Dec 22, 2010 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Commercial Space, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research
NASA offered strong evidence on Wednesday that its missions and activities represent long range investments in breakthrough technologies that demonstrate down-to-Earth benefits for the vast majority of us – the men and women who will never see the inside of a...
Dec 21, 2010 | Education, Exploration, Planet Earth, Space and Science, The Moon, The Sun
The full lunar eclipse of Monday night and early Tuesday was spectacular, according to eye witness accounts gathered by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and others. “Was spectacular,” said one witness from the Dominican Republic who participated...
Dec 21, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science
A team of newly arrived rock hounds are on the ice! They are researchers taking part in the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) program. Their job during the 2010-2011 field season is to recover meteorite samples from the Antarctic. ANSMET field work has been...
Dec 20, 2010 | Education, Exploration, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science, The Moon, The Sun
North America is in for a celestial treat late Monday and early Tuesday, Dec. 20-21, as the moon enters a full eclipse. The overnight event starts at 12:29 a.m., EST, which is 5:29 UTC. That’s when the Earth’s shadow begins to fall across the lunar...
Dec 17, 2010 | International Cooperation, International Space Station, NASA, Space and Science
A multi-national crew of astronauts docked with the International Space Station on Friday, restoring the number of men and woman living aboard the orbiting laboratory to six. NASA’s Catherine Coleman, Dmitry Kondratyev of Russia and European Space Agency...
Dec 16, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Space and Science
Dive in on data gleaned by NASA’s Kepler mission – on the lookout for planets beyond our own solar system – and help professional astronomers in their search for Earth-like planet. Web users around the globe can join a new online citizen science project. The effort is...
Dec 14, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research, The Sun
See the Sun like never before – and no shades needed! A new software tool is available from the European Space Agency (ESA), allowing online lookers to view the entire library of imagery from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). SOHO is a project of...
Dec 14, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science, The Sun
Launched back in 1977, the 33-year odyssey of NASA’s Voyager 1continues, chalking up another milestone. The spacecraft has reached a distant point at the edge of our solar system where there is no outward motion of solar wind. Voyager 1 has crossed into an area where...
Dec 14, 2010 | Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research, Uncategorized
Soon, NASA will have its first chief science officer in five years. Waleed Abdalati, director of the University of Colorado’s Earth Science and Observation Center, will take the NASA post, effective Jan. 3. Abdalati, a 10-year NASA veteran will serve as a top...
Dec 8, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Kids Space, Our Solar System, Space and Science
Japan’s Venus orbiter — the AKATSUKI spacecraft — has failed to reach an intended orbit insertion around the veiled planet. Officials at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have announced that the planned December 7 injection into Venus orbit was...