Oct 10, 2013 | Education, Exploration, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Race, The Moon
NASA Mercury 7 astronaut Scott Carpenter, who in May 1962 became the second American to orbit the Earth, died Thursday. Carpenter, 88, was hospitalized in his home state of Colorado after suffering a stroke in September. The multi-dimensional Carpenter launched...
Sep 28, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Kids Space, Mars, Space Race, The Moon
Russia in Space – The Past Explained, The Future Explored by Anatoly Zak; Apogee Prime; Burlington, Ontario, Canada; $49.95 (soft cover); July 2013. Get this book! This is an impressive, artfully done and seminal masterpiece. The 316-page, large format volume is a...
Sep 26, 2013 | Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, Space Race, Spaceports
Swiss Space Systems (S3) is on a quest to manufacture, certify and operate automated suborbital spaceplanes for small satellite deployment. S3 has announced they have partnered with Bauman Moscow State Technical University (BMSTU) adding to its cadre of technical...
Sep 22, 2013 | Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Space and Science, Space Race, Space Research
Rocket Girl: The Story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America’s First Female Rocket Scientist by George D. Morgan; Prometheus Books; Amherst, New York; $18.00 (soft cover); July 2013. No doubt, many have been absorbed by Homer Hickam’s Rocket Boys (also known as October...
Sep 22, 2013 | Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Multimedia, NASA, Space Race, Space Research, The Moon
Government/private sector collaboration is helping to foster the development of commercial, low-cost missions to the Moon. NASA Marshall Space Flight Center is collaborating with Moon Express, Inc. to test the company’s flight software on NASA’s “Mighty Eagle”...
Sep 14, 2013 | Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, NASA, Space Race, Space Research, Spaceports
UPDATE: Launch date slip Following a launch review meeting held earlier this morning, Orbital’s Antares team has decided to postpone the launch of the COTS Demonstration mission from Wallops Island, VA by at least 24 hours. The combination of yesterday’s poor weather...
Sep 10, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Exploration, International Space Station, Mars, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Race
Three U. S. and Russian astronauts concluded a 5 1/2 month stay aboard the International Space Station late Tuesday, as their Soyuz capsule descended safely to Earth, touching down under parachute in Kazakhstan. NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and cosmonauts Pavel...
Sep 6, 2013 | Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Space Race, Space Research, Space Tourism, Why Space
The sky above the Mojave Air and Space Port in California was the scene for another test flight of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo – the reusable space plane destined to carry tourists to the edge of space. The September 5 flight – the vehicle’s second powered flight,...
Aug 22, 2013 | Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, NASA, Space Race, Space Research
NASA partner Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) of Louisville, Colo., successfully completed a captive-carry test of the firm’s Dream Chaser spacecraft today at the agency’s Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif. It’s another milestone achieved under the...
Aug 20, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Canadian Space Agency, Education Station, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, Our Solar System, Space and Science, Space Race, The Moon, Why Space
A new report has been released, the Global Exploration Roadmap for 2013, an action plan for space exploration. The Global Exploration Roadmap is being developed by space agencies participating in the International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG): Italy,...