Jul 13, 2011 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, Market Research, NASA, Space Shuttle, This Week in Space, Why Space
A just released Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey has found that 50% of Americans polled say the Space Shuttle program worth what it cost taxpayers. As the last U.S. space shuttle now circles the planet, the survey found that Americans are slightly more...
Jul 7, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Asteroid Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space Race, Space Shuttle
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida – The Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) is being pursued as the way to explore beyond low Earth orbit – back to the Moon, out to asteroids, and eventually to Mars. Regarding the decision to press ahead with Orion, Lori Garver, NASA...
May 8, 2011 | Blog, Book Reviews, Commercial Space, Education Station, Kids Space, Space Shuttle, Space Tourism, Spaceports
Realizing Tomorrow – The Path to Private Spaceflight by Chris Dubbs and Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom; University of Nebraska Press; $34.95 (Hard cover); 2011. Tighten your seat belt for a wonderful ride of a read that tells the incredible tale of the dedicated people...
May 8, 2011 | Exploration, NASA, Space and Science, Space Shuttle
Three of NASA’s shuttle-era astronauts where honored this weekend for their contributions to human space flight. They include Karol J. Bobko and USAF Lt. Gen. Susan Helms, who were inducted into the U. S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in Titusville, Fla., on...
May 6, 2011 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space Shuttle, Space Tourism, Why Space
Response to last month’s Yuri’s Night included inspiring space-themed videos, photos, and advertisements from around the world. Entries in the Global Sweepstakes created winners and runners-up in a number of contests. “We’ve been overwhelmed by the interest people...
Apr 27, 2011 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, Space Research, Space Shuttle
Courtesy: Cornell University/Provided Courtesy: Cornell University/Provided Onboard space shuttle Endeavour — on target for launch this Friday — thin, one-inch square chips are headed for mounting on the International Space Station. Developed by...
Apr 16, 2011 | Benefits of Space Exploration, NASA, Space Research, Space Shuttle
A rotating mechanical device developed by researchers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center a quarter of a century ago to culture living tissues in a low gravity environment was inducted into the Space Technology Hall of Fame this week at the 27th National Space...
Apr 16, 2011 | NASA, Space Shuttle
With NASA’s space shuttle program drawing to a close, the space agency’s Houston-based shuttle prime contractor, United Space Alliance, announced on Friday it will lay off nearly half of its 5,600 total workforce in Florida, Texas and Alabama following...
Apr 8, 2011 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, NASA, Space Shuttle
Credit: Yuri’s Night An around-the-globe salute to human spaceflight is set for next week, April 12th. That date — 50 years ago — marks the first flight of a human into Earth orbit, the then Soviet Union’s cosmonaut – Yuri Gagarin, back on April 12,...
Apr 6, 2011 | Kids Space, Space Shuttle
Award winning cartoonist Brian Basset’s characters “Red and Rover” chase a descending space shuttle in a new NASA poster commemorating the soon to retire shuttle program. The 30-year-old program will retire this summer after 135 missions. The final...