Book Review: The Orbital Perspective – Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles

May 31, 2015 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Book Reviews, Education, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, NASA, Planet Earth, Space Shuttle

The Orbital Perspective – Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles by Ron Garan; Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.; $27.95 (Hardcover); 2015. There have been a number of “tell-all” books authored by former space travelers. But this...

U.S. Senate Hearing: Video, Testimony on Human Exploration Goals, Commercial Space

Feb 25, 2015 | Ask the Experts — Answers, Asteroid Exploration, Benefits of Space Exploration, Capitol Hill News, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Space Race, The Moon

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness, convened a hearing on Tuesday, February 24, 2015. The hearing was entitled “U.S. Human Exploration Goals and Commercial Space Competitiveness.” Former NASA astronauts...

Benefits Stemming from Space Exploration

Apr 1, 2014 | Ask the Expert, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, Market Research, NASA, Space Research, Why Space

Benefits Stemming from Space Exploration was released in September 2013 by the International Space Exploration Coordination Group. At its heart, this report explains that space exploration “will continue to be an essential driver for opening up new domains in science...

NASA’s Strategic Plan 2014 Released

Mar 24, 2014 | Asteroid Exploration, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, James Webb Space Telescope, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research, The Moon, Why Space

NASA has released its 2014 Strategic Plan, with the space agency’s Office of Strategy Formulation identified as the responsible office. “Our long-term goal is to send humans to Mars. Over the next two decades, we will develop and demonstrate the technologies and...

Space Microbe “Selfies” Set to Fly

Mar 12, 2014 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research, Why Space

Citizen science is blazing a trail into Earth orbit. Onboard the SpaceX Falcon 9/Dragon capsule soon to be headed for the International Space Station (ISS) are microbes collected from across the United States. The effort is known as Project MERCCURI. It investigates...

Video: International Space Exploration Forum Focuses on Global Cooperation

Jan 10, 2014 | Ask the Expert, Asteroid Exploration, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Kids Space, Mars, Multimedia, NASA, Planet Earth, Roscosmos, Space and Science

The United States hosted the International Space Exploration Forum (ISEF), the first-ever ministerial-level meeting to build support for global cooperation in space exploration, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on January 9, 2014. ISEF brought...