Attention Space Tourists: Seats Available
A memorandum of agreement between the Boeing Company and space tourist company, Space Adventures, may lead to passenger seats available on Boeing’s Crew Space Transportation-100 (CST-100) spacecraft to LEO. Boeing and Space Adventures have not yet set a price per seat...Greenhouse for the Moon, Mars Demonstrated
How does your garden grow…if you’re on the Moon or Mars? Answering that question is on the scientific menu of researchers at the University of Arizona (UA) Controlled Environment Agriculture Center (CEAC). They are demonstrating that plants from Earth could be grown...Mars Rover on a Roll
NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity continues its trek toward the long-term destination of Endeavour Crater. The camera system toted by the robot can view portions of Endeavour Crater’s rim on the horizon. During stops, Opportunity is also using its microscope...Space Station to Probe for Antimatter
The largest scientific instrument to be installed on the International Space Station (ISS) is being readied for flight to the orbiting complex early next year. The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) is a state-of-the-art particle physics detector. The AMS-02 will...China Readies Next Moon Orbiter
China is on track to launch its next Moon orbiter – Chang’e-2. The lunar probe is to be launched at the end of the year, according to Xinhua, a Chinese news agency. Chang’e-2 follows China’s first lunar mission, a spacecraft that carried out 16-months of research...Desert RATS Rover Mobile, but Rustic
Astronaut Stan Love and NASA geologist Jake Bleacher have wrapped up their Desert RATS Space Exploration Rover test drive with some pretty down to Earth impressions of the prototype for a mobile habitat that would enable new generations of explorers to traverse the...First Photo! NASA Deep Impact Spacecraft Eyes Comet Target
Sixty days before its flyby, NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft has snapped a picture of its quarry – comet Hartley 2. The spacecraft is on track for a November 4 flyby of the comet, ready to inspect Hartley 2 for over two months. The spacecraft is on an extended...Asteroids – Tantalizing Targets for Exploration
Thanks to data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, scientists are finding out that asteroids somewhat near Earth – termed Near-Earth Objects, or NEOs – come in all sorts of colors and compositions. Getting to know these space rocks is a step closer in dispatching...James Webb Space Telescope Task: Spotting Exo-planet Volcanoes
One new assignment for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope: Spot erupting volcanoes on rocky worlds orbiting distant stars. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large, infrared-optimized space telescope, scheduled for launch in 2014. JWST will find the first...Space Talk
This eclipse? Two stars ⭐️⭐️
The TESS mission is using a particular kind of stellar event — pairs of stars mutually eclipsing each other — to identify planets beyond our solar system. This allows TESS to identify exoplanets we wouldn't otherwise see.
https://go.nasa.gov/4daBKFY
CASTING WITH COPS – FREE KIDS FISHING EVENT!
The Titusville Police Department is excited to host Casting With Cops, a fun-filled community fishing event designed to bring law enforcement officers and families together while teaching kids the basics of fishing and enjoying the
The Tianzhou 9 cargo spacecraft departed from the #Tiangong space station @CNSpaceStation on Wednesday afternoon and has re-entered the Earth's atmosphere in a controlled manner. #TechChina #space
@NASAArtemis @NASA Late addition: NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this look at a gully and house-sized boulders near the Red Planet's Hellas basin on April 4.
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mars-reconnaissance-orbiter/
