A new documentary movie about pioneering space artist Chesley Bonestell will debut May 1st at the Newport Beach Film Festival. The film is titled Chesley Bonestell: A Brush With The Future: Behind every architect and builder is an artist who takes designs and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The annual Yuri’s Night – World Space Party happens this week in honor of the first human – Yuri Gagarin – to go into space on April 12, 1961. Yuri’s Night is the World Space Party. We hope to see you […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Las Cruces Space Festival in Las Cruces, New Mexico, near Spaceport America, will celebrate “Space for Everyone” : The first Las Cruces Space Festival (LCSF) will be held from April 12 – 14, 2018 to celebrate space-related activity and interest […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
SpaceX hopes to launch its Falcon Heavy rocket today from Kennedy Space Center. The 3 hour window for the launch opens at 1:30 pm EST (1830 GMT). There are large crowds reported gathering in the Cape Canaveral area to watch […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
To mark the 40 years of the flights of the two Voyager spacecraft through the solar system and into interstellar space, NASA held an event with several of the scientists involved in the project to discuss what it has accomplished: This […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is imagery of the eclipse as seen from space: Wow! Visible satellite view of #SolarEclipse2017 from (experimental) #GOES16! You can see the shadow along the path of totality! #txwx #nmwx pic.twitter.com/LLI6FqG65n — NWS Midland (@NWSMidland) August 21, 2017 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here are several live video feeds on the eclipse as seen from various locations across the US:
The Planetary Society has released three short videos about the solar eclipse over the US on August 21st: Bill Nye explains the basics of a solar eclipses, the path of totality, and how to safely view a solar eclipse with […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Cities in Space 2017” student competition at New Worlds Conference, Nov.10-11, 2017, Austin, TX
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An announcement from the STEAMSPACE™ Education Outreach program: Future Space Pioneers Coming to Texas Austin, Texas – July 5, 2017–More than seven hundred students and their teachers and mentors from around the world will come to Austin November 10th to present their […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today is Asteroid Day (see earlier posting). Here are some items about asteroids and how to prevent any sizable ones from smacking into Earth: ** Live webcast: ** Planetary Society: Happy Asteroid Day! | The Planetary Society Planetary Defense – The […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Friday June 30th is Asteroid Day. Asteroid Day is a global awareness campaign where people from around the world come together to learn about asteroids, the impact hazard they may pose, and what we can do to protect our planet, families, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Spaceport America Cup college student rocket competition took place last week at the New Mexico spaceport. (See earlier preview posting here.) Over 90 colleges were represented from around the world. The results are in: University of Michigan wins first Spaceport America […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some additional items about the total solar eclipse over North America on August 21st (see earlier posting): ** Astro Maven Rick Boozer writes about how Weird Things Happen with a Total Solar Eclipse. For example: Long before totality (when the Moon is only […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A total solar eclipse will pass over North America on August 21st. Below are some videos and web resources for the event. [ Update: Astro Maven Rick Boozer points me to an eclipse viewing event that he will be hosting in South […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Asteroid Day To Produce First Ever 24-Hour Global Broadcast About Asteroid Impact Hazard ESA, JAXA and NASA join Prof. Brian Cox, astronauts, esteemed scientists and technologists on June 30, to create a global conversation about asteroids. LUXEMBOURG, SILICON VALLEY — […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A symposium at Columbia University this weekend focused on “The Dawn of Private Space Science“. Videos of the many interesting talks are posted at Fiat Physica – Facebook. Here is a sampling: ** Pete Worden gave an update on the Breakthrough Initiatives, […] ↓ 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…
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Today SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket with 10 Iridium NEXT satellites from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The first stage of the rocket also came back down for a landing onto a ocean platform ship. This […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Mercury 7 astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth, died on Thursday at the age of 95: Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. | NASA John Glenn, first American to orbit the Earth, dies at 95 – The Washington […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The U.S. Space Walk of Fame Museum in Titusville, Florida is holding its annual Charity Auction: The Space Walk of Fame Charity Space Memorabilia Auction takes place on Oct. 29. Don’t miss out on this chance to bid on exciting pieces of aerospace […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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