Jun 21, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science, Space Research, Why Space
There’s no question that the search for life elsewhere is a profound enterprise in human history. As the quest continues to search and find other planets circling other stars, the hunger to find out just how crowded the universe is out there also grows. The search for...
May 26, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Why Space
First Contact – Scientific Breakthroughs in the Hunt for Life Beyond Earth by Marc Kaufman; Simon & Schuster; New York, New York; $26.00 (hard cover); 2011. The author is a science and space reporter for the Washington Post – and capitalizes on his aptitude...
May 12, 2011 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education, Kids Space, Mars, Space and Science, The Moon, Why Space
Powell Middle School math and science teachers Carrie Brunner, Courtney Poloney and Kara Kwolek experience weightlessness during the Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery in Detroit. Credit: Northrop Grumman The Northrop Grumman Foundation is...
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 25, 2011 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, Kids Space, NASA, Space Research, Why Space
Credit: NASA Spinoff HowStuffWorks.com has posted an impressive listing of what breakthroughs in medicine came from NASA. The roster of medical advances that came at least in part from NASA research includes: Cool suit to lower body temperature in treatment of...
Apr 24, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research, Why Space
Exoplanets, Edited by Sara Seager; University of Arizona Press; Tucson, Arizona; $35.00 (Cloth); 2011. The editor of this volume, Sara Seager, is the Ellen Swallow Richards Professor of Planetary Science and Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of...
Apr 8, 2011 | NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science, Space Research, Why Space
For decades, the origins of brief energetic cosmic blasts called Short Gamma Ray Bursts have puzzled the experts. The bright flashes, which have been observed every one to two days, were first detected in the late 1960s by a class of military satellites designed to...
Mar 28, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Cooperation, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science, The Moon, The Sun, Why Space
Strange New Worlds – The Search for Alien Planets…and Life Beyond Our Solar Systemby Ray Jayawardhana ; Princeton University Press; Princeton, New Jersey; $24.95; (hard cover) March 2011. This delightful and engaging book tells the story of humankind’s quest to locate...
Mar 16, 2011 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, NASA, The Moon, Why Space
Credit: InOMN “Your Moon, My Moon, Our Moon” – that’s a credo of the International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN)! Mark your calendars as the 2011 event is on October 8th. A dedicated InOMN Internet site provides some great information and downloads to help you plan...
Feb 26, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Book Reviews, Constellation Program, Education Station, Exploration, NASA, Space and Science, Space Race, The Moon, Why Space
Blogging the Moon: The Once & Future Moon Collection by Paul D. Spudis; Apogee Prime; Burlington Ontario Canada; $27.95 (soft cover); 2011. Moonologist Paul Spudis is a leading and top-notch lunar explorer. This book is testament to his seminal research and...