Feb 25, 2015 | Ask the Experts — Answers, Asteroid Exploration, Benefits of Space Exploration, Capitol Hill News, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Space Race, The Moon
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness, convened a hearing on Tuesday, February 24, 2015. The hearing was entitled “U.S. Human Exploration Goals and Commercial Space Competitiveness.” Former NASA astronauts...
Dec 18, 2014 | Biographies, Blog, Book Reviews, Education, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Our Solar System, Space Race, The Moon, Why Space
Book Review: The Art of Space – The History of Space Art, From the Earliest Visions to the Graphics of the Modern Era by Ron Miller; Zenith Press/Quarto Publishing Group, Minneapolis, Minnesota; $35.00 (hardcover); September 2014. This is an impressive gathering of...
Sep 8, 2014 | Asteroid Exploration, Blog, Education Station, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research, The Moon
It’s called a “science splashdown.” The undersea environment is the closest analogue on Earth to a gravity-weak environment like that of asteroids, the moons of Mars or Mars itself. Therefore, other than being in outer space, going to inner-space is the best place to...
Aug 9, 2014 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space Research, The Moon
Don’t tell anybody. There may be a secret sauce to cooking in space. Cornell researchers have taken to the air to better understand the effectiveness of a specially constructed space galley – one designed to be used on the Moon as well as Mars. Making use of the...
Jul 16, 2014 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, Multimedia, NASA, The Moon
Since 2003, Slooh has connected telescopes to the Internet for access by the broader public. Slooh’s automated observatories develop celestial images in real-time for broadcast to the Internet. Now the new news! Slooh will celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Apollo...
May 23, 2014 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, The Moon
Earth’s Moon as art? NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has busily snagged countless images of the Moon’s landscape and is nearing five years in lunar orbit. To celebrate that approaching anniversary on June 18, NASA has invited the public to select a favorite...
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 3, 2014 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, The Moon
NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft is gradually lowering its orbital altitude over the moon, as it continues to make important science observations. But when will it take the plunge? LADEE mission managers expect the...