Mar 13, 2012 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, European Space Agency, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Planet Earth, The Sun
Hear, Hear: What’s a Solar Storm Sound Like? A “sonification” of measurements taken during a solar storm is data taken from NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft at Mercury, as well as from NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), which is about 1 million miles from...
Mar 12, 2012 | Ask the Expert, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research, Why Space
The Elusive WOW – Searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligence by Robert Gray; Palmer Square Press; Chicago, Illinois; $29.95 (hard cover); December 2011. Don’t let this book escape your radar screen. The author has put together a telling tale here of an incident in...
Mar 9, 2012 | Asteroid Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science
Newly upgraded eyes are going to be scoping out the heavens, on the prowl for asteroids that might cross the Earth’s path someday. NASA is awarding $4.1 million to the Catalina Sky Survey — or CSS — a University of Arizona-based program. The money will...
Mar 3, 2012 | Blog, Education Station, Kids Space, NASA, Planet Earth
The severe weather ravaging the central and eastern U.S. has been captured by a weather satellite. NASA has created an animation of data from NOAA’s GOES-13 satellite that shows the frontal system pushing east as it generated severe weather in Ohio, Kentucky,...
Feb 28, 2012 | Asteroid Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, The Moon
The Moon is a witness plate of a time when asteroids pummeled the Earth and Moon 4 billion years ago. New lunar data has revealed evidence about that process so long ago. Using information gleaned from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter — an instrument on NASA’s...
Feb 20, 2012 | Exploration, International Space Station, Mars, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Race, The Moon
Mercury astronaut John Glenn joined top NASA leaders in Ohio on Monday to mark the 50th anniversary of his historic three orbit mission around the Earth, with a look to the nation’s future in space. The NASA Future Forum at Ohio State University...
Feb 13, 2012 | Exploration, NASA, Planet Earth, Shuttle Discovery, The Moon, Uncategorized
Mercury astronaut John Glenn, an accomplished Marine Corps aviator with deep Midwestern roots and a winning smile, became the first American to circle the Earth on Feb. 20, 1962. Now 90, Glenn plans to mark the 50th anniversary of the historic flight in Cape...
Feb 4, 2012 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, NASA, Planet Earth, The Moon
NASA’s Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth has issued a fascinating video, courtesy of the crew of Expedition 30 on board the International Space Station (ISS). The sequence of shots was taken January 9, 2012 from 11:45:52 to 11:55:44 GMT, on a pass over the...
Feb 1, 2012 | Ask the Expert, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Shuttle
It is known as the Flame Extinguishment Experiment, or FLEX for short. The work on improving fire-fighting techniques in space is being done on the Destiny module of the International Space Station. While important for human space travelers, the experiments on the ISS...
Jan 25, 2012 | Ask the Experts — Answers, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, The Sun
Talk about your sunny disposition! The Sun is brewing with activity following one of the longest and weakest periods of action in many cycles In late January 2012, our nearest star offered a preview of coming attractions in the solar maximum of 2012–13. The...