Bonhams will hold a space memorabilia/collectibles auction on March 25th: The Space History Sale including Aviation – Bonhams Space artifacts coming to NYC auction – AP/WSJ.com
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Archive for February, 2013
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Dr. Samuel Kounaves joined David Livingston on the John Batchelor Show’s Hotel Mars segment to talke about the Curiosity rover’s drilling activities, Mars soil samples, and the search for organics molecules: The John Batchelor Show Hotel Mars, Wednesday, 2-27-13 – […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Astronauts on the ISS talk with students in Phoenix: Engineers Tom Marshburn of NASA and Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency discussed life and research on the orbital laboratory February 26 during an in-flight educational event with 9th to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The band Thirty Seconds to Mars has placed the first copy of their new song ‘Up In The Air’ on the SpaceX Dragon that is set to launch tomorrow atop a Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station: Thirty […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The bowling-ball-sized free-flying satellites called SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites) are being fitted with their own “goggles” — a computer and stereoscopic camera setup named the Visual Estimation and Relative Tracking for Inspection of Generic Objects, or […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The US House of Representatives votes to rename Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base for Neil A. Armstrong and to rename the surrounding Western Aeronautical Test Range after Hugh L. Dryden. House passes second attempt to rename […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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A campaign to get a US stamp recognizing the New Horizons missions to Pluto has taken a step forward: First Pluto-bound space probe gets review for US postage stamp – collectSPACE. The campaign started with a petition drive: Pluto Stamp […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Here’s an announcement from the New Mexico Museum of Space History in Alamogordo, New Mexico: New Mexico Museum of Space History First State Museum to Obtain Smithsonian Affiliation Apollo Boilerplate Command Module First of Expected New Exhibits (Alamogordo, New Mexico) […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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NASA’s ScienceCast program looks at what has been determined so far from studies of the asteroid that led to the meteor fireball over Chelyabinsk:
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The Coalition for Space Exploration announces a new contest: National video contest asks the public to share “Why Space Matters to the Future” The Coalition for Space Exploration and NASA Visitor Centers Consortium launch spring break promotion HOUSTON – Space […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The Pluto Rocks! contest to name the moons of Pluto (see earlier post) got the attention of the public when William Shatner proposed Vulcan. It has now gotten the most votes: Vulcan tops vote to name Pluto moons – BBC.
The Venus Transit blog hosts the latest Carnival of Space.
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The Curiosity Rover begins analysis of the rock powder from the recent drilling activity: Mars Science Laboratory: Lab Instruments Inside Curiosity Eat Mars Rock Powder PASADENA, Calif. – Two compact laboratories inside NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity have ingested portions of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Kristian von Bengtson of Copenhagen Suborbitals and Cameron Smith, their new collaborator on space suits, are doing a Reddit AMA today at 1 p.m. PT (4:pm ET) : Ask DIY Space Designers Kristian and Cameron Anything at 1 p.m. Pacific […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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DARPA wants better vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing vehicles, particularly in these “four areas: speed, hover efficiency, cruise efficiency and useful load capacity”. DARPA Experimental Aircraft Program to Develop the Next Generation of Vertical Flight Higher speeds, increased efficiency, elegant designs are the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Moon Zoo participants may start scanning the lunar surface to look for a crater in the area where a disputed flash was photographed in 1953 by amateur astronomer Leon Stuart : Stuart’s Event – Moon Zoo Blog.
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India today successfully launched seven satellites on a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on Sriharikota Island. One of the payloads is the STRaND-1 Cubesat built by Surrey Satellite and operated by a “Google Nexus One smartphone […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Doug Plata discussed his Lunar COTS proposal on the Space Show yesterday: Dr. Doug Plata, Sunday, 2-24-13 – Thespaceshow’s Blog === A commentator has difficulty making fun of, or heads or tails of, the Tea Party In Space organization: ‘Tea […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The Space Show this week: 1. Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, 2-3:30 PM PST (5-6:30 PM EST, 4-5:30 PM CST): We welcome back DUANE HYLAND of AIAA & JOHN ROSE of Boeing to discuss the AIAA 2013 California Space Day program […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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JP Aerospace for many years has flown for free lots of PongSats with miniature payloads from students from all over the world. Now some high school students in Atlanta are expanding on JPA’s work: Space Hub Southeast | Furthering the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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