Vandenberg Air Force Base on the coast of California is the primary spaceport for US rockets launching payloads into polar orbits. Lompoc lies next to Vandenberg and David Tekaat of the Lompoc Senior’s Club tells me about the First Annual Space Symposium in Lompoc, set […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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NASA is announcing today the selection of astronauts who will fly to the International Space Station on the Boeing Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon transports, which are scheduled to make the first crew launches next year. The event is webcast from […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
[ Update 11:31 EDT: The flight was a success. The crew capsule fired its abort engine and the capsule reached nearly 120 km, considerably higher than previous flights. (100 km is generally accepted as the border line to space.) Here are […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Asteroid Day is this Saturday, June 30th. See the earlier posting here about this global campaign to raise awareness of the threat of asteroid impacts. Check if one of the many events planned for Asteroid day around the world is near […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
An announcement from Spaceport America: Second Annual Spaceport America Cup Scheduled for June 19-23 at Spaceport America, NM 130 Teams of College and University Rocketeers from Around the Globe to Compete SPACEPORT AMERICA, N.M. (PRWEB) JUNE 13, 2018: Student rocketeers from […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Saturday 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 National Space Society is holding its annual International Space Development Conference (ISDC 2018) this week in Los Angeles, California at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel, May 24-27, 2018. There is still time to sign up. The big list of speakers includes many […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
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…
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