Here’s the latest in a series of posts at Kentucky Space on progress with the KySat-2 nanosat project: “K2 Tuesdays” – Meeting Mission Requirements.
Planetary Society Hangout: Sampling Mars with Curiosity
In this Planetary Society hangout on January 17th, “Dr. Joel Hurowitz from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory joins Emily Lakdawalla […] to talk about Curiosity’s drilling and sampling system.”
ESA/Johns Hopkins aim to deflect an asteroid with spacecraft impact
ESA and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (which runs several space missions including the Messenger probe now orbiting Mercury) are proposing a joint experiment to test impact deflection of an asteroid. A JHU-APL spacecraft would ram into an asteroid while an ESA spacecraft would monitor the impact and its effects on the object.
Kepler exoplanet scan suspended temporarily
The lifetime of Kepler, the great exoplanet finding machine, may be cut prematurely short if efforts to save a balky reaction wheel fall short:
- Kepler glitch suspends NASA’s search for new planets – sen.com
- Kepler Mission Manager Update – NASA
- Twitter / mrtommyb: “To be clear, we are resting the spacecraft as a precaution. There is no evidence to suggest that a reaction wheel failure is imminent.”
The Space Show this week
The Space Show this week:
1. Monday, Jan. 21, 2013, 2-3:30 PM PST (5-6:30 PM EST, 4-5:30 PM CST): No show today as am teaching at UND..
2. Tuesday, January 22, 2013 7-8:30 PM PST (10-11:30 PM EST, 9-10:30 PM CST): We welcome John Strickland to the program to discuss cis-lunar space and economic development. Mr. Strickland is a long time space advocate, a member of the NSS Board of Directors, and more. Note that I will upload several images to The Space Show blog no later than Tuesday morning as John & I will be talking about them during our discussion. Make sure you access these images prior to our Tuesday night program, http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com.
3. Friday January 25, 2013, 9:30-11 AM PST (11:30- 1 PM CST, 12:30PM-2:00 PM EST): We welcome Dr. Duane Graveline, the father of the NASA bed rest microgravity simulation studies. Heather Archuletta, the “pillownaut astronaut,” will co-host this program with me.
4. Sunday, January 27, 2013, 12-1:30 PM PST (3-4:30 PM EST, 2-3:30 PM CST). We welcome back Dr. Eric Seedhouse regarding his new book, Pulling G: Human Responses to High and Low Gravity.
See also:
/– The Space Show on Vimeo – webinar videos
/– The Space Show’s Blog – summaries of interviews.
/– The Space Show Classroom Blog – tutorial programs
The Space Show is a project of the One Giant Leap Foundation.