Aug 20, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Canadian Space Agency, Education Station, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, Our Solar System, Space and Science, Space Race, The Moon, Why Space
A new report has been released, the Global Exploration Roadmap for 2013, an action plan for space exploration. The Global Exploration Roadmap is being developed by space agencies participating in the International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG): Italy,...
Aug 19, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, NASA, Space Research, Why Space
A research project — Resonant Inductive Near-field Generation System, or RINGS – is a new electromagnetic propulsion technology. The idea could revolutionize the capabilities of satellites and future spacecraft by reducing reliance on propellants and extending...
Aug 16, 2013 | Exploration, International Space Station, Roscosmos, Space and Science, Space Research
Cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Alexander Misurkin strung power and data cables outside the International Space Station’s Russian segment on Friday to provide Russia’s future Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module with electricity and Ethernet connectivity...
Aug 9, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Canadian Space Agency, Exploration, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, Space and Science, Space Research
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station welcomed the arrival of a Japanese re-supply capsule on Friday. NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, positioned at the controls of the station’s Canadian robot arm, captured the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s...
Jul 31, 2013 | Asteroid Exploration, Benefits of Space Exploration, Education, Exploration, International Space Station, Mars, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research
The U. S. Curiosity rover will mark a triumphant first anniversary on the surface of Mars on Tuesday, Aug. 6. The anniversary activities will include a live NASA Webcast featuring top agency officials as well as astronauts aboard the International Space Station...
Jul 28, 2013 | Exploration, International Space Station, NASA, Roscosmos, Space Research
Russia’s Progress 52 supply capsule docked with the International Space Station late Saturday, delivering a NASA tool kit to deal with the worrisome water leak that cut short a July 16 spacewalk by European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano among the 2.8...
Jul 25, 2013 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, Multimedia, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research, Why Space
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and Bella Gaia are launching a short film titled Hotspots to Hopespots – a multimedia presentation of scientific data and images on the planet’s changing environment. As changes to ecosystems and the...
Jul 23, 2013 | Exploration, International Space Station, NASA, Planet Earth
NASA appointed a Mishap Investigation Board on Tuesday to unravel a July 16 space suit leak that released at least a liter of water, much of it into the helmet of European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano. NASA’s Mission Control was forced to short...
Jul 17, 2013 | European Space Agency, Exploration, International Space Station, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research
European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano joined in a NASA investigation of the leak that allowed one to two liters of water to seep into his space suit and helmet during a spacewalk with NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy on Tuesday. The planned six to seven hour...
Jul 4, 2013 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, Multimedia, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Tourism
A creative new website is available from NASA that can help improve your own feature-spotting skills and geographical knowledge about our planet – a plus in readying yourself for your own space tourism flight in Earth orbit. Meanwhile, you can also help the Crew Earth...