The latest TMRO.tv program: A new way to orient spacecraft: Reaction Spheres – Orbit 10.16 – Emory Stagmer joins us once again to talk about his patented invention: Reaction Spheres. This is a new way to orient spacecrafts beyond using traditional reaction […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some sci-fi short films: ** On Sunday by David Lea – DUST ** Athena (Sci-Fi Action Short Film) by Andrew Kadikian – Rogue Division ** Hibernation by Jon Mikel Caballero – DUST ** Embers & Dust by Patrick Biesemans – DUST ====
Elon Musk believes that greater use of tunnels would provide a major reduction in urban traffic congestion. He has formed “The Boring Company” to investigate improvements in the design of giant tunnel drilling machines that would allow them to drill several times faster than […] ↓ 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…
The Cassini spacecraft survived its first pass through the gap between Saturn and its rings: NASA Spacecraft Dives Between Saturn and Its Rings NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is back in contact with Earth after its successful first-ever dive through the narrow […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The annual conference of the National Space Society will be held this year in St. Louis, Missouri over May 25-29: The International Space Development Conference (ISDC® 2017) is where people from all around the world connect and share the latest breakthroughs in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
An announcement from SPACE Canada and the National Space Society: SPACE Canada and National Space Society Announce Semi-Finalists Selection in First Annual International Space Solar Power Student Competition (Washington DC, April 25, 2017) SPACE Canada and the National Space Society […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This interactive video from NASA JPL allows you to scan Saturn and the rings as the Cassini spacecraft makes one of its dives between the two before the Grand Finale in September. Dive between Saturn and its rings with NASA’s Cassini spacecraft in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And now Uber unveils its prototype electric vertical takoff and and landing (eVTOL) vehicle for a flying taxi service that it will begin testing in Dallas and Dubai in 2020. The vehicle is being developed in partnership with Aurora Flight Sciences, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
French astronaut Thomas Pesquet has worked on the International Space Station as an ESA member of the crew since last November. His six month mission will end in May. During his stay in space he has carried out multiple spacewalks and performed many science experiments. He […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yet another multicopter-style flying vehicle takes to the air – this time a single person water landing craft funded by Google co-founder and billionaire Larry Page: Flying car? Kitty Hawk’s first prototype looks more like a flying raft – Alan Boyle/Geekwire See the Kitty […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week: 1. Monday, April 24, 2017: 2-3:30 pm PDT (5-6:30 pm EDT, 4-5:30 pm CDT): Robert Walker from the UK returns to discuss his latest article, “Why I Wouldn’t […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest TMRO.tv program is now in the archive: TMRO:Space – Cassini’s Grand Finale – Orbit 10.15 – TMRO – Lisa Tatge, Subsystem Engineer on the Spacecraft Operations Team for the Cassini Mission to Saturn joins us for an incredible interview about […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A selection of space videos: * * Cygnus Arrives at Station After Four-Day Journey – Highlights of the Cygnus cargo spacecraft’s launch and arrival at the ISS: ** Tianzhou-1 Cargo Spacecraft Docks with Tiangong-2 Space Lab – Nice view of the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week’s Space to Ground report from NASA on activities related to the International Space Station: Here is a video of a Russian Soyuz blasting off on Thursday to take a Russian cosmonaut and a NASA astronaut to the station: […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The German startup company Lilium has now flown the first full-scale prototype of their electric-powered vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft called the Lilium Jet: They explain what they mean by electric jet as follows: The electric jet engines work like turbofan jet engines in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A galaxy or other massive object can bend light. Light from a star far beyond and behind such an object from our point of view can be bent just like light going through a lens. This lens effect can result […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NASA has released images and a short video clip of radar observations made this week of Asteroid 2014 JO25, which will make a flyby of earth today: NASA Radar Spots Relatively Large Asteroid Prior to Flyby Radar images of asteroid 2014 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest report from ESO (European Southern Observatory): Newly Discovered Exoplanet May be Best Candidate in Search for Signs of Life An exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth may be the new holder of the title “best place […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest TMRO.tv program is now available: The small Ion thruster that could change space travel – Orbit 10.14 – TMRO Natalya Bailey the Founder & CEO of Accion Systems joins us to talk about their very small yet incredibly powerful […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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