An interactive 360 degree panoramic camera on the SpaceX sea platform allows you to look up and watch the Falcon 9 booster come down for its landing: To get a better grasp of the size of the rocket, this video shows […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for April, 2016
Here is NASA’s latest Space to Ground report on activities related to the Int. Space Station in the past week:
A new report from ESO (European Southern Observatory): Unique Fragment from Earth’s Formation Returns after Billions of Years in Cold Storage Tailless Manx comet from Oort Cloud brings clues about the origin of the Solar System Astronomers have found a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I got a feeling that sales of the vitamin nicotinamide riboside (NR) will be going up soon: A vitamin that stops the aging process of organs – EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne). 28.04.16 – By administering nicotinamide riboside to elderly mice, EPFL researchers […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve posted a couple of times (see here and here) about the CineSpace short film competition, which is sponsored by NASA and the Houston Cinema Arts Society (HCAS). What makes this competition unique is the requirement that the creators use NASA imagery to some […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Next Big Future hosts the latest Carnival of Space.
The latest episode of the TMRO.tv live program is now available on line: The #ImpossibleDrive – TMRO This week the crew of TMRO talks about the seemingly impossible EM Drive. Could this be the technology that allows humanity to truly visit […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Newly released images from the New Horizon fly-by of Pluto last summer: Pluto’s ‘Halo’ Craters Within Pluto’s informally named Vega Terra region is a field of eye-catching craters that looks like a cluster of bright halos scattered across a dark landscape. Larger […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week: 1. Monday, April 25, 2016: 2-3:30 PM PDT (5-6:30 PM EDT, 4-5:30 PM CDT): No show due to last minute guest cancellation due to family illness. SPECIAL DAY: […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s another nicely done video of time lapse imagery of both earth and stars as seen from the Int. Space Station (link via reddit.com):
This week’s episode of NASA’s Space to Ground report on the Int. Space Station focuses on Bigelow Aerospace‘s BEAM habitat installed on the station last Saturday:
ESA/Hubble celebrates 26 years in orbit with a wonderful new image of the Bubble Nebula. Hubble captures birthday bubble This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, released to celebrate Hubble’s 26th year in orbit, captures in stunning clarity what looks like a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In a recent SETI Institute seminar, Bob Richards of Moon Express talked about the company, the Google Lunar XPRIZE, and the business case for commercial activities on the Moon: Moon Express 2017 – A Private Lunar Mission Enabling Science & Commerce – […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Everyday Spacer hosts the latest Carnival of Space.
Here’s a cool Kickstarter project that has reached nearly three times its goal with 3 weeks left: MOON – the most accurate lunar globe by Oscar Lhermitte and Kudu — Kickstarter The MOON globe aims for accuracy: MOON is unlike traditional […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is some video of rockets flying at the NASA Student Launch competition, which took place last week: On April 16, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center hosted the 16th annual Student Launch competition in Huntsville, Alabama. During the event student-designed and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
New images of the dwarf planet Ceres in the asteroid belt from the Dawn probe: New Ceres Images Show Bright Craters Craters with bright material on dwarf planet Ceres shine in new images from NASA’s Dawn mission. In its lowest-altitude […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Rachel Crane has created a series of videos at CNN about space travel: Way Up There – CNN.com –
The guests and topics of discussion on The Space Show this week: 1. Monday, April 18, 2016: 2-3:30 PM PDT (5-6:30 PM EDT, 4-5:30 PM CDT): We welcome back DR. ERIC SEEDHOUSE who will discuss his latest book, Mars Via […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A tour of aurora borealis and other gorgeous sites from the ISS; From the caption: NASA Television’s newest offering, NASA TV UHD, brings ultra-high definition video to a new level with the kind of imagery only the world’s leader in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…