Spitzer Telescope Spots Echo of Violent Early Solar System Activity

Oct 20, 2011 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Comets, Education, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science, The Moon, Uncategorized

 NASA’s Spitzer space telescope has unveiled what may be a “nearby” replay of the same violent processes that unfolded in our own solar system billions of years ago. Imagery from the infrared observatory has spotted a stream of comets raining down on...

Could Human Missions to Mars be Possible in 25 years? A Collection of the World’s Most Capable Space Agencies Believes So

Sep 25, 2011 | Canadian Space Agency, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Mars, NASA, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Roscosmos, Space Research, The Moon

A collaboration among 12 national  space agencies, including NASA — and working under the wing of the International Space Exploration Coordination Group believes so.   They established a blue print, The Global Exploration Roadmap, which was made public...

Book Review: Psychology of Space Exploration

Sep 24, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, The Moon, Why Space

Psychology of Space Exploration, Edited by Douglas Vakoch, NASA History Series SP-2011- 4411, Government Printing Office (GPO); (Hardcover) $27.00; (Paperback) $23.00; Washington, D.C.; 2011. You’re going to find a rich, motherload of information here regarding a...

Apollo Legends Urge Congress to Hasten the Pace of Human Space Exploration

Sep 22, 2011 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Commercial Space, Education, Exploration, International Space Station, Mars, NASA, Space and Science, Space Shuttle, The Moon

    The first and last of the Apollo program astronauts who walked on the moon urged the House Science, Space and Technology Committee on Thursday to ramp up support for NASA’s human exploration efforts. Neil Armstrong, who commanded the July 1969...

NASA Unveils Plans for Super Rocket to Launch Explorers on Deep Space Missions

Sep 14, 2011 | Asteroid Exploration, Benefits of Space Exploration, Commercial Space, Constellation Program, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Mars, Space and Science, The Moon

  NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, flanked by a bi-partisan gathering of Washington lawmakers, unveiled the agency’s heavy lift rocket strategy on Wednesday, a monstrous spacecraft that will eventually eclipse the legendary Saturn V and propel future...