Congress Ponders Space Leadership Provision

Mar 10, 2013 | Asteroid Exploration, China, Commercial Space, Constellation Program, Exploration, International Space Station, Mars, NASA, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Planet Earth, Space Race, Space Research, The Moon

    Congress is considering some substantial changes in the way NASA is led, managed from the outside and funded, as policy makers attempt to give the nation’s civil space program a sharper focus as well as the stability to ensure the sustained...

International Astronautical Federation to Share Flags Flown Aboard U. S., Russian and Chinese Spacecraft

Sep 11, 2012 | Benefits of Space Exploration, China, Exploration, International Space Station, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Mars, Roscosmos, The Moon

Three hundred commemorative flags belonging to the International Astronautical Federation and the only objects to have flown in space by all nations with active human space programs will be returned to the organization by a Chinese delegation at the ILA Berlin Air...

China Space Travelers Head for Heavenly Palace-1

Jun 16, 2012 | Blog, China, Space Race, Spaceports

China’s latest, milestone making, space voyage is underway. The June 16th liftoff of the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft placed into Earth orbit a three-person crew that included China’s first female space traveler. China’s astronauts for the flight are: Jing Haipeng, Liu Wang...

Book Review: Space Chronicles – Facing the Ultimate Frontier

May 15, 2012 | Asteroid Exploration, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Book Reviews, China, Commercial Space, Education Station, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space and Science, Why Space

Space Chronicles – Facing the Ultimate Frontier by Neil deGrasse Tyson (Edited by Avis Lang); W.W. Norton & Co., New York; $26.95 (hardcover); 2012. This delightful read comes courtesy of a thoughtful, charismatic astrophysicist and renowned popular speaker – an...

U. S. Secretary of State: Global Powers in Need of Space Code of Conduct

Jan 18, 2012 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Canadian Space Agency, China, Commercial Space, European Space Agency, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, Planet Earth, Roscosmos, Space and Science

  Secretary of State Hilliary Rodham Clinton pledged a new U. S.-led effort on Tuesday to develop an international space code of conduct to foster peaceful and productive uses of outer space. The initative — an International Code of Conduct for Outer Space...

Humans in Space: A Look Back at 2011, A Look Ahead at 2012

Dec 25, 2011 | Asteroid Exploration, Canadian Space Agency, China, Commercial Space, European Space Agency, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Mars, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Roscosmos, The Moon

  A year of milestones in human spaceflight, some tinged with nostalgia, is drawing to a close. The New Year opens with the U. S.and its global partners settled in Earth orbit, and a NASA strategy for the future human exploration of deep space starting to gel. In...