Jun 4, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Education, European Space Agency, Hubble Space Telescope, International Space Station, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research, Space Shuttle, Why Space
Though aging, the 23-year-old Hubble Space Telescope has a new assignment in the search for planets circling other stars. In October 2014 and February 2016, Hubble will take aim at Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the sun. Previous attempts to find planets...
May 29, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Space Station, NASA, Roscosmos, Space and Science, Space Research
A Russian Soyuz crew transport with a two man, one woman crew docked with the International Space Station late Tuesday, following a second consecutive “express flight” to the 15 nation orbiting science lab. NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, cosmonaut Fyodor...
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...
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...
May 21, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Planet Earth, Space Research
Even in outer space…the beat goes on! The heart beat that is. But how best to monitor its condition on lengthy space treks, say to Mars? An engineering team of students has designed a new stethoscope for NASA to deliver accurate heart- and body-sounds to medics who...
May 16, 2013 | Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Cooperation, James Webb Space Telescope, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science, Space Shuttle, Why Space
NASA’s four year Kepler mission to search thousands of stars in the Milky Way galaxy for sun-like stars with planets that resemble the Earth has encountered a serious technical problem. A second of the four rapidly spinning internal “reaction...
May 15, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space and Science
This set of images from cameras on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter documents the appearance of a new cluster of impact craters on Mars. The orbiter has imaged at least 248 fresh craters, or crater clusters, on Mars.Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Univ. of...
May 14, 2013 | Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Kids Space, NASA, Space Race, Space Research
Sierra Nevada Corporation’s winged Dream Chaser is bound for NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Prior to Dream Chaser’s first autonomous free flight Approach and Landing Test (ALT), the craft will continue a series of tests,...
May 6, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Exploration, International Space Station, Mars, NASA, Space and Science, Space Race, The Moon
Now ranked as the most innovative place to work within the U. S. federal government, NASA on Sunday marked the 52nd anniversary of the first American spaceflight. On May 5, 1961, NASA astronaut Alan B. Shepard lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., aboard the...
May 1, 2013 | Blog, Education Station, Kids Space, Mars, Multimedia, NASA, Space Research
If you want to be outbound and onboard NASA’s next mission to Mars – better hurry. NASA is inviting members of the public to submit their names and a personal message online for a DVD to be carried aboard a spacecraft that will study the Martian upper atmosphere. The...