Emerging Space Program Investments Reach $1.8 billion in 2013
Euroconsult released today Trends & Prospects for Emerging Space Programs, a report that benchmarks projects, development models, lessons learned and perspectives of countries starting their first or second generation satellite programs. Of the 29 countries...Mars via Hawaii! Remote Habitat Journey
A research team is about to end their long-duration space journey – spending more than 100 days inside a remote habitat. The HI-SEAS study is led by Cornell University and the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, work is funded by the NASA Human Research Program. The...May the “Plasmonic” Force Be With You!
“Plasmonic” force propulsion – a new way to precisely nudge and position tiny spacecraft. The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program recently selected for funding this creative concept, giving the thumbs up on the idea proposed by two researchers at Missouri...Scientists Probe Exploration of Pluto
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is now 70 percent of the way along its journey to the Pluto system. It carries a sophisticated package with eight scientific instruments comprised of imagers, UV and IR spectrographs, plasma analyzers, a dust counter, and radio science....NASA’s Next Moon Probe: LADEE to Test Laser Communications
NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer – LADEE – is being prepared for its departure to the Moon. Launch date is slated for September 2013 from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Va. atop a Minotaur V booster. LADEE’s mission duration is approximately 160...NASA’s Next Mars Mission Readied for Florida Trek
It may not look like a time machine, but in regards to Mars, that’s what NASA’s next mission to the red planet will become. The spacecraft builders at Lockheed Martin near Denver, Colorado are set to ship NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) orbiter...Satellite Imagery Used to Show Earth’s “Hotspots” and “Hopespots”
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and Bella Gaia are launching a short film titled Hotspots to Hopespots – a multimedia presentation of scientific data and images on the planet’s changing environment. As changes to ecosystems and the...Codename Red: Space Research ID’s Cholesterol-cutting Bacterium
A cholesterol-diminishing bacterium has been identified thanks to space research. The European Space Agency (ESA) has been looking into self-contained eco systems, ways to recycle mission waste into oxygen, water, and food. Under the ESA-led Micro-Ecological Life...How to Put Humans on Mars?: BBC/Imperial College London Explore Challenges
A team of academics from Imperial College London have blueprinted a concept on how best to place a trio of space travelers on the surface of the red planet. The mock mission to Mars is to be showcased on a special five-part program carried by the BBC. The researchers...Space Talk
Planned for launch in 2028, @NASA's Dragonfly mission will send a rotorcraft to Saturn's moon to search for evidence of habitability. NASA has invited the public to submit their names if they would like it placed on a microchip aboard the rotorcraft. Submit by January 15, 2027.
Your name could fly on Saturn’s largest moon.
NASA’s Dragonfly mission will launch in 2028 to explore the dunes, lakes, and rivers of Saturn’s moon, Titan, and your name can come along! Join the voyage and claim your boarding pass: https://go.nasa.gov/dragonfly-names
The new Hubble photo looks like a medieval man pissing in the snow.
I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.
#space #hubble #astrophotography
Astronauts on the International Space Station have reported a large hole in #TheArchers storyline. #treegate #NASA
As a planespotter, today was just one of those days that you live for... #NASA #LockheedMartin @rookisaacman
