Aug 4, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space and Science
Just relayed imagery from NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover show it making progress on its long distance trek toward Endeavour crater. Back here on Earth, operators of the rover have had Endeavour in their sights since the summer of 2008, when the wheeled machinery on...
Aug 2, 2010 | Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science, Why Space
Voyager: Seeking Newer Worlds in the Third Great Age of Discovery by Stephen J. Pyne; Viking/Penguin Group (USA); New York, New York; (hard cover); $29.95; 2010. This is an exceptional book by an award-winning environmental historian and author – a volume that...
Aug 2, 2010 | Blog, Exploration, NASA, Space and Science, This Week in Space
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Jul 29, 2010 | International Space Station, NASA, Our Solar System, Why Space
HONOLULU, Hawaii — There is a rapid emergence of citizen science and social networks that yields an exciting new means to become better stewards of our planet. It’s called Community Remote Sensing (CRS) – a new field that combines remote sensing with...
Jul 29, 2010 | Mars, NASA, Space and Science
NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has spotted and photographed its first Dust Devil. The grainy black and white image was snapped by the rover’s camera on July 15, one day after a Martian breeze cleared Opportunity’s solar arrays of dust, producing a...
Jul 27, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science
The NASA Advisory Council’s Ad-Hoc Task Force on Planetary Defense is grappling with a set of recommendations – one of which could have the space agency set up a coordination office to help protect Earth from Near Earth Objects (NEOs). A special seven-person...
Jul 22, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science
If you’ve lost count, since the 1990s, over 450 extrasolar planets have been detected circling nearby stars. But most of them are large, Jupiter-sized worlds. New advances in technology are fueling the hunt to find smaller, rocky planets that resemble Earth...
Jul 22, 2010 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education, Education Station, Exploration, NASA, Space and Science, Space Race
Cape Canaveral, Fla., the United State’s premier site for the launching of rockets and astronauts, marks the 60th anniversary of its first lift off on Saturday (July 24th, 2010). On July 24, 1950, a 62-foot long V-2 rocket rose in a low arc from a very primitive...
Jul 21, 2010 | Blog, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, NASA News, Newsroom, Our Solar System, Space and Science, Space Research, The Moon, Why Space
Earth’s Moon – surprising revelations! Credit: NASA Mountain View, California — Hundreds of researchers have gathered here at the NASA Lunar Science Institute at the space agency’s Ames Research Center. They are taking part this week in the 3rd...
Jul 17, 2010 | Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, NASA, NASA News, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Shuttle
Credit: NASA History Division NASA’s First 50 Years – Historical Perspectives by Steven Dick, editor; NASA Special Publication (SP-2010-4704); U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. ; (hard cover) ; $79.00; 2010 This impressive and scholarly volume is...