Oct 26, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science
If a medium-sized asteroid smacked into deep ocean waters here on Earth, what are the consequences? Elisabetta Pierazzo, a senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute (PSI) in Tucson, has some bad news. An asteroid crashing into the deep ocean could have...
Oct 23, 2010 | Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Kids Space, NASA, Space Race, Space Tourism, Spaceports
SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico – An amazing day here at Spaceport America as the New Mexico Spaceport Authority dedicated the nearly two-mile long runway – a specially-built runway to bolster the future of public space travel to the edge of space. During the...
Oct 17, 2010 | Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science
From Jars to the Stars – How Ball Came to Build a Comet-Hunting Machine by Todd Neff; Earthviewmedia; Denver, Colorado; $24.95 (trade paperback); 2010. Here’s a fascinating book that’s perfect for reading as NASA’s Deep Impact/EPOXI spacecraft makes a breathtaking...
Oct 16, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Blog, China, Education Station, Exploration, NASA, Space Race, The Moon
Following a trio of braking maneuvers, China’s Chang’E-2 orbiter is circling the Moon in a 100 kilometer by 100 kilometer orbit. The Moon probe has been transmitting science data to two ground stations back here on Earth, in Beijing and Yunnan Province. In the last...
Oct 15, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science
How best to deal with an incoming Near Earth Object – or NEO for short — is getting increased attention in Washington, D.C. It’s called planetary defense, an ability to fend off an asteroid on a trajectory that will strike Earth. That vision has moved from...
Oct 13, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Blog, China, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, NASA, Space and Science, Space Race
NASA’s leader, Charles Bolden, is ready to visit China at the invite of the Director of the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO). Bolden will travel to that country October 16-21. During his visit, NASA’s Bolden is expected to conduct site sojourns to Chinese...
Oct 11, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, features, NASA, Newsroom, Press Releases, Space and Science
The Coalition for Space Exploration (Coalition) is pleased that President Obama signed the FY2011 NASA Authorization Act into law today. This marks yet another critical step for NASA to achieve a bold and sustainable approach for the future. Additionally, it further...
Oct 11, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, NASA
On your next camping trip to a national park, take a look skyward and connect with the International Space Station (ISS). NASA and the U.S. Department of Interior’s Park Service have partnered to share information with park visitors about where and when to look up to...
Oct 10, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, NASA, Planet Earth
Trapped underground since early August, thirty-three miners in Chile will be using a modified NASA-designed rescue capsule – able to bring each miner topside from over 2,000 feet below ground. News reports have spotlighted the efforts of NASA engineer Clinton Cragg,...
Oct 10, 2010 | International Space Station, NASA, Space and Science
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American successfully docked with the International Space Station late on Saturday, restoring the orbital outpost to a full complement of six astronauts for the first time since Sept. 25. The linkup occurred on...