Book Review: Voyager: Seeking Newer Worlds in the Third Great Age of Discovery
Voyager: Seeking Newer Worlds in the Third Great Age of Discovery by Stephen J. Pyne; Viking/Penguin Group (USA); New York, New York; (hard cover); $29.95; 2010. This is an exceptional book by an award-winning environmental historian and author – a volume that...Call to Action: The Moon Needs a Little Respect!
Earth’s Moon – surprising revelations! Credit: NASA Mountain View, California — Hundreds of researchers have gathered here at the NASA Lunar Science Institute at the space agency’s Ames Research Center. They are taking part this week in the 3rd...New! First Imagery of Asteroid 21 Lutetia
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft has zoomed by asteroid 21 Lutetia today. The first images have reached the ground from the spacecraft. The event marks the largest asteroid ever visited by a space probe. More imagery relayed from Rosetta to Earth...On Target: Asteroid Encounter!
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft is on track to zoom past asteroid 21 Lutetia on July 10. The event marks the largest asteroid ever visited by a space probe. Will it look anything like this artist’s sketch? Asteroid Lutetia is a major...Congressional Bill Calls for Commission on Planetary Defense
How best to thwart Earth-threatening objects is receiving increased attention in Washington, D.C. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (Republican from California) has introduced a bill calling for the establishment of a United States Commission on Planetary Defense. Such a...Update: Particles Detected in Asteroid Probe’s Sample Container
Particles have been detected inside the Hayabusa sample container, a process which began on June 24 at the Sagamiharashi campus’ curation center near Tokyo. However, it is still unknown whether the particles belong to asteroid Itokawa or Earth, and tests will...Book Review: Moon Men Return: USS Hornet and the Recovery of the Apollo 11 Astronauts
Credit: Naval Institute Press Moon Men Return: USS Hornet and the Recovery of the Apollo 11 Astronauts by Scott W. Carmichael; Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland; (hardcover) $36.95; 2010. Just in time to retro-fire yourself back to the days of Apollo 11 –...Japan Sample Probe May Contain Bits of Asteroid!
Japan’s Hayabusa sample container – asteroid specimens? Credit: JAXA Graphic of Hayabusa return capsule. Credit: JAXA There’s heightened excitement at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). It appears that Japan’s Hayabusa space probe may...NASA “Visualizers”: Giving the Public an Eye Full
Credit: NASA/SVS At NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Scientific Visualization Studio (SVS), a team of “visualizers” take raw scientific data and translate that data into visual imagery. The visuals help both scientists and the general public better understand the...Space Talk
President Trump founded the Artemis program in his first term.
Now, with the successful Artemis II mission, NASA is taking a major step forward in returning to the Moon, where we’re building a Moon base, to stay.
Looking forward to celebrating this crew with @POTUS today.
A fast Mars Courier completes its interplanetary transfer burn, flips to point back at Earth and ejects its empty propellant tanks. Thanks to a gas-core nuclear rocket, it'll reach its destination in less than 2 months.
#space #art by William Black.
https://www.deviantart.com/william-black/art/Mars-Courier-Mission-Earth-Escape-Tank-Jettison-587483267
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I'm just listening a bit, I always learn, but will speak a bit on Saturday's #Spaces!
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@ArcologyCrab Kinda does. Part of a foreign planet still living inside the earth… like some type of cosmic parasite