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.
The Planetary Society‘s weekly Hangout yesterday included Dante Lauretta, the principal investigator of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission , which will take off in 2016 on a mission to visit the near-Earth carbonaceous asteroid (101955) . The show also included Mike Puzio, age 9, of North Carolina who won the OSIRIS-REx Name That Asteroid contest (see earlier posting).
On Tuesday on the International Space Station, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield display a new Canadian $5 banknote that includes an image of the Canadian-built robotic arm used on the station:
In a live videostream from the International Space Station to the Bank of Canada’s Ottawa head office, CSA Astronaut Chris Hadfield revealed the new Canadian $5 bank note that proudly features Canadian space robotics achievements Canadarm2 and Dextre. Also on hand for this historic announcement were Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney and Chairman of the Board at VIA Rail Canada, Paul G. Smith, who was present for the unveiling of the new $10 note. Credit: CSA/NASA