Sep 27, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space and Science
New images from NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity show the robot now studying a dark rock on the red planet, thought to be an iron meteorite. The toaster-sized rock is being given a scientific look by Opportunity’s robot arm that’s laden with instruments....
Sep 25, 2010 | International Space Station, NASA, Uncategorized
International Space Station crew members Alexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Kornienko of Russia and Tracy Caldwell Dyson on NASA made a safe descent to Earth early Saturday, touching down in north central Kazakhstan to end a 176 day mission. The Soyuz carrying the three...
Sep 24, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science
NASA’s Mars Opportunity rover has rolled into close rendezvous with a likely meteorite. The object was seen from a distance, with scientists commanding the robot to scoot on by the possible space rock. Opportunity will be used to further analyze the rock. At first...
Sep 24, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science
A celestial light show has been captured by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft as it explores ringed Saturn and its entourage of moons. A new movie and images have been made using spacecraft data that show Saturn’s shimmering aurora over a two-day period. “Saturn’s auroras are...
Sep 24, 2010 | International Space Station, NASA
International Space Station astronauts Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Alexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Kornienko were unable to make their scheduled descent to Earth late Thursday because of a problem with the latching mechanism that secures their spacecraft to the orbiting...
Sep 23, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA
Opportunity is NASA’s Mars rover on the go – and is rolling into place to inspect its latest find. Scientists believe the rover has come across a possible iron meteorite en route to during its ongoing trek to a new exploration site – the rim of Endeavor crater,...
Sep 22, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space and Science
NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover appears to have found a possible iron meteorite during its ongoing trek to a new exploration site. Scientists are commanding the robot to roll itself over to obtain close-up imagery of the toaster-sized rock. NASA’s Opportunity rover has...
Sep 20, 2010 | Blog, Education, Education Station, Kids Space, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research
Here’s a high-flying mix: Newton’s Laws of Motion, teachers and ping pong balls. Thanks to the Northrop Grumman Corporation Foundation, a novel science experiment was recently held in Cincinnati skies, making use of Zero Gravity Corporation’s aircraft. The flight was...
Sep 17, 2010 | International Space Station, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Uncategorized
The Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico came alive this week with multiple hurricanes, with two of the tropical cyclones reaching Category 4 force at one point — a rare occurrence. Cameras aboard the International Space Station captured close up images of Igor,...
Sep 17, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Mars, NASA, Space and Science
NASA’s next Mars rover – Curiosity – is undergoing rigorous testing by engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Also known as the Mars Science Laboratory, the six-wheeled machine will depart Florida in late 2011, headed for a landing on...