Oct 16, 2011 | Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Space Tourism, Spaceports
All is in readiness for dedication ceremonies of Spaceport America’s new Terminal Hangar Facility – a futuristic structure to house Virgin Galactic space vehicles and serve as a departure and arrival terminal for the spaceline firm’s space passengers. Virgin...
Oct 8, 2011 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Space Station, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space Tourism
It is being called the newest form of “agritainment”. In a special outreach titled Space Farm 7, seven of the nation’s top agritourism farms have been selected to celebrate and honor the U.S. space program in collaboration with NASA this fall. Each farm has planted...
Oct 7, 2011 | Blog, China, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Space Race
China is set to conduct its first space rendezvous and docking mission. An unpiloted Shenzhou 8 spacecraft is being readied for launch, followed by a docking to the recently launched Tiangong 1 target vehicle. Tiangong 1—a large space module — was hurled into...
Oct 5, 2011 | Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research
How to test the theory ‘in space no one can hear you scream’ – made popular in the 1979 film ‘Alien’? Space technology experts from Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) and the Surrey Space Centre (SSC) at the University of Surrey have announced the winners of a...
Oct 5, 2011 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, MESSENGER, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science
NASA’s MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) spacecraft entered orbit about Mercury in mid-March. The probe’s one-year study of Mercury that is now underway is providing exciting science. After its first Mercury solar day (176 Earth...
Oct 4, 2011 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Education, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, The Moon
NASA’s twin moon bound Grail spacecraft need imaginative names. U. S students enrolled in K through 12 are likely to have some very creative suggestions, NASA figures. And if that sounds like you, you and your teacher have until Nov 11 to offer a name in...
Oct 3, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Asteroid Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science
NASA’s Dawn mission has been orbiting asteroid Vesta since mid-July – and scientists are overjoyed with what they are seeing! For instance, the southern hemisphere of the asteroid boasts one of the largest mountains in the Solar System. Other results show that Vesta’s...
Sep 24, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, The Moon, Why Space
Psychology of Space Exploration, Edited by Douglas Vakoch, NASA History Series SP-2011- 4411, Government Printing Office (GPO); (Hardcover) $27.00; (Paperback) $23.00; Washington, D.C.; 2011. You’re going to find a rich, motherload of information here regarding a...
Sep 23, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Planet Earth, UARS Re-entry
Note: Go to: http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/591662main_UARS%20Map.pdf NASA UPDATE: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 09:37:25 AM MDT NASA’s decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite fell back to Earth between 11:23 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 23 and 1:09 a.m. EDT Sept. 24. The...
Sep 15, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars
There is exciting news streaming in from Mars. That’s the word as NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover appears to be on the verge of a new discovery – more evidence of a wet Mars. The Mars rover Opportunity has been scouting about after reaching the rim of the huge Endeavour...