The latest update on activities aboard the Int. Space Station:
Video: “Space to Ground” update on ISS – Dec.12.14
The latest update on activities aboard the Int. Space Station:
Monthly Archives: December 2014
Talking about settling Mars and the volunteers wanting to go
On this episode of Tom Ashbrook’s radio program, he and his guests discuss the possibility of Mars settlement and the willingness of many people to sign up to go to the Red Planet: Life On Mars, Eventually – On Point with Tom Ashbrook.
His guests include:
Tariq Malik, managing editor of SPACE.com. (@tariqjmalik)
Leroy Chaio, former NASA astronaut. Space entrepreneur and chairman of Baylor College of Medicine’s National Space Biomedical Research Institute User Panel. (@astrodude)
Kellie Gerardi, one of nearly 500 finalists for the Mars-One Project. Business development specialist at Masten Space Systems. (@kelliegerardi)
Andrew Weir, novelist and author. His 2014 book, “The Martian,” is being made into a motion picture.
Listen to the audio:
Video: Rosetta’s wild bounce on comet 67P/C-G
In this SETI Institute seminar, Claudia Alexander of NASA JPL talks about Rosetta’s Wild Bounce at comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko –
Rosetta is the third cornerstone mission of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Horizon 2000 Programme. It’s goals are to examine some of the original material of the solar system with a comprehensive evaluation of the minearologic, isotopic, and organic constituents of a comet; understand how the body works as a machine to absorb and re-radiate energy from the sun; and understand more about the origins of the solar system.
In this talk, I’ll explain the science background of some of the mysteries of comets including pros and cons about why we think comets might have brought Earth’s water, concepts regarding missing nitrogen in the outer solar system, and material the comet is made of (CAIs & IDPs). The talk will include early images of the comet’s activity. I’ll set the stage for the landing and walk through the 60 hours of time spent on the comet’s surface. Finally I’ll present an overview of initial findings.
Video: Watch the ISS assembly in a flash
Watch thirteen years of construction of the International Space Station in two minutes (via io9) :
Latest solar cycle sunspot count
Here’s an update on the solar cycle, which appears now to be following a predicted path: Solar maximum ramp down continues- Behind The Black
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