Uwingu announces the Mars Crater Naming
campaign in which you can offer a name for
one of the 500,000 craters found so far
on the Red Planet, most all of which have
no names. Uwingu has created a dynamic,
on line map that will continually update
with the latest names. The goal is to raise
$10M for space science projects from the
fees for posting a name ... Read
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The registration for the University Rover
Contest, sponsored by the Mars Society,
sets a new record with 31 Student Teams
Set to Compete. The student teams come from
six countries and four continents … Read
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Congratulations to Zooniverse on gaining
their one millionth volunteer for their
many citizen science projects after starting
seven years ago... This map shows the global
distribution of volunteers. ... Read
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John Powell of JP Aerospace sends me a
notice of their sale on flights of the Minicubes
to high altitudes on their balloon and airship
missions. A MiniCube is a payload container
for people to fly their projects on our
high altitude balloons and airship missions.
MiniCubes can be used for research, commercial
applications, art, inspiration or anything
you can imagine ... Read
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The Astronomy Legacy Project, supported
by the nonprofit Pisgah Astronomical Research
Institute (PARI), has opened an Indiegogo
crowdfunding campaign to raise $60,000 to
finance their program of digitizing stellar
photographic films and plates: Before the
invention of digital cameras in the 1990's,
and for ... Read
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Here’s an announcement from the Stanford
Student Space Initiative: Global Space Balloon
Challenge Ever wanted to build something
and send it to space? The Stanford Student
Space Initiative and the Michigan Balloon
Recovery and Satellite Testbed team invite
you to the Global Space Balloon Challenge
(GSBC)! The GSBC is an international ...
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Zooniverse has opened a new citizen science
program called Disk Detective: Scientists
are combing our galaxy looking for stars
that could be harbouring planet-forming
disks. They need your help to explain this
puzzling part of stellar evolution! What
is WISE looking for?... Read
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