“New Visions for Space” will feature young voices from NASA Academy, Yuri’s Night, AIAA Young Professionals Committee, The Moon Society and others to talk about how exciting all of the new developments in space are, and how all of us are making a real difference in our space future. Guests include:The BIL Conference – Carter Gibson (Moderator)
The Moon Society – Ken Murphy (Organizer)
Liftport – Michael Laine (Co-Organizer)
Yuri’s Night – Brice Russ
Starstryder – Pamela Gay
SEDS – Michael Zwach
NASA Academy – Will Pomerantz
ISU-USA – Laura Burns
AIAA YPC – Alison Lauderbach
Please tune in on Wednesday, and be sure to let all of your friends know on Facebook, Twitter and other social media! Let’s show the world how awesome space is!
Via the Spaceports blog comes this video news report of last week’s successful launch of the South Korean Naro rocket (powered by a Russian first stage) and the release of the SK STSAT-2C technology demonstration satellite:
Here is a full video of the stage separation events and the release of the satellite (via Innerspace.net):
The bit in the rotary-percussion drill of NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity left its mark in a target patch of rock called “John Klein” during a test on the rover’s 176th Martian day, or sol (Feb. 2, 2013), in preparation for the first drilling of a rock by the rover.