The Planetary Resources Kickstarter campaign for the ARKYD public access space telescope surpassed the $1,000,000 goal today. At the moment, they have 11,356 backers, with $1,003,126 pledged and 11 days to go. Just yesterday (see post here) they had $916,582 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Planetary Resources fund-raising for the ARKYD public access space telescope has reached 10,350 Backers and $916,582 pledged towards the $1,000,000 goal with 12 days to go. That’s a tremendous accomplishment for a space Kickstarter campaign but it actually seems […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ed Wright of Citizens in Space gives the background to various programs aimed at sending teachers and other educators into space and lays out his organization’s plans for the future: Teachers in Space: The Next Generation – CitizensInSpace.org. Citizens in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The LONE SIGNAL project, which officially opens on June 18th, wants to send messages to an extraterrestrial intelligence (METI) using a former NASA radio dish near Carmel, California : Lone Signal: METI Teams Up With Citizen Science To Try And […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Passport to Explore Space card gives you benefits at multiple space museums and exhibitions across the country: Passport to Explore Space holders receive special savings on admission, tours, food and retail at each location. Visit all 14 Visitor Center […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
An announcement from Citizens in Space: Citizen Science and Space Exploration in the Lone Star State Space Hacker Workshop to Take Place in Dallas Dallas, TX (June 14, 2013) – Space isn’t just for governments and large corporations. Citizen scientists […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Copenhagen Suborbitals is gearing up for the first flight of their Sapphire guided rocket during launch windows on the weekends of June 22-23 and June 29-30: We are GO for launch – Duck and Cover! – Wired Science/Wired.com Sapphire Launch […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a proposal to crowd source a space science mission has been posted on the Will This Fly?, site where people can comment and vote on the viability of projects: Darwin One: A Crowdsourced Space Mission ~ Will This Fly? […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Planetary Resources crowd-funding campaign for the ARKYD Space Telescope has reached 9,558 Backers, $858,127 pledged of $1,000,000 goal with 19 days to go. To boost pledges far beyond that goal they have posted an ambitious Stretch Goal: Planetary Resources […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A UK university student visits Reaction Engines Limited and asks about the skills and training needed for someone interested in a career in the space industry: Space… it doesn’t have to be your final frontier! – Moving On magazine Moving […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The International SunSat Design Competition, based at Ohio University, has opened a crowd-sourcing campaign to fund the contest: International SunSat Design Competition – Indiegogo. Here is an announcement about the effort: SunSat Design Competition & Indiegogo Fundraising Our SunSat Design […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The ARKYD Space Telescope kickstarter campaign has reached nearly 9000 backers and over $810,000 pledged towards their $1,000,000 goal. Planetary Resources has been posting updates and new videos: ARKYD: A Space Telescope for Everyone by Planetary Resources – Updates — […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NASA and LEGO announce a new space modeling contest: NASA Partners With the LEGO Group for Design and Build Contest WASHINGTON — NASA and the LEGO Group are partnering to inspire the next generation of aerospace engineers by offering a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Astrophotographer Ralf Vandebergh writes about imaging the Russian Bion-M1 satellite during its recent flight: Ground-based Images of Bion-M1 Spacecraft – Space Safety Magazine – June.5.13. He captured an image of the spacecraft with “surprising resolution [at] a range of 581 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As of mid-day June 2nd, the Planetary Resources crowdfunding campaign for a publicly accessible space telescope (see earlier post here) has reached over $650k and nearly 6700 backers in just 4 days in pursuit of its $1M goal: ARKYD: A Space […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest Spacevidcast live program video is now online: Crowdfunding your next Space Program – Spacevidcast. This is from the capiton: Planetary Resources introduced a $1,000,000 kickstarter project and raised over 1/2 the funds required in 2 days! Does this […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Planetary Resources is a company planning to mine asteroids. Initially, though, they will place small observatories into earth orbit to search for candidate near earth orbit asteroids to which they will later send probes for closer inspection. On Wednesday they […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Former NFL Pro Bowl linebacker Ken Harvey and aerospace engineer Allen Herbert have sought ways to excite young people’s interest in technology and spaceflight and one of the concepts they have developed is a team sport that would be played […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Observations by members of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) have helped to solve a mystery regarding the SS Cygni variable star and correct a measurement made of it with the Hubble telescope: Astrophile: Hobbyist stakeout solves dwarf […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here are some pictures from the recent Maker Faire event in San Mateo, California: Greetings from Maker Faire 2013! – Parabolic Arc Some More Photos From Maker Faire 2013 – Parabolic Arc Update: More picts: The 2013 Bay Area Maker […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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