Here is the latest episode of NASA’s Space to Ground weekly program, which reports on on activities aboard and related to the International Space Station:
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Space had a positive effect on one particular cherry tree seed taken to space in 2008 by Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata to the International Space Station, where they stayed for 8 months till returned to Japan : Space sakura have returned to Earth with […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NASA’s latest Space to Ground report on ISS activities of the past week:
The upcoming SpaceX Dragon cargo mission to the Int. Space Station will include a miniature veggie garden: Veggie Will Expand Fresh Food Production on Space Station A plant growth chamber bound for the International Space Station inside the Dragon capsule on the SpaceX-3 resupply […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A Russian Progress cargo craft was launched today on a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station. It will take a fast route such that it arrives there this afternoon. Here’s a video of the launch: [ Update: Here is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest presentation to the Future In-Space Operations (FISO) study group is now posted in the FISO Working Group Presentations Archive. Both slides (ppt) and audio (mp3) are available for the talk, Critical Risks for Extending Human Spaceflight by Mark Shelhamer, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the latest NASA Space to Ground update on ISS activities:
The NASA Z-2 EVA spacesuit development group is asking the public to vote on which of three exterior styles they like best: Z-2 Spacesuit Design Vote – NASA JSC After the positive response to the Z-1 suit’s visual design we received, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A couple of space history items I came across today: === Robert Truax‘s gigantic Sea Dragon doesn’t look as economical as often claimed when all costs are included: Historical Note: The Legend of the Sea Dragon – Citizens in Space === Cosmonaut Vladimir […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NASA’s Space to Ground report gives this week’s ISS headlines, including the delayed docking of the Soyuz: Here is a video showing the Soyuz approaching and docking with the ISS on Thursday:
A Soyuz rocket took off on Tuesday to the ISS: Expedition 39/40 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos launched on the Russian […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Michael Shinabery, a space historian with the New Mexico Museum of Space History, posts his latest article from the early years of the Space Age : Rats … Cosmic Radiation Turns Hair Grey! – This Week In Space History/Moonandback
The latest NASA video report on activities aboard the International Space Station:
Canadian astronaut and space singing star Chris Hadfield talks about living in space in this TED talk: Chris Hadfield: What I learned from going blind in space – Talk Video – TED -
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The Marshall Institute will hold a discussion panel on April 17th in Washington D.C. on the topic of space settlement in large in-space habitats: Human Settlement in Space: Bases in Near Space – Marshall Institute. Mankind has long dreamed of settling […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Development of an in-space infrastructure, which includes fuel depots, spacecraft refueling and repairs, etc., is essential for cost-effective space development. Here is a video about the Robotic Refueling Mission at NASA Goddard’s Satellite Servicing Capabilities Office: Caption: Goddard Space Flight Center’s Jill […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The plan by the Mars-One project has always held media, especially reality TV shows, as the key to funding their effort to put a human settlement on the Red Planet. It appears that one television production company, Lions Gate is the first to give […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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A skin-tight body suit developed by a group at King’s College London led by Dr David Green will be tested on the International Space Station to see if it counter-acts some of the detrimental effects of weightlessness : ‘Skinsuit’ to help […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Here’s the latest episode of NASA’s Space to Ground program about activities on the Int. Space Station:
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This Friday (8 p.m. EDT/5 p.m. PDT) the National Geographic Channel will broadcast Live From Space - National Geographic Channel is taking viewers around the world—literally—in this spectacular two-hour television event broadcasting LIVE from the International Space Station (ISS) and Mission Control in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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