Jan 1, 2015 | Ask the Expert, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, Mars, Multimedia, NASA, Why Space
Fareed Zakaria is the host of CNN’s Global Public Square (GPS). “Americans used to understand moonshots inspire us, but also power America’s future,” Zakaria notes in a recent tweet. The GPS special airing called “Moonshots” on Sunday, January 4 at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m....
Sep 2, 2014 | Asteroid Exploration, Blog, Education, Education Station, Kids Space, Multimedia, NASA, Our Solar System, Why Space
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is slated to launch toward an asteroid in 2016. And thanks to an innovative participation project, you can take part in an Asteroid Time Capsule – an initiative to collect ideas from the public about space exploration 10 years from now....
Jul 16, 2014 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, Multimedia, NASA, The Moon
Since 2003, Slooh has connected telescopes to the Internet for access by the broader public. Slooh’s automated observatories develop celestial images in real-time for broadcast to the Internet. Now the new news! Slooh will celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Apollo...
Jun 14, 2014 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Multimedia, Our Solar System, The Sun, Why Space
Yes, the Sun has its spots! And now you can take part in research that can help with some of solar physics’ unanswered questions, such as: Are sunspots born complex or do they evolve to become complex? Do sunspot groups that are more complex produce more...
Apr 12, 2014 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, Multimedia, NASA, Space Research
If larger and larger payloads – including human habitats – are to set down safely on Mars, new atmospheric reentry technologies are required. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is deep into cutting-edge and crosscutting demonstration flights of hardware to land...
Apr 9, 2014 | Ask the Expert, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Multimedia, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science, Space Research, Why Space
Let the games begin! A new online educational resource allows the user to build their own planetary system, putting planets into orbit around a star and racking up points until they add a planet that destabilizes the whole system. The game is an offshoot of the...
Apr 7, 2014 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Kids Space, Multimedia, Planet Earth, Space Research, Why Space
The most comprehensive satellite-gleaned view of land-surface conditions from coast to coast in the conterminous United States is an eye-opener! Just issued by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), this latest look-see shows land-surface conditions from coast to coast,...
Apr 5, 2014 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Kids Space, Multimedia, NASA, Planet Earth, Why Space
Want to take part in a worldwide celebration of this year’s Earth Day? NASA is inviting all passengers on our planet to take part in a “Global Selfie” event. For Earth Day – celebrated on April 22 – NASA is trying to create an image of Earth from the ground up while...
Mar 30, 2014 | Ask the Experts — Answers, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, Gallup Polls, Kids Space, Market Research, Multimedia, NASA, Research, Space Race, The Moon, Why Space
Marketing the Moon – The Selling of the Apollo Lunar Program by David Meerman Scott & Richard Jurek; MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.; $39.95 (hard cover); Feb. 2014. This is an absolutely marvelous and exceptional read! The authors, both marketing sages, have...
Mar 29, 2014 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, Multimedia, NASA, The Moon, Why Space
May is the target time for a novel effort by the Humans in Space Youth Art Competition. A “moon bounce performance” is slated using artwork in collaboration with visual artist, Daniela DePaulis, and the Dwingeloo Radio Telescope in The Netherlands. OPTICKS is a live...