Apr 22, 2013 | Commercial Space, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Space Research
Orbital Sciences Corp. launched the Antares rocket from a Virginia launch complex Sunday evening, successfully carrying out a near 19 minute orbital test light that positions the Dulles, Va., based company to become the second U. S. commercial provider of supplies to...
Apr 22, 2013 | Blog, China, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Space Research
China is readying its next human spaceflight mission – Shenzhou -10. That three-person craft is headed toward an early June liftoff from the country’s launch center in Jiuquan, Gansu province. According to Chinese space officials, the piloted Shenzhou-10 will appraise...
Apr 19, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Exploration, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research, The Sun, Why Space
Launched four year ago, NASA’s Kepler space telescope is narrowing an unprecedented search for alien planets similar to the Earth. On Thursday, astronomers announced the discovery of three “Super Earths” circling in the habitable zones of two...
Apr 11, 2013 | Asteroid Exploration, Benefits of Space Exploration, Comets, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Space Station, Mars, NASA, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Space Research
President Obama seeks steady NASA budgets of $17.7 billion through 2018 in the funding request he presented to Congress on Wednesday, enough to start the space agency on an ambitious mission to identify and maneuver an asteroid into lunar orbit, where U. S. astronauts...
Apr 6, 2013 | Asteroid Exploration, Benefits of Space Exploration, Comets, Exploration, Mars, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research, The Moon
President Obama will likely seek Congressional endorsement for missions to robotically capture an asteroid and park the 500 ton space rock in a stable lunar orbit, where U. S. astronauts could pay a visit as early as 2021, according to U. S. Sen. Bill Nelson, of...
Apr 3, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, China, Commercial Space, European Space Agency, Exploration, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Market Research, NASA, Roscosmos, Space and Science, Space Research
The global space economy is surging, and the commercial space sector deserves much of the credit, according to the Space Foundation, the Colorado Springs-based non profit, in its annual report on the sector for 2013. During 2012, the world’s space sector...
Apr 1, 2013 | Asteroid Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Kids Space, Multimedia, Our Solar System, Space Research
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is preparing for launch its Hayabusa2 spacecraft – set to depart in 2014 then land on an asteroid in 2018. Then the mission will return samples of the space rock back to Earth in 2020. JAXA has opened up a Haybusa2 name...
Mar 29, 2013 | International Space Station, NASA, Roscosmos, Space Research
The latest tenants of the International Space Station, NASA’s Chris Cassidy and Russia’s Pavel Vinogradov and Aleksandr Misurkin, reached the six person orbital outpost in a sprint Thursday, docking in less than six hours after they lifted off. ...
Mar 27, 2013 | Canadian Space Agency, Commercial Space, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research
SpaceX successfully completed the second U. S. commercial re-supply mission to the International Space Station on Tuesday, as the Hawthorne, Calif., based company’s Dragon capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean with nearly 2,700 pounds in scientific gear and...
Mar 22, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, European Space Agency, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Cooperation, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science, Space Research
The European Space Agency’s Planck mission is revealing new details about the early universe, prompting scientists to revise estimates for the age, makeup, material consistency and expansion of the cosmos following the Big Bang. The European space telescope was...