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 5, 2014 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Kids Space, Multimedia, NASA, Planet Earth, Why Space
Want to take part in a worldwide celebration of this year’s Earth Day? NASA is inviting all passengers on our planet to take part in a “Global Selfie” event. For Earth Day – celebrated on April 22 – NASA is trying to create an image of Earth from the ground up while...
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 30, 2014 | Ask the Experts — Answers, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, Gallup Polls, Kids Space, Market Research, Multimedia, NASA, Research, Space Race, The Moon, Why Space
Marketing the Moon – The Selling of the Apollo Lunar Program by David Meerman Scott & Richard Jurek; MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.; $39.95 (hard cover); Feb. 2014. This is an absolutely marvelous and exceptional read! The authors, both marketing sages, have...
Mar 29, 2014 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, Multimedia, NASA, The Moon, Why Space
May is the target time for a novel effort by the Humans in Space Youth Art Competition. A “moon bounce performance” is slated using artwork in collaboration with visual artist, Daniela DePaulis, and the Dwingeloo Radio Telescope in The Netherlands. OPTICKS is a live...
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 21, 2014 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science, Space Research, Why Space
In the space scheme of things, often times nature suggests a solution. Take for instance a new approach for snagging images of Earth-like rocky planets around nearby stars. The “made in the shade” concept takes on the appearance of a giant sunflower. Given the...
Mar 12, 2014 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research, Why Space
Citizen science is blazing a trail into Earth orbit. Onboard the SpaceX Falcon 9/Dragon capsule soon to be headed for the International Space Station (ISS) are microbes collected from across the United States. The effort is known as Project MERCCURI. It investigates...
Mar 10, 2014 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, NASA, Space Research, Why Space
Set for an upcoming ride to the International Space Station (ISS) are nearly a100 proteins to be used in crystallization studies – microgravity research that could lead to innovative methods of drug discovery. A SpaceX Falcon booster is to depart Florida on March 16,...