Wanted: Your “Best of Earth” Vote
Attention: All you riders of the Earth. NASA’s Earth Observatory website is after your vote – to cull through the best Earth images of the past year. From March 3 through April 4, you can vote for top Earth images, picking your favorites from 32 pre-selected from...Impact on Moon Recorded!
WHAM! A meteorite with the mass of a small car crashed into the Moon last September. Catching the event were astronomers in Spain, reporting the event in the journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. The impact on the Moon — in Mare Nubium, an...One Year after Chelyabinsk: Action on Planetary Defense
It has been over a year since the space rock explosion over Chelyabinsk, Russia. The February 15, 2013 event damaged thousands of houses and other structures, shattered windows, and injured many people due to broken glass due to the powerful atmospheric blast. That...China’s Yutu Moon Rover – Survivor of the Lunar Night
The word from Beijing is that China’s Yutu (Jade Rabbit) rover is indeed awake, apparently surviving some two weeks of low temperature trauma. China’s Yutu lunar robot first touched the Moon’s surface on Dec. 15, 2013, unleashed several hours after China’s lunar probe...New Study: Big Growth in Small Satellites
Small satellites are growing… in popularity and utility. That’s the message from a new study looking into trends and projections for the nano/microsatellite market. The new assessment comes from SpaceWorks of Atlanta, Georgia and the study projects that more...Book Review: America’s Space Futures – Defining Goals for Space Exploration
America’s Space Futures: Defining Goals for Space Exploration, Editor Eric Sterner; George C. Marshall Institute, Arlington, Va.; $12.99, shipping and handling $3.99; (soft cover); 2013. The George C. Marshall Institute has published a thought-provoking new book,...“Superhabitable” Worlds: Possible Home for Extraterrestrial Life
A planetary system around our nearest star, beyond our own Sun, is emerging. That’s the stellar forecast that suggests scientists are getting closer to discovering Earth-like planets close to Earth. Word is that “superhabitable” worlds must be considered for future...STARE into the Future: Space Cops!
Mini-satellites may become “space cops” to help control traffic in space. If so, the idea could help avoid collisions in space of satellites and the creation of even more space debris. The work is underway by a team of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)...Project Moon Dust: A Kickstarter Educational Initiative
It’s called Project Moon Dust – intended to inspire and educate the next generation of space travel hopefuls. Behind the effort is Zybek Advanced Products, founded in Boulder, Colorado in 1996. The group has established a project funding effort for a Lunar...Space Talk
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#BlueOrigin is eyeing the launch of an uncrewed lander to the Moon within the next 12–16 months. The launch is to demonstrate #MK1's capabilities, which include the ability to deliver up to three tons of payload anywhere on the #Moon.
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.@NASAWebb is providing new scientific insight into how stars and their protoplanetary disks form planets. The #JWST recently observed a system that just finished forming its planets.
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#NASA's latest class of #astronaut candidates has graduated and is now eligible for missions to the Moon, Mars, and the @Space_Station. The agency is also accepting applications for a new class of astronauts.
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The @NASA astronaut selection window is open! #ArtemisGeneration #BeAnAstronaut