SEDS (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space) is sponsoring the 2014 University Student Rocketry Challenge: SEDS is pleased to announce the 2014 University Student Rocketry Challenge. Now in it’s fourth year, this competition challenges university students to design, build, and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Amy Heemsoth of the Living Oceans Foundation sent me this announcement: Inspiring Conservation through Art Do you love art? Love the reefs? Then please read on. For this year’s Science without Borders® Challenge, we are asking high school students around the world to use […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign opened today for the game Space Pioneer, which was created by a team that includes three cosmonauts: Space Pioneer by Space Enigma Studios — Kickstarter Our team consists of world famous astronauts, engineers, designers, programmers, artists […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The SpaceIL team in the Google Lunar X PRIZE competition announced today that they have signed a contract for the propulsion system for their lunar spacecraft. Ronen Zilberstein, the SpaceIl Project Manager, gives a brief description of the propulsion plan:
The earth observation satellite company DigitalGlobe is holding a contest to selected their top image of the year: Vote For DigitalGlobe’s Best Satellite Photo Of The Year – Popular Science Help Us Choose the Top Image of 2013 DigitalGlobe saw many changes in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Check out the game Putt the Planets: The way the future was supposed to be! It is available for iOS, Android, and Kindle Fire and sells for $1. PUTT THE PLANETS Take a grand tour of our Solar System, putter in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Time Change For Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013 Program SPECIAL TIME: The Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013 program time has been changed to 3-4:30 PM PST, (6-7:30 PM EST, 5-6:30 PM CST): We welcome William (Bill) Harwood to the program. Bill is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The FAI (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, also known as The World Air Sports Federation) is sponsoring the FAI Young Artists Contest again: The FAI Young Artists Contest is an international art contest for youngsters between the ages of 6 and 17. Each FAI Member Country sponsors […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Geocaching has become a popular “treasure hunt” activity around the world. Small stashes of miscellaneous items are hidden in containers in over 2.25 million spots around the globe and their locations archived at www.Geocaching.com. Participants use their GPS units to find […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NASA, Harvard Business School, and the TopCoder open software organization have opened the NASA Tournament Lab (NTL), which is sponsoring a contest to develop Data Tolerant Networking (DTN) techniques, such as “a method by which cryptographic keys can be exchanged in a network suffering from […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
An announcement from the National Space Society and the Space Journal at Ohio University: Participate in the International SunSat Competition Over $40,000 in Prizes Will Be Awarded! The National Space Society in affiliation with Ohio University is pleased to announce […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
An announcement from with Space Center Houston : Space Center Houston unveils official name of Space Shuttle replica Winning submission selected from more than 10,000 entries in Texas-wide naming contest HOUSTON – Officials with Space Center Houston, the visitor center for NASA’s Johnson […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
An announcement from with Space Center Houston: Space Center Houston to unveil official name of Space Shuttle replica Winning submission selected from more than 10,000 entries in Texas-wide naming contest WHAT: Officials with Space Center Houston, the visitor center for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation gave more details about the of the Chang’e 3 lunar lander/rover hardware that will be launched to the Moon later this year. They also announced a contest to name the rover. China invites public […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s an announcement from Astronauts4Hire: Astronauts for Hire Announces Youth Art Contest as part of World Space Week 2013 Tampa, Florida – To help inspire the next generation of space explorers, Astronauts for Hire (A4H) is proud to host an […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The winners in the ReBrick LEGO/NASA Imagine and Build contest have been announced: In NASA LEGO Contest, Students Aim For Space – Space.com NASA’s Missions Winners – ReBrick The grand prize winner was Hushpup’s Sunbeam: A runner up was Epic185’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The deadline nears for the Name the Shuttle contest sponsored by the NASA JSC visitor center: One week remaining to submit entry for Space Center Houston’s “Name the Shuttle” contest Texas residents have the unique opportunity to name the Shuttle […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Check out the soon-to-be-released role playing game Hadron’s Forge from Arcane Logic: An Epic Space Adventure rpg, that combines elements of Portal and Minecraft into a vast procedurally generated universe with a rich storyline. Explore asteroids, moons, planets, and the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The N-Prize offers two cash Prizes, each of £9,999.99 (nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine pounds and ninety-nine pence, sterling) to the first persons or groups to put into orbit around the Earth a satellite with a mass of between […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
UK students can now apply for the regional heats and micro competitions of the 2014 UK Space Design Competition (UKSDC) – UK Space Design Competition – Regional & Micro Events – BIS : Events have been confirmed in London, Cardiff, and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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