Here is the first of a new special TMRO.tv series focused on space topics: Keeping fit in the cosmos – Experiment 01.01 – TMRO Welcome to the first official episode of TMRO:Science! Hosted by Lisa Stojanovski, Athena Brensberger and Jade Kim, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Here is the latest Space to Ground report from NASA on activities related to the International Space Station: And a video about a muscle tissue experiment on the ISS: Plus a couple of Time-Lapse Videos from NASA’s Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth: […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Guardians of the Galaxy Space Station Challenge to select student experiments for ISS
Jan10
on January 10, 2018
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A contest opens for students to win an opportunity to send an experiment to the International Space Station: CASIS and Marvel Entertainment Unveil Guardians of the Galaxy Space Station Challenge — Challenge Allows Students Ages 13-18 to Submit Flight Concepts […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some big commercial launch hardware has been on display this week: ** Elon Musk on Twitter posted photos of the first Falcon Heavy launcher in preparation in the hangar for a launch from Kennedy Space Center in January : ** […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Videos: Dragon berths to the ISS + Russian Soyuz with 3 new ISS crew members + “Space to Ground” report
Dec17
on December 17, 2017
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This morning the SpaceX Dragon cargo vehicle that launched on Friday from Cape Canaveral caught up with the International Space Station (ISS) and was captured by a robotic arm under the control of NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Videos: SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Dragon cargo ship to the ISS; Reused booster lands successfully
Dec15
on December 15, 2017
at 11:31 am
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket just launched a Dragon spacecraft into orbit this morning to deliver cargo to the International Space Station. The Dragon is carrying over 4,800 pounds (2177 kg) of research materials and equipment plus supplies for the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Kickstarter for STEM program with experiments for students to compare with results on ISS
Nov09
on November 9, 2017
at 2:41 pm
A Kickstarter has opened to back a program to let students run crystal and microbe growing experiments on the ground to compare with similar experiments on the International Space Station: Kickstarter for STEM Education Program in Space Announced Xtronaut, NanoRacks, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week’s Space to Ground report from NASA on news about the International Space Station: === For the kids, check out the International Space Station Activity Book (pdf). === A video about a miniature DNA sequencer used by NASA on the ISS: […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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ZERO-G sends the message below about university research projects flown on the companies Boeing 727 that provides periods of weightlessness by flying parabolic trajectories. ZERO-G Research Flights Advance Technology for Future Deep-Space Missions As Part of NASA’s Flight Opportunities Program, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Blue Origin, the space company owned by Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com, released a video animation this week showing the New Glenn rocket, which they will start building next year at a factory currently in construction at Cape Canaveral. First flights are […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Video: Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket demonstrates safe in-flight abort
Oct06
on October 6, 2016
at 12:52 pm
Blue Origin, the space company owned by Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, flew their New Shepard reusable suborbital rocket yesterday. The goal was to test the abort system for the crew capsule. At about 45 seconds after liftoff, the crew capsule […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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A new (and somewhat late) episode of NASA’s Space To Ground weekly report on recent activities related to the Int. Space Station:
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Here is a video of the SpaceX cargo Dragon spacecraft leaving theInt. Space Station on Wednesday. The Dragon was launched to the ISS back on April 8th (see videos here). Later in the day the Dragon parachuted safely into the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Michael Clark gives an update on recent rocket developments by Blue Origin and SpaceX: Here are scenes of the Port Canaveral dock where the SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage that successfully landed on a droneship was prepared this week for transport […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Harvard College astrophysics student Nina Hooper gives a TEDx talk on the potential of asteroid mining: Spotlight TEDx Talk: How asteroid mining could help us live in space – TEDx Innovations Blog Imagine a world with ubiquitous, affordable space travel, where getting […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The latest NASA Space to Ground report on Int. Space Station activities: Here is a video about an instrument used on the ISS to levitate metal while it is melted and then rapidly cooled. Dr. Douglas Matson of Tufts University is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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‘The Arete STEM Project’ – student experiments on the XCOR Lynx rocketplane
Feb26
on February 26, 2015
at 7:45 pm
The Arete STEM Project is a new Kickstarter campaign to fund K-12 STEM projects on suborbital high altitude flights using XCOR‘s Lynx rocketplane. Here is a video introduction to the project: The project aims to help all students, whether from a public, private, parochial, or home […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Video: The Entrepreneurs of Exploration – Xploration Outer Space
Dec08
on December 8, 2014
at 3:38 pm
The latest episode of Xploration Outer Space Online – Free at Hulu is about The Entrepreneurs of Exploration:
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Here’s a NASA interview with Jeff Goldstein, the director of the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education SSEP Program. The Student Spaceflight Experiment Program will launch aboard a Cygnus module on the Orbital CRS-3 mission.
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