An extended look at the President’s proposed NASA budget: Further Analysis of NASA’s 2014 Budget Proposal – The Planetary Society. The AAS doesn’t like the planetary science funding in the budget: American Astronomical Society Criticizes NASA Planetary Science Budget – […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The 10th Annual Spring [CubeSat] Workshop 2013 took place last week. The agenda (pdf) included a vast array of CubeSat projects, technologies, and applications. You can watch the talks on line: Videos of presentations – CubeSat Workshop 2013. This item […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Science writer Marc Kaufman writes about the growing realization that creating settlements on Mars and elsewhere in space in the not so distant future is not an impossible fiction but something that might actually be doable: Human mission to Mars […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have been offering a serialization of the updated version of the book The Rocket Company by Patrick J. G. Stiennon and David M. Hoerr, with illustrations by Doug Birkholz. This week you can obtain the following chapters of the book: […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yesterday. Virgin Galactic‘s SpaceShipTwo (SS2)vehicle made its first rocket powered test flight. VG has created an education program called Galactic Unite with STEM lesson plans based around the SS2 test flights: Galactic Unite Lesson Plans are now live! – Virgin […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NASA JPL releases imagery from the Cassini probe showing a huge hurricane circulating around Saturn’s north pole: NASA Probe Gets Close-Up Views of Large Hurricane on Saturn PASADENA, Calif. – NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first close-up, visible-light […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The artist Leonid Tishkov brings combines beauty and whimsy in his Private Moon works: Leonid Tishkov, Russian Artist, Travels The World With His ‘Private Moon’ (PHOTOS) – Huffington Post Leonid Tishkov: private moon
Copenhagen Suborbitals posted this video today. It gives a description of the guidance and control system of Copenhagen Suborbitals Sapphire rocket. The latest CS newsletter also included this item about the Sapphire rocket: The entire crew of Copenhagen Suborbitals are […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here are reports on two potential big improvements in solar power collection. Nanometer sized antennas could convert a much wider range of the solar spectrum into useful electric power than conventional solar cells (via CitizensInSpace.org): UConn Professor’s Patented Technique Key […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is the list of guests for The Space Show this week: 1. Monday, April 29, 2013, 2-3:30 PM PST (5-6:30 PM EST, 4-5:30 PM CST): ED WRIGHT joins us for Citizens in Space updates and info about the upcoming […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Marc Fusco talked on The Space Show on Sunday about “Space history and presidential politics with JFK, Presidents Johnson & Nixon”: Marc Fusco, Sunday, 4-28-13 – Thespaceshow’s Blog. === Jeff Foust of The Space Review (+ spacetoday.net, Space Politics, and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some space policy related items today: John Kelly: NASA still aiming for Mars trip – Florida Today Nelson quashes speculation on a gubernatorial run – Space Politics IAASS Proposes Space Debris Removal Framewok – Space Safety Magazine GAO’s Chaplain — […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This NASA video presents the EarthKAM program, which lets students control a camera on the International Space Station to take images of the earth. Caption: Since the earliest days of the space program, astronauts have taken photos of the Earth […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NASA’s 20th Great Moonbuggy Race took place the past few days at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. There were 89 teams involving over 600 high school and college students competing. The winners were announced yesterday: Puerto Rico Teams […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Go to AMSAT News for the latest headlines about developments in amateur and student satellites and for updates about amateur radio on the ISS. ANS 118 Weekly AMSAT Bulletin – April 27, 2013: * CubeBug-1 Reaches Orbit * Istanbul Technical […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NASA hopes asteroid missions will pump life into its human exploration program: Asteroid Capture Seen As Catalyst For Exploration – Aviation Week. === Meanwhile, the Japanese space program looks to be retrenching: Japanese Space Program Braces For Cuts – Aviation […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When the cost of putting people on Mars drops to an affordable range, there will be no shortage of people wanting to go there to build a new world: Life on Mars to become a reality in 2023, Dutch firm […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Chuck Killian of the Mars Society came to the Space Show on Friday and talked about the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah where they have been simulating Mars missions for ten years: Charles (Chuck) Killian, Friday, 4-26-13 | Thespaceshow’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bob Zimmerman reports on the latest space news during regular weekly slots (usually Tuesday and Thursdays) on the John Batchelor radio program. See the iTunes free Podcast for links to the latest shows. Tuesday 04/23/13 Batchelor Hour 3 Antares success […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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