Over the past couple of years I’ve shown here a number of the time-lapse videos of imagery of the earth as seen from the International Space Station. Here is a big collection of such videos, accompanied by lots of adjectives […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jonás Cuarón created this poignant short film titled Aningaaq to accompany his movie Gravity: Watch the Gravity Short About the Stranger Sandra Bullock Called From Space – Underwire/Wired.com
Yet another interview with astronaut and space singing sensation Chris Hadfield about life in space: Chris Hadfield Space Oddity: Interview with author of An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth – Slate.com === Hadfield also participated in the NPR program Wait Wait…Don’t Tell […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Art in Space section at HobbySpace describes various art related works and projects that were done in space or at least in weightlessness. These include The Cosmic Dancer Project described on artist Arthur Woods‘ site about artworks that were taken to the Mir […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s a report on the recent panel discussion at the Nat. Air & Space Museum about the Overview Effect (see earlier posting) : An Astronauts’ View of Earth Could Change Us All – The Daily Planet. === NASA astronaut Mae Carol Jemison […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Two Russian Cosmonauts made a spacewalk today at the International Space Station and lit a flame within a special device to represent the Olympic flame. This is in commemoration of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, that start on Feb. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Lunar/Mars mission simulation by the North Dakota UND Human Spaceflight Laboratory is into the 7th day of the 10 day project. (See earlier posts here and here.) NDX Space Suit Projects: Crew Report. Day # 6 NDX Space Suit Projects: Crew Report. Day […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Overview Effect will be the topic of a discussion panel at Air & Space next Thursday: The Overview Effect: Bringing it Down to Earth – National Air and Space Museum Thursday, November 7 2:30 pm Moving Beyond Earth Museum in Washington, DC […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Chris “Space Oddity“ Hadfield gave an interesting interview on Terry Gross’s Fresh Air program today: Interview: Chris Hadfield, Author Of ‘An Astronaut’s Guide To Life On Earth’ – NPR.
The culprit that caused the leak in Luca Parmitano’s spacesuit that nearly drowned him has still not been completely isolated: NASA Still Probing Cause Of Spacesuit Water Leak – Aviation Week. I think this problem is relevant to the endless arguments over […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Via Universe Today comes a pointer to an interesting in-space microgravity art event carried out a few years ago in the Japanese Kibo module on the International Space Station : “Auroral Oval Spiral Top” Performed in Kibo:Experiment – International Space Station – JAXA […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The University of North Dakota UND Human Spaceflight Laboratory, which recently participated in the World Space Walk event with two other space suit teams, will start a ten day simulation of a planetary mission this Sunday: NDX Planetary Exploration System First Test […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The very popular movie Gravity doesn’t get the orbital mechanics right but Joel Achenbach thinks they did fine with the human part of the story : “Gravity” better on biology than orbital dynamics [spoilers] – Washington Post. === With the Space […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In this video from October 23rd, Expedition 37 Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg answeres questions from students from the Henning, Minnesota school district about her life and work aboard the International Space Station:
Check out this great collection of photos taken by astronauts on the International Space Station and posted to earthlings via Twitter: NASA Shutdown Unleashes Beautiful Astronaut Photos on Twitter – News Watch US astronaut Karen Nyberg tweeted this striking photo of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m surprised how close bio-medical technology is to providing the capability to induce hibernation, or an extended “torpor” state, for humans, which could allow for crews to be suspended for long space trips: Space Travel’s Efficient, Cheaper Future: Sleeping Your Way […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Rather than space hobbies, astronaut Karen Nyberg talks about the hobbies she will be doing in space while an ISS crew member: Update: Karen posts a picture of one of her space creations floating weightless: Made in space!! I made […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Kepler Space Institute has posted the latest issue of the Journal of Space Philosophy, Volume 3, Fall 2013. All the papers are available for download. Examples include: Deep Space III The Human Space Program – Frank White (pdf) The […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The casting off of SuitSat from the ISS back in 2006 looks quite strange: No, this isn’t a shot from the film “Gravity” (but it could be) – Lights in the Dark
Philip Metzger, a research physicist at NASA KSC, reviews 13 Things to Do with Space Water – Moonandback. Check out lots of other interesting posts at Dr Metzger’s blog: The Coming Revolution of Civilization in Space!
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