Jun 22, 2011 | Blog, Education Station, European Space Agency, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science, Space Research
Want to be known as a far out “Ice Hunter” for NASA’s New Horizons mission now en route to the Pluto system? A citizen science project has been established – one that can help scientists search through specially-obtained telescopic images for currently unknown objects...
Jun 21, 2011 | Blog, Education Station, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research
The first maps of ice thickness courtesy of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) CryoSat mission are in – a new tool to advance polar science. ESA’s CryoSat was lofted in April 2010. From orbit, the spacecraft has spent the last seven months delivering precise...
Jun 20, 2011 | Blog, Education Station, European Space Agency, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, Space and Science, Space Research
Update: First word post-reentry of the ATV is that this experiment failed to phone home! An analysis is underway to determine what happened to the device. Meanwhile, data from the successful test of this device from the March reentry is ongoing and promises to provide...
Jun 7, 2011 | Canadian Space Agency, European Space Agency, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Roscosmos
NASA previewed images of the shuttle Endeavour docked to the International Space Station on Tuesday, the first photos showing the wide sweep of the orbiting science laboratory with one of the U. S. orbiters attached. The photos, taken on May 23 by European Space...
May 4, 2011 | European Space Agency, Exploration, International Space Station
The six U. S., Russian and European astronauts aboard the International Space Station observed a moment of silence on Wednesday to honor Maria Nespoli, the mother of Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli. She died Monday near Milan, according to the European Space Agency....
Apr 21, 2011 | Education, European Space Agency, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Cooperation, NASA, Space and Science
The Hubble Space Telescope, among the best known and most accomplished spacecraft ever launched, will mark its 21st birthday on Sunday. The 350 mile high observatory, which has been upgraded five times by space shuttle crews since its April 24, 1990 launching aboard...
Apr 7, 2011 | European Space Agency, NASA, Roscosmos, Space Research
A Soyuz capsule with a three-man U. S. and Russian crew docked smoothly with the International Space Station late Wednesday. The linkup at 7:09 p.m., EDT, delivered cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyaev and Andrey Borisenko as well as Ron Garan of NASA to the orbiting...
Mar 31, 2011 | European Space Agency, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
NASA’s final shuttle missions are paying tribute to the musical alarm clock, a long standing tradition in Mission Control of waking up the astronauts each day with the strains of a popular song often picked by the family, friends and co-workers of the fliers....
Mar 25, 2011 | European Space Agency, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, Uncategorized
The International Space Station, a familiar destination for NASA shuttle missions, may be Endeavour’s last stop, but her crew of six astronauts promises to break new ground with the delivery of the first astronomical observatory and tests of a docking sensor for...
Feb 20, 2011 | European Space Agency, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
Shuttle Discovery’s six astronauts flew to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Sunday, where they will prepare to lift off later this week on a long-delayed assembly and supply mission to the International Space Station. The 11 to 12-day flight is set for...