Mar 18, 2012 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Space Race
Here’s a retro-fire back into the space-time continuum. It was on this day, back on March 18, 1965, that the first spacewalk – or extravehicular activity (EVA) took place. Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov left his Voskhod 2 capsule and floated about for several minutes...
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 11, 2012 | Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Space and Science, Space Race, The Moon, Why Space
New Horizons: Edition Apollo 104 Poster Set, By Robert Godwin; Apogee Books, Canada; $49.95; 2011. This is Apollo on steroids…panoramic photography on the Moon. It is imagery that you’ve never experienced. The folks at Apogee Books have done an incredible job of...
Dec 29, 2011 | Blog, China, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, Space Race, The Moon
A sweeping look at China’s past and future space agenda has been issued by that country’s State Council Information Office. The white paper issued today is titled China’s Space Activities in 2011, but casts an eye forward as to where the spacefaring nation is headed....
Dec 3, 2011 | Blog, Book Reviews, Comets, Education Station, Exploration, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space Race, The Moon, Why Space
When Biospheres Collide – A History of NASA’s Planetary Protection Programs by Michael Meltzer; NASA History Program Office (NASA SP-2011 – 4234), Washington, D.C.; 2011. Note: Available as NASA e-Book. This is an absorbing look at a topic that receives little...
Nov 16, 2011 | Blog, China, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Space Race
Helicopters, aerial and ground search teams are on standby mode ready to recover the Shenzhou 8 unmanned spacecraft. That craft was used for docking to the prototype space lab, Tiangong 1. The unpiloted spaceship is to touch down in the main landing field in north...
Nov 12, 2011 | Blog, Book Reviews, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Space and Science, Space Race, Space Research, Space Tourism, Spaceports
Out of This World – New Mexico’s Contributions to Space Travel by Loretta Hall; Rio Grande Books, Los Ranchos, New Mexico; $19.95 (Paperback); 2011. For a good many readers, I’m sure you’re hungry to slip into a spacesuit and head for the heavens. No doubt you are...
Nov 1, 2011 | Blog, China, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, Space Race
China has lofted an unpiloted Shenzhou 8 spaceship from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia. The plan calls for Shenzhou 8 to dock with the previously-launched Tiangong 1 platform. After approximately 17 days in space, Shenzhou or “Divine Craft” will...
Oct 31, 2011 | Blog, China, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Space Race
China space officials are ready to fly their first space rendezvous and docking tests with the Tiangong 1target vehicle, a craft that was lofted on September 29. An unpiloted Shenzhou 8 spaceship is scheduled to be launched at 5:58:07 a.m. (local time) on November...
Oct 7, 2011 | Blog, China, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Space Race
China is set to conduct its first space rendezvous and docking mission. An unpiloted Shenzhou 8 spacecraft is being readied for launch, followed by a docking to the recently launched Tiangong 1 target vehicle. Tiangong 1—a large space module — was hurled into...