May 12, 2010 | Education, Education Station, Exploration, Space and Science, Space Research
Source: Mashable.com From robotics to space research, from physics to computer science, the Internet is a vast trove of information about the sciences. Resources such as Wikipedia (and its easy-on-younger-minds counterpart, Simple English Wikipedia) and online video...
May 7, 2010 | Commercial Space, Education, Education Station, Kids Space, Space and Science, Space Research, Spaceports, Uncategorized
Photo credit: Bob Martin KRQE Television SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico -A suite of student-built experiments received “high marks” thanks to a boost into space earlier this week to celebrate a New Mexico Second Annual Education Launch. An UP Aerospace SpaceLoft XL...
May 6, 2010 | Coalition News, Space and Science, Space Shuttle
From SpaceflightNow.com: NASA clears shuttle Atlantis for a May 14 lift off on the 25-year-old orbiter’s final scheduled mission. The launching period will last through May 18. After four launch attempts in five day, the 12-day flight will slip to late June to...
May 6, 2010 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Coalition News, Exploration, NASA, Space and Science, Space Shuttle
From the Orlando Sentinel — It’s been less than a month since President Obama outlined his space policy in a Florida speech (April 15 at the Kennedy Space Center). However, it appears the White House direction has little traction, according to the OS....
May 3, 2010 | Blog, Exploration, NASA, Space and Science
Source: Spaceflight Now Scientists are proposing splitting an ambitious multibillion-dollar mission to return samples from Mars into three pieces to ease budget concerns, officials said this week. Speaking to reporters from an astrobiology conference in Houston,...
Apr 30, 2010 | Blog, International Space Station, Space and Science
Source: Spaceflight Now A three-day orbital chase by a robotic cargo freighter to catch the International Space Station began today with successful launch of the Russian-made resupply ship. Flying atop a Soyuz booster, the Progress spacecraft rocketed away from the...
Apr 28, 2010 | Blog, International Space Station, Our Solar System, Space and Science
Source: Network World, Layer 8 NASA is looking for a few good experiments to run in space. The space agency this week said it was seeking research ideas from private entities to want to do research on board the International Space Station. NASA said it was looking to...
Apr 27, 2010 | Education Station, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science
It’s called “forward contamination” in terms of inadvertently sending Earth bacteria to other worlds. Indeed, fouling the nest of say Mars – perhaps a niche for microbial life – is a concern of NASA researchers. New research published in the April issue of the journal...
Apr 27, 2010 | Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Space and Science, The Moon
NASA orbiter spots Lunokhod 1 on the MoonScientists have located on the lunar surface a long lost light reflector attached to the former Soviet Union’s Lunokhod 1 rover. The French-built laser reflector was sent aboard the robotic Luna 17 mission. That craft landed on...
Apr 23, 2010 | Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Space and Science, Space Research, Space Shuttle, Spaceports
It is official. Mexico’s congress green-lighted this week the creation of a “Mexican NASA”. The new agency is called AEXA (Agencia Espacial Mexicana). AEXA will specialize in the promotion, coordination and encouragement of all matters relating to the research,...