May 19, 2014 | Blog, Education Station, Kids Space, Space Research, The Moon
Future Moon exploration and exploitation of lunar ice can benefit greatly by the use of a range of small satellites, according to a new study. Furthermore, university involvement will be essential to rein in costs. The research findings are contained in the report –...
May 15, 2014 | Ask the Expert, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Book Reviews, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Space Station, Kids Space, Space Research, The Moon, Why Space
Innovation the NASA Way: Harnessing the Power of Your Organization for Breakthrough Success by Rod Pyle; McGraw Hill, New York, New York; $30.00 (hard cover); 2014. Author Rod Pyle has taken an up-close look at NASA’s on-going ability to innovate, be it during the...
May 2, 2014 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, Mars, Planet Earth, Space Research, The Moon
It’s called the Euglena and Combined Regenerative Organic-Food Production in Space) mission – or Eu:CROPIS for short. The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is readying two greenhouses for launch in 2016, both contained within a 250-kilogram lightweight satellite. Once in...
Apr 12, 2014 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, Multimedia, NASA, Space Research
If larger and larger payloads – including human habitats – are to set down safely on Mars, new atmospheric reentry technologies are required. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is deep into cutting-edge and crosscutting demonstration flights of hardware to land...
Apr 9, 2014 | Ask the Expert, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Multimedia, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science, Space Research, Why Space
Let the games begin! A new online educational resource allows the user to build their own planetary system, putting planets into orbit around a star and racking up points until they add a planet that destabilizes the whole system. The game is an offshoot of the...
Apr 7, 2014 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Kids Space, Multimedia, Planet Earth, Space Research, Why Space
The most comprehensive satellite-gleaned view of land-surface conditions from coast to coast in the conterminous United States is an eye-opener! Just issued by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), this latest look-see shows land-surface conditions from coast to coast,...
Apr 1, 2014 | Ask the Expert, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, Market Research, NASA, Space Research, Why Space
Benefits Stemming from Space Exploration was released in September 2013 by the International Space Exploration Coordination Group. At its heart, this report explains that space exploration “will continue to be an essential driver for opening up new domains in science...
Mar 24, 2014 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Exploration, International Space Station, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science, Space Race, Space Research, Uncategorized
A bi-partisan letter from 32 members of the U.S. House urges the White House to structure a “safe, focused and expeditious return of American astronauts to deep space exploration on an American rocket launched from American soil.” The lawmakers, led by...
Mar 24, 2014 | Asteroid Exploration, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, James Webb Space Telescope, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research, The Moon, Why Space
NASA has released its 2014 Strategic Plan, with the space agency’s Office of Strategy Formulation identified as the responsible office. “Our long-term goal is to send humans to Mars. Over the next two decades, we will develop and demonstrate the technologies and...
Mar 22, 2014 | Blog, Education Station, Kids Space, Multimedia, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science, Space Research, The Moon
Want your own glimpse of Apollo 11’s grab and go samples from the Moon, in all 48 pounds (22 kilograms) of rock and soil specimens? This collection has been created through collaboration between The Open University in the United Kingdom and the NASA curation facility....