
Sep 7, 2011 | Commercial Space, Exploration, International Space Station, NASA, Space Research, Space Shuttle
NASA’s shrinking astronaut corps is headed toward a post shuttle era shortfall because of the demands of long duration missions aboard the International Space Station, uncertainties over the role the fliers will play in nurturing commercial space...
Sep 2, 2011 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Canadian Space Agency, Commercial Space, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research, Space Shuttle, The Moon
It’s been a big week for robots living outside as well as inside the International Space Station. Robonaut 2, NASA’s humanoid collaboration with U. S. automaker General Motors, however, may have to take a temporary backseat to DEXTRE, the two-armed Canadian...
Sep 1, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, International Cooperation, International Space Station, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science
A blue ribbon panel of experts has reported that NASA needs a strategic plan to manage orbital debris efforts. Furthermore, they report that risks are increasing for satellites and the International Space Station. The report — Limiting Future Collision...