May 11, 2011 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, International Cooperation, Kids Space, NASA, Planet Earth
Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team NASA’s Terra spacecraft is using its Advanced Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument to help monitor Mississippi flood conditions. As example, the U.S. Army Corps of...
May 10, 2011 | Asteroid Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System
Astronauts are taking a “bottom’s up” approach to a future space target – an asteroid. To get a better handle on how best to reconnoiter a space rock, NASA scientists and technicians are engaged in planning the 15th expedition of NASA Extreme Environment Mission...
May 8, 2011 | Blog, Book Reviews, Commercial Space, Education Station, Kids Space, Space Shuttle, Space Tourism, Spaceports
Realizing Tomorrow – The Path to Private Spaceflight by Chris Dubbs and Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom; University of Nebraska Press; $34.95 (Hard cover); 2011. Tighten your seat belt for a wonderful ride of a read that tells the incredible tale of the dedicated people...
May 6, 2011 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space Shuttle, Space Tourism, Why Space
Response to last month’s Yuri’s Night included inspiring space-themed videos, photos, and advertisements from around the world. Entries in the Global Sweepstakes created winners and runners-up in a number of contests. “We’ve been overwhelmed by the interest people...
Apr 28, 2011 | Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Space Tourism, Spaceports
SpaceShipTwo completes 6th glide test. Photo Credit: Bill Deaver, Deaver-Wiggins and Associates Things have been busy at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California! It’s the home of Scaled Composites and the firm’s ongoing work to develop a passenger-carrying...
Apr 27, 2011 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, Space Research, Space Shuttle
Courtesy: Cornell University/Provided Courtesy: Cornell University/Provided Onboard space shuttle Endeavour — on target for launch this Friday — thin, one-inch square chips are headed for mounting on the International Space Station. Developed by...
Apr 26, 2011 | Blog, China, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Space Race
Credit: CMSEO The director of the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) has called upon Chinese people around the world for a logo and a distinctive name for that country’s first crewed space station. CMSEO’s Wang Wenbao announced the plan to have ideas and...
Apr 25, 2011 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, Kids Space, NASA, Space Research, Why Space
Credit: NASA Spinoff HowStuffWorks.com has posted an impressive listing of what breakthroughs in medicine came from NASA. The roster of medical advances that came at least in part from NASA research includes: Cool suit to lower body temperature in treatment of...
Apr 24, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research, Why Space
Exoplanets, Edited by Sara Seager; University of Arizona Press; Tucson, Arizona; $35.00 (Cloth); 2011. The editor of this volume, Sara Seager, is the Ellen Swallow Richards Professor of Planetary Science and Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of...
Apr 11, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Space Race, Space Tourism, Spaceports
The call is out for astronaut-pilots to fly passengers on suborbital treks. Credit: Virgin Galactic Wanted: Pilot-Astronauts! The call is out from the private spaceliner group, Virgin Galactic, regarding its need for pilot-astronauts. Bankrolled by the UK’s Sir...