Oct 11, 2010 | Augustine Committee, Commercial Space, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Mars, Space and Science, The Moon
President Obama on Monday signed the 2010 NASA Authorization bill, providing the space agency with a three-year road map that includes work on a new heavy lift rocket and multi-purpose crew vehicle for future deep space missions as well as funding to support...
Oct 10, 2010 | International Space Station, NASA, Space and Science
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American successfully docked with the International Space Station late on Saturday, restoring the orbital outpost to a full complement of six astronauts for the first time since Sept. 25. The linkup occurred on...
Oct 9, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Our Solar System, Space and Science
There’s heightened excitement by officials at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Analysis of the tiny contents within the Hayabusa sample capsule that returned to Earth from asteroid Itokawa may indeed be minute particles of the visited space rock....
Oct 8, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science, Space Research
Titan is Saturn’s largest moon, enshrouded by a smog-like haze. Work by a University of Arizona (UA) research team has simulated that haze, finding amino acids and nucleotide bases – the most important ingredients of life on Earth. “Our team is the first to be able to...
Oct 8, 2010 | Commercial Space, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Mars, Space and Science
A Rasmussen Reports poll unveiled this week reveals some rather dramatic shifts in public opinion this year in favor of NASA and the agency’s endeavors in human as well as robotic space exploration. The changes unfolded during a on going debate among lawmakers...
Oct 6, 2010 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Exploration, NASA, Space and Science
Space Manufacturing 14: Critical Technologies for Space Settlement will be held at NASA Ames Conference Center in Mountain View, CA, October 30 and 31, 2010. Attendance will be limited to 200 participants. (Non-US Citizens, please allow 30 days for approvals to...
Oct 6, 2010 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Exploration, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research, The Moon
NASA’s 2009 Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, was honored Tuesday night in New York City as the recipient of a Breakthrough award for innovation in science and technology from Popular Mechanics Magazine. The lunar probe was launched on...
Oct 5, 2010 | Blog, China, Education Station, Exploration, Mars, NASA, Space and Science
BOULDER, Colorado – An innovative NASA Mars Orbiter is moving into the development stage. The mission is NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, or MAVEN for short. It will probe the past climate of Mars, including its potential for harboring life over...
Sep 29, 2010 | Education, Exploration, NASA, Space and Science
Some of the nation’s leading experts in science, technology and innovation warned the House Science and Technology Committee on Wednesday that the United States is continuing to lose its global pre-eminence in science and engineering, a trend that will have...
Sep 29, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, European Space Agency, International Cooperation, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science
Just down from space to Earth ground control: Images of some of the largest clouds that cameras on the Cassini spacecraft have yet seen on Titan! According to Carolyn Porco, Cassini Imaging Team Leader and Director of the Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for...