This NASA JPL video shows radar images of asteroid 1998 QE2, which recently passed near earth, and of the asteroid’s moon rotating around the object:
Monthly Archives: June 2013
Project Morpheus vehicle test
The NASA JSC Project Morpheus project carried out a tethered test flight of their vertical takeoff and landing vehicle on Thursday:
Science Friday interview with scientist and artist Dan Durda
Science Friday has an interview with Dan Durda, who is both a space scientist (at SwRI) and an artist: Out of this World – Justin Nobel/Science Friday.
I’ve had an entry in the HobbySpace Art section Space Art section for Dan from the beginning of the website. Dan had been using acrylic painting but now focuses on digital art. See his gallery at 3D Impact.
Student collaborative art project wants to wrap a Saturn V in quilts
Robert Pearlman writes about a collaborative art project that intends to wrap a Saturn V rocket in quilts: Saturn V Switch: Art Project Picks Real Moon Rocket Over Replica for Quilt Covering -Space.com.
Find more about the project at its Kickstarter: Wrapping the REAL Saturn V Moon Rocket by International Fiber Collaborative, Inc. — Kickstarter
For some students this is their first introduction to space, science and art.
Wrapping the indoor real Saturn V Moon Rocket would have profound impact beyond our original intent to wrap the vertical Saturn V replica, we would like to pursue this option.
It would be awesome to walk under the entire length of the indoor rocket and look up to see all the art. We would have a hard time seeing all of the art on the outdoor vertical rocket which stands 363 feet tall.
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Your pledge will support design and team building aspects of the Dream Rocket project, a large scale art project based on creativity and teamwork made of thousands of artworks created by schools, groups, and individuals from around the U.S., and around the world.
Space policy roundup – June.5.13
Some recent US space policy items:
- Is Catching An Asteroid The Best Way To Mars? – Aviation Week
- HASC Subcommittee Chairman Demands Answers on Alleged Chinese ASAT Test – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- Announcement of Opportunity to Submit Input to Study on Human Spaceflight – National Space Society Blog
- HSS&T Committee Members Skeptical of Administration’s STEM Proposal – SpacePolicyOnline.com
And a couple of global space policy items:
- CNES, ESA Eye Near-Term Ariane 5 Performance Boost – Aviation Week
- Russia Boosting Space Budget To Surpass China, Equal Europe – SpaceNews.com