Here is the latest update on the upcoming Space Access 2019 conference: Less than two weeks till the Space Access 2019 conference, April 18-20 at the Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley in Fremont California. Our near-final conference program is now available […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Here is an announcement from the Space Studies Institute on their conference this summer (see also the recent announcement for the Space Access Society‘s upcoming meeting): SSI 50: The Space Settlement Enterprise (Seattle, WA) The Space Studies Institute (SSI) is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My favorite conference series is back in action after a pause of a couple of years: Space Access 2019 Conference The Technology, Business, and Politics of Radically Cheaper Space Transportation at the Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley, April 18-21 Space Access […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The New Horizons probe made a successful flyby of the Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule today. (See earlier preview posting.) It will take several weeks for all of the high resolution images and data to be downloaded from the distant […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
[ Update: The landing was a success: NASA InSight Lander Arrives on Martian Surface | NASA ] NASA’s Insight spacecraft will set down on the Martian surface today Nov. 26th at around noon PST (3 p.m. EST). NASA TV will […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Several rocket launches around the world are scheduled for the next couple of weeks. Most of these will be webcast. ** Rocket Lab Electron – Nov.10/11, 10 p.m.-2 a.m. EST (0300-0700 GMT on 11th) – Rocket Lab is ready to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some items of interest found recently in my email box: ** Rockets and Relativity | Adventures in Physics and the Cosmos by Jeff Palmer Over the past few years, with the aim of sharing my lifelong enthusiasm for Space Science […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
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…
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