• Telescope Targets Black Holes' Binges And Burps

    Updated: 2012-07-31 10:04:00
    Black holes grow by eating space dust and gas — and the material swallowed up emits high-energy X-rays. Later this week, NASA's newest space telescope will start searching the universe for signs of these mealtimes in hopes of unlocking some of the secrets of black holes.

  • 'Star Trek' icons marvel over Mars

    Updated: 2012-07-31 08:57:08
    When it comes to Trek vs. Trek, it's usually Kirk versus Picard — but a brand-new pair of NASA videos previewing the Mars Curiosity rover's landing ffers a different study in constrasts. Kirk versus ... Wesley Crusher? NASA is following up on the $2.5 billion Mars mis hellip;

  • NSS and Explore Mars announce September 12th Congressional Space Blitz

    Updated: 2012-07-31 02:01:36
    The National Space Society (NSS) and Explore Mars will be conducting the “We Choose to Explore Space” Congressional Blitz on September 12, 2012 — the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s iconic “We choose to go to the Moon” speech. According to NSS Executive Director, Paul Damphousse, “Our nation’s space program is at a crossroads [...]

  • William Shatner and Wil Wheaton Narrate New NASA Mars Curiosity Rover Video

    Updated: 2012-07-30 22:44:15
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  • Knight's new site

    Updated: 2012-07-30 20:25:22
    Skip to Content Contact Us Register Log In About Faculty Staff Address Directions Contributors Fellowships Eligibility How to Apply Being a Fellow FAQs Boot Camps Fellows Alumni Fellows Boot Camp Fellows Fellows Search Seminars News Past Seminars News Archive Media Gallery Video Photos Print Slideshows Audio Tracker Suggest A Story Journalism Resources Subscribe 30 Jul 2012 Knight's new site 0 Comments Author : Phil Hilts Share The Knight Science Journalism program at MIT today launches its new website . The mission of our program is unchanged to offer training and to stimulate discussion among science journalists but the new site will have more audio and video , more information on our Fellows , and a gradually-growing set of Knight Science Journalism Trackers to follow science and health

  • 2001: A Space Thriller

    Updated: 2012-07-30 19:15:24
    : Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Portland , Oregon talk OF DEATH 2001 : A Space Thriller I have no reason to post this , other than it made me laugh : a trailer for the classic movie 2001 : A Space Odyssey as if it were made . today Being pretty familiar with the movie , it was funny to see how these scenes were used out of context . Of course , doing this you can make any kids’ movie into a scary one and any scary movie into a romantic comedy Share July 30th , 2012 12:15 PM Tags : 2001 : A Space Odyssey by Phil Plait in Geekery Humor SciFi TV Movies 24 comments RSS feed Trackback 24 Responses to 2001 : A

  • Climate Olympics: Two compete for grandstanding gold medal

    Updated: 2012-07-30 18:34:56
    Interesting Sunday in the world of climate change. First came an op-ed in the New York Times from University of California, Berkeley scientist Richard Muller: Call me a converted skeptic. Three years ago I identified problems in previous climate studies that, in my mind, threw doubt on the very existence of global warming. Last year, [...]

  • A Stellar Dance Lasting 10 Billion Years

    Updated: 2012-07-30 18:32:27
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  • Portland, Oregon talk OF DEATH

    Updated: 2012-07-30 17:29:15
    , Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Icebergs off Greenland 2001 : A Space Thriller Portland , Oregon talk OF DEATH I’m very excited to be heading up to Portland , Oregon on Wednesday , August 1, to give my Death from the Skies talk at the Bagdad Theater This is part of the OMSI Science Pub series , a laid-back event where people like me talk to people like you about stuff like science . In my case , I’ll be talking asteroid impacts and crispy dinosaurs and making fun of the movie Armageddon and then saving the world . This talk is open to the public and starts at 7:00 p.m . doors open at 5 Tickets are 20 and

  • X-Rays Discovered From Young Supernova Remnant

    Updated: 2012-07-30 16:42:46
    Home About SpaceRef NASA Watch OnOrbit Commercial Space Watch SpaceRef Canada SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia Astrobiology Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets X-Rays Discovered From Young Supernova Remnant By Keith Cowing Posted July 30, 2012 12:42 PM View Comments NASA HSCFA SN 1957D Over fifty years ago , a supernova was discovered in M83, a spiral galaxy about 15 million light-years from Earth . Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to make the first detection of X-rays emitted by the debris from this . explosion Named SN 1957D because it was the fourth supernova to be discovered in the year of 1957, it is one of only a few located outside of the

  • Martian Triangle Heralds “Curiosity” Mars Rover Landing

    Updated: 2012-07-30 16:29:29
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  • Image: Messier 68: A Ten Billion-year Stellar Dance

    Updated: 2012-07-30 16:25:45
    : : Home About SpaceRef NASA Watch OnOrbit Commercial Space Watch SpaceRef Canada SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia Astrobiology Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Image : Messier 68 : A Ten Billion-year Stellar Dance By Keith Cowing Posted July 30, 2012 12:25 PM View Comments NASA ESA STSCI Globular Cluster Messier 68 The NASA ESA Hubble Space Telescope offers this delightful view of the crowded stellar encampment called Messier 68, a spherical , star-filled region of space known as a globular . cluster Mutual gravitational attraction among a cluster's hundreds of thousands or even millions of stars keeps stellar members in check , allowing globular clusters to hang

  • Editorial: There’s still hope for NASA

    Updated: 2012-07-30 16:10:42
    To borrow from Mark Twain, reports of NASA's death are greatly exaggerated. The space agency and the Johnson Space Center are very much alive, if not as visible as they were in the days when Mission Control was doing its regular televised turns during manned space missions.

  • Incoming CME, Weak Impact Expected

    Updated: 2012-07-30 16:02:11
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  • Space Technology and Arctic Policy Priorities

    Updated: 2012-07-30 15:43:27
    Home About SpaceRef NASA Watch OnOrbit Commercial Space Watch SpaceRef Canada SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia Astrobiology Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Space Technology and Arctic Policy Priorities By Keith Cowing Posted July 30, 2012 11:43 AM View Comments Polar View Norway has carried out this GSP study comparing the needs of Arctic stakeholders as articulated in policies and strategies with the contribution different types of satellite technologies can make to meet current and future . requirements The Arctic is warming much faster than the rest of the planet , and as a result , sea ice is receding opening northern sea routes . This will increase the level of

  • Hubble’s View of Messier 68: Like Diamonds in the Sky

    Updated: 2012-07-30 14:00:29
    If you’ve ever looked at Messier 68 through a telescope, you know what a delightful view it is. But the Hubble Space Telescope offers a spectacular, diamond-studded picture of this crowded stellar encampment, a spherical, star-filled region of space known as a globular cluster. This beautiful grouping of stars has been performing a type of [...]

  • CSExtra – Monday, July 30, 2012

    Updated: 2012-07-30 12:42:21
    To subscribe to CSExtra via RSS feed click here. If you would prefer to receive CSExtra in e-mail format, e-mail us at Info@spacecoalition.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. Monday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world, plus a roundup of weekend activities. Russia meets with success [...]

  • Weekly Weather: Warmest, driest week since late June on tap

    Updated: 2012-07-30 12:32:42
    Welcome to your Monday morning weather update, in which I’ll attempt to sum up the immediate past, present and future of weather on the bayou. PAST We’ve reached the warmest time of year, a period from July 27 through August 20, when Houston’s average temperatures peak at a high of 95 degrees, and a low [...]

  • Rover Curiosity Tweaks its Final Mars Approach

    Updated: 2012-07-30 08:45:16
    The NASA robot tweaked its flight path early Sunday to home-in on its landing site inside Gale Crater.

  • SpaceX's Historic Mission: Gotta-See Videos

    Updated: 2012-07-30 05:09:07
    Compared to NASA, SpaceX are the newcomers to the Space world, but though their history is short, the Dragon mission was phenomenally successful and inspiring.

  • Curiosity Completes Crucial Course Correction – 1 Week from Mars !

    Updated: 2012-07-30 01:27:02
    Image Caption: Course correcting thruster firings on July 29 successfully placed Curiosity on target to touchdown beside Mount Sharp inside Gale Crater on Mars on Aug 6 in search of signs of a habitable environment. Credit: NASA Now just 1 week out from landing beside a 3 mile high (5 km) layered Martian mountain in [...]

  • Latest Photos From Opportunity on Mars

    Updated: 2012-07-29 19:38:41
    Home About SpaceRef NASA Watch OnOrbit Commercial Space Watch SpaceRef Canada SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia Astrobiology Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Latest Photos From Opportunity on Mars By Keith Cowing Posted July 29, 2012 3:38 PM View Comments NASA Mars as Seen By Opportunity Opportunity is roving at the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater . Progress was again impacted by a second safe mode entry by the Mars Odyssey orbiter . With normal Ultra-High Frequency relay with Odyssey restored , Opportunity was able to drive on Sol 3019 July 21, 2012 That drive , of over 138 feet 42 meters was a V trajectory with the rover first driving toward

  • Progress Supply Ship Re-docks to ISS After Abort

    Updated: 2012-07-29 14:36:12
    A Russian Progress supply ship has been successfully re-docked to the International Space Station after an initial re-docking failed. The ship has been at the station since April and it was undocked on July 22 to perform a series of engineering tests during re-docking to make sure an upgraded automated rendezvous system was working. However, [...]

  • The scars of a Colorado fire

    Updated: 2012-07-29 14:15:54
    Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Southern skies time lapse : Nocturnal Icebergs off Greenland The scars of a Colorado fire A few weeks ago , Colorado fires raged . They are still there , but mostly out and contained the Boulder fire is completely contained , but pockets of fire will probably burn at a low level for weeks and be put out as they’re . found South of us , in Colorado Springs , the wildfire was apocalyptic . It destroyed over 18,000 acres 72 square kilometers , 28 square miles and many buildings and houses . The scar it left behind is visible even from space , especially in the infrared , as in

  • This Week at NASA Recap for Friday, July 28, 2012

    Updated: 2012-07-28 14:36:36
    The Curiosity rover continues to make its way to Mars and its scheduled landing in Gale Crater on Monday, Aug. 6. Also Mars Yard; New record set; New heat shield test and new mission previewed; Landsat 40 and remembering Sally Ride and more.

  • Southern skies time lapse: Nocturnal

    Updated: 2012-07-28 14:15:37
    : Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Globsmacked The scars of a Colorado fire Southern skies time lapse : Nocturnal Oh my , another amazing time lapse of the night sky : Nocturnal by photographer Colin Legg whose work we’ve seen here before on the BABlog shows southern skies wheeling and turning majestically . overhead Note : For reasons I don't understand , the wrong video was linked here originally . It's fixed now , and I apologize for that . Yegads . Pay attention at the 30 second mark as the Southern Cross and Alpha and Beta Centauri rise above a mountain , then at 40 seconds when Comet Lovejoy rises

  • NASA Making Strides with the New Space Launch System

    Updated: 2012-07-28 14:11:00
    In 2011, America lost the ability to send humans into space when NASA retired the shuttle program.   Lately, there has been a burst of news about the commercial side of spaceflight and how private companies such as SpaceX and VirginGalatic will soon be able to take over where the shuttle left off.  But that doesn’t [...]

  • The Most Epic Curiosity Countdown Clock

    Updated: 2012-07-28 03:04:03
    If you can’t get to a Mars Science Lab landing party, one website aims to bring the party to you. Explore Mars, a not-for-profit, has joined up with several space-faring organizations and firms to create Get Curious. It’s a one-stop shop for all things concerning Curiosity, the centerpiece of MSL. “Curiosity will rock the world” [...]

  • T Minus 9 Days – Mars Orbiters Now in Place to Relay Critical Curiosity Landing Signals

    Updated: 2012-07-28 01:22:25
    Image Caption: NASA’s Mars Odyssey will relay near real time signals of this artist’s concept depicting the moment that NASA’s Curiosity rover touches down onto the Martian surface. NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) and ESA’s Mars Express (MEX) orbiter will also record signals from Curiosity for later playback, not in real time. Credit: NASA It’s [...]

  • Globsmacked

    Updated: 2012-07-27 17:00:07
    Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Helping save the planetary space program Southern skies time lapse : Nocturnal Globsmacked Globular clusters are some of the most stunning objects in the sky . Composed of hundreds of thousands of stars , over 150 of these compact beehives orbit our Milky Way galaxy alone . Some are close enough that even through a small telescope they reveal a breathtaking beauty , individual stars sparsely distributed in their outskirts becoming more cramped and crowded until they blur into a generalized smear in the middle . When you use a bigger telescope to look at them , you get wondrous

  • Kounotori3 H-II Transfer Vehicle Berthed to ISS

    Updated: 2012-07-27 15:07:16
    Home About SpaceRef NASA Watch OnOrbit Commercial Space Watch SpaceRef Canada SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia Astrobiology Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Kounotori3 H-II Transfer Vehicle Berthed to ISS By Keith Cowing Posted July 27, 2012 11:07 AM View Comments Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Aki Hoshide used the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm to install the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA H-II Transfer Vehicle , or HTV-3, to its docking port on the Earth-facing side of the Harmony node at 10:34 a.m . EDT . Friday Earlier , working from the robotic workstation inside the station's cupola , NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba , with the

  • Linking Martian Craters With Subsurface Water

    Updated: 2012-07-27 14:51:02
    Home About SpaceRef NASA Watch OnOrbit Commercial Space Watch SpaceRef Canada SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia Astrobiology Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Linking Martian Craters With Subsurface Water By Keith Cowing Posted July 27, 2012 10:51 AM View Comments NASA Stereo View Of Martian Crater Researchers from Western University have discovered further evidence linking subsurface volatiles , such as water or ice , to previously recognized but thought to be rare pits , which commonly arise on the floors of Martian impact . craters Investigating extremely detailed images of Mars produced by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment HiRISE camera http :

  • ScienceCasts: Mars Landing Sky Show

    Updated: 2012-07-27 13:26:26
    On the same night Curiosity lands on Mars, a "Martian Triangle" will appear in sunset skies of Earth. The first-magnitude apparition on August 5th gives space fans something to do while they wait for news from the Red Planet.

  • CSExtra – Friday, July 27, 2012

    Updated: 2012-07-27 12:53:08
    To subscribe to CSExtra via RSS feed click here. If you would prefer to receive CSExtra in e-mail format, e-mail us at Info@spacecoalition.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. Friday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. The Department of Defense will slow the pace of rocket [...]

  • Linkpost | 6.27.12

    Updated: 2012-07-27 12:34:00
    The 3-d printed shoe that could win gold: To determine the ideal structure for the shoe on a case-by-case basis, Fusaro scans athletes as they perform different athletic feats, such as jumping off of a box or running. I’m a bit skeptical about the time gains, though. (PopSci) Oh God, I fear the rise of [...]

  • New Site Encourages You to “Get Curious” About Mars Landing

    Updated: 2012-07-26 22:41:49
    In less than two weeks, the Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity, will attempt to land on Mars after a nine-month journey. Read more here.

  • Senators hear NASA defense of ISS science

    Updated: 2012-07-26 22:28:25
    Astronaut Don Pettit, a veteran of three spaceflights who has logged more than 370 days in space, recently testified in front of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pettit made his case for extended ISS funding to foster new research. Read more here.

  • Meet the Next Space Station Crew

    Updated: 2012-07-26 19:57:45
    The three members of the Expedition 33/34 crew, NASA astronaut Kevin Ford and cosmonauts Evgeny Tarelkin and Oleg Novitski, talk about their upcoming mission to the International Space Station at a news briefing held July 26 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The trio is scheduled to launch to the orbiting laboratory in September.

  • Video – Beat the Heat: Mars Science Lab’s Taming of Temperature

    Updated: 2012-07-26 17:58:38
    It will last all of seven minutes, but as engineers say, it’s all a “gulp moment”. NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory’s (MSL) entry, descent and landing (EDL) – will determine the fate of the mission. And MSL’s aeroshell is absolutely vital to getting the Mars Curiosity Rover safely down on the sands of Mars. Built by [...]

  • Protecting Mars Science Laboratory On Descent

    Updated: 2012-07-26 17:23:46
    Home About SpaceRef NASA Watch OnOrbit Commercial Space Watch SpaceRef Canada SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia Astrobiology Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Protecting Mars Science Laboratory On Descent By Keith Cowing Posted July 26, 2012 1:23 PM View Comments NASA MSL Enters Mars' Atmosphere After a journey of 245 days across 352 million miles , the moment of truth for the Mars Science Laboratory begins late in the evening of August 5 when the spacecraft roars into the Martian atmosphere , traveling at 13,200 miles an . hour The final seven minutes the entry , descent and landing EDL will determine the fate of the mission , and a perfect performance of the Lockheed

  • There’s a Zombie in My Treehouse!

    Updated: 2012-07-26 17:12:13
    Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Coathook to the stars Helping save the planetary space program There’s a Zombie in My Treehouse My friends Ken Plume , Len Peralta from Geek-A-Week and John Robinson have created a fun and creepy children’s book called There’s a Zombie in My Treehouse Poor Johnny wants to have adventures in his treehouse like he does every day after school , but today there’s a zombie in it so he claims and no one in his family believes . him They learn the truth , though . One by . one Ken , John , and Len printed this book on their own , and now they’ve put together a Kickstarter to a make an

  • Why is there a Mars rock in front of City Hall?

    Updated: 2012-07-26 16:42:29
    Something strange has turned up in downtown Houston. It’s a large red rock and it’s standing in front of City Hall. It looks something like this: Naturally I was curious as to what this might be, so went closer. And again I exercised my immense photography skills to capture the following picture: What’s this? GetCurious.com? [...]

  • Landsat Celebrates 40th Anniversary

    Updated: 2012-07-26 13:30:21
    The Newseum in Washington, DC hosted a look back and ahead at the contributions of the Landsat program to our understanding of the Earth on the 40th anniversary of the Landsat on July 23.

  • Linkpost | 7.26.12

    Updated: 2012-07-26 12:31:38
    Russian spacecraft has glitch in space station docking: A Russian cargo spaceship experimenting with a new type of autopilot failed to dock with the International Space Station on Tuesday, in the latest glitch for the Russian space program. (New York Times) Why aren’t there openly gay astronauts?: Three hundred and thirty American men and women [...]

  • Coathook to the stars

    Updated: 2012-07-26 01:43:53
    Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Attack of the Pluto There’s a Zombie in My Treehouse Coathook to the stars In the constellation of Vulpecula , the fox located high in the sky this time of year for northern hemisphere observers is a fun little asterism : a collection of stars formally known as Brocchi’s Cluster , or Collinder 399. Greek astrophotographer Anthony Ayiomamitis took a grand picture of it just a few days ago that I have to share with : you Click to enhaberdasherate . It’s very pretty , isn’t it The asterism itself is composed of the ten or so brightest stars you see the rest are background stars .

  • CSExtra – Thursday, July 26, 2012

    Updated: 2012-07-26 01:09:47
    To subscribe to CSExtra via RSS feed click here. If you would prefer to receive CSExtra in e-mail format, e-mail us at Info@spacecoalition.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. Thursday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. Much is at stake as NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity rover nears [...]

  • Mars Express to Support Dramatic Curiosity Rover Landing on Mars

    Updated: 2012-07-25 22:09:08
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  • NASA Mars Orbiter Successfully Repositioned to Cover Landing of Curiosity Mars Rover

    Updated: 2012-07-25 20:26:40
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  • NSS Mourns Sally Ride - First American Woman Astronaut

    Updated: 2012-07-25 20:26:00
    The National Space Society (NSS) mourns the death of Sally Ride, the first American female astronaut and, at the time of her first flight, the youngest as well. Ride passed away on Monday, July 23 after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer. “Sally Ride was an extraordinary woman who spent almost her entire life as a [...]

  • Attack of the Pluto!

    Updated: 2012-07-25 20:21:55
    Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS High schoolers totally shred on a high-altitude balloon Coathook to the stars Attack of the Pluto I was interviewed once again on the G4 TV program Attack of the Show I guess they didn’t learn their lesson the first time where my pal Matt Mira from Nerdist and I talked about planets around other stars , and whether Pluto is a planet or not . Here’s the segment you may need to refresh this page to load it I pretty much restated my case that I’ve been making about Pluto for quite some time you can’t really define what a planet is , so the argument over whether Pluto is one or not

  • High schoolers totally shred on a high-altitude balloon

    Updated: 2012-07-25 17:42:22
    Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Space Station Solstice Attack of the Pluto High schoolers totally shred on a high-altitude balloon I’ve written about high-altitude balloon science before : small weather balloons can carry scientific payloads up to heights of 30 kilometers or more , where they can detect cosmic phenomena normally blocked by the Earth’s atmosphere . Experiments with balloons are relatively inexpensive and don’t take vast amounts of time and labor to do , so one of the very cool things about them is that they can be done by young kids in . school As part of Project SMART a team of high school

  • SpaceRef and the Secure World Foundation Enter Agreement on Multimedia Content Distribution

    Updated: 2012-07-25 15:30:00
    Home About SpaceRef NASA Watch OnOrbit Commercial Space Watch SpaceRef Canada SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia Astrobiology Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets SpaceRef and the Secure World Foundation Enter Agreement on Multimedia Content Distribution By Marc Boucher Posted July 25, 2012 11:30 AM View Comments SpaceRef Interactive Inc . and the Secure World Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the purpose of disseminating original multimedia content from Secure World Foundation . events The first event to be distributed through SpaceRef's network is the Secure World Foundation release of the 2012 Space Security Index Executive Summary . The two hour

  • AMS Experiment Marks 1 Year in Space

    Updated: 2012-07-25 14:26:39
    Home About SpaceRef NASA Watch OnOrbit Commercial Space Watch SpaceRef Canada SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia Astrobiology Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets AMS Experiment Marks 1 Year in Space By Keith Cowing Posted July 25, 2012 10:26 AM View Comments CERN today marked the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer's first year in space with a visit from the crew of the shuttle mission , STS-134, that successfully delivered AMS to the International Space Station just over a year . ago Launched on 16 May last year , the detector was already sending data back to Earth by 19 May , and since then , some 17 billion cosmic ray events have been collected . Data are received by NASA in

  • Space Station Solstice

    Updated: 2012-07-25 14:00:45
    Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Greenland seeing unprecedented melting High schoolers totally shred on a high-altitude balloon Space Station Solstice This is pretty neat : on June 6, a couple of weeks before the summer solstice , astronauts on the International Space Station pointed a camera to the north and took pictures as they orbited the Earth . Taken over the course of about an hour 2 3 of a full orbit this was made into a video where you can see the Sun setting and rising again . What’s cool , though , is the Sun never completely sets . It dips toward the edge of the Earth , then pulls away : again I

  • Linkpost | 5.25.12

    Updated: 2012-07-25 12:31:17
    Cuts loom for U.S. science: In an ordinary year, a flat budget for the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) would be considered dire news. This year, it is far from the worst possible outcome. (Nature) Why Romans reclined while feasting: “We think pressure on the antrum – the lower portion of the stomach – [...]

  • CSExtra – Wednesday, July 25, 2012

    Updated: 2012-07-25 11:39:29
    To subscribe to CSExtra via RSS feed click here. If you would prefer to receive CSExtra in e-mail format, e-mail us at Info@spacecoalition.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. Wednesday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related happenings from around the world. Sally Ride, America’s first female astronaut, draws praise for her [...]

  • Dialog on Satellite Servicing and Debris Removal

    Updated: 2012-07-25 01:48:52
    Home About SpaceRef NASA Watch OnOrbit Commercial Space Watch SpaceRef Canada SpaceRef Europe SpaceRef Asia Astrobiology Loading Missions Space Station Calendar News Archives Space Weather Space Quarterly Magazine Mercury Venus Earth Moon Mars Jupiter Saturn Pluto Asteroids Comets Dialog on Satellite Servicing and Debris Removal By Keith Cowing Posted July 24, 2012 9:48 PM View Comments DARPA DARPA's Phoenix Concept On-orbit servicing OOS and active debris removal ADR are part of an emerging category of future on-orbit activities that are critical for taking the next leap in our use of Earth . orbit The ability to repair or refuel satellites , construct new satellites in orbit , and even remove orbital debris can help drive innovative uses of space and create new possibilities . These

  • Before Sally Ride, NASA wasn’t sure women had the right stuff

    Updated: 2012-07-25 01:35:46
    The remembrance below of Sally Ride and the circumstances surrounding the selection of the first women astronauts comes from Chris Kraft, NASA’s first flight director, and director of Johnson Space Center when Ride was chosen to become the first American woman in orbit. Ride, on the 25th anniversary of her 1983 flight, had this recollection [...]

  • Want to Feel Insignificant? See the Solar System to Scale in Your Browser

    Updated: 2012-07-24 21:43:37
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  • Sally Ride, First American Woman in Space, Dies

    Updated: 2012-07-24 14:44:49
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  • A Solar Maximum Appetizer

    Updated: 2012-07-24 12:36:57
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  • CSExtra – Tuesday, July 24, 2012

    Updated: 2012-07-24 12:14:22
    To subscribe to CSExtra via RSS feed click here. If you would prefer to receive CSExtra in e-mail format, e-mail us at Info@spacecoalition.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. Tuesday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space-related happenings from around the world. Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, dies after a [...]

  • Free Astrobiology Course Available From Edinburgh University

    Updated: 2012-07-24 01:24:00
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  • Sally Kristen Ride, 1951 - 2012

    Updated: 2012-07-23 23:17:22
    Sally Ride died peacefully on July 23rd, 2012 after a courageous 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Sally lived her life to the fullest, with boundless energy, curiosity, intelligence, passion, joy, and love. Her integrity was absolute; her spirit was immeasurable; her approach to life was fearless. Sally was a physicist, the first American woman [...]

  • Sally Ride, 1951 – 2012

    Updated: 2012-07-23 22:51:05
    , Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Discovery Channel telescope sees first light Would you stand under a nuclear blast Sally Ride , 1951 2012 I’m sad to write that Dr . Sally Ride , the first US female astronaut to go into space , has died of pancreatic cancer . NASA has a wonderful page in tribute to this trailblazer , and there’s little I can add to it . You can read about her many contributions to the space program on her official astronaut bio page She was and will continue to be an inspiration to women and men across the world , and while she’s gone too soon , I’m glad she was here and making a difference

  • Landsat celebrates 40 years of photographing our planet

    Updated: 2012-07-23 21:57:52
    Forty years ago today, the first in a string of Landsat satellites was launched to keep continuous track of our planet mdash; and on the 40th birthday, Landsat's handlers demonstrated that satellite observations are the gifts that keep on giving. But for how much longer? "L hellip;

  • Discovery Channel telescope sees first light!

    Updated: 2012-07-23 19:30:25
    Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Deniers , disgust , and defamation Sally Ride , 1951 2012 Discovery Channel telescope sees first light A new telescope has opened its eye to the heavens : the Discovery Channel Telescope yes , that Discovery Channel that’s part of the venerable Lowell Observatory . Sitting on a mountain top in Arizona , over the weekend the 4.3 meter telescope saw what astronomers call first light the first time it sees actual photons from the sky . Its first target : the lovely galaxy M : 109 Click to galactinate , and also see pictures of the Whirlpool and Sombrero galaxies . M 109 is a

  • The best space station video?

    Updated: 2012-07-23 03:17:57
    Eight months ago, we featured an eye-popping time-lapse video by German filmmaker Michael König as the "best of NASA's night lights" mdash; but now New Mexico time-lapser Knate Myers has created another contender for the title. Like König's compilation, Myers' fou hellip;

  • Time lapse: Sunshine over Earth

    Updated: 2012-07-23 01:45:32
    : Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Raging clouds , near and very , very far Deniers , disgust , and defamation Time lapse : Sunshine over Earth As they orbit the Earth from a height of 400 kilometers 240 miles astronauts aboard the International Space Station take hundreds , thousands of photographs of the Earth below and the skies above . These images are online at a NASA archive called The Gateway of Astronaut Photography of the Earth This archive is free and open to everyone , which means people so inclined can collect them , put them together , add music , and make incredible , moving , stunning ,

  • Coming August 5th: Curiosity’s Seven Minutes of Terror Landing on Mars

    Updated: 2012-07-22 23:45:36
    In this 5-minute video, team members at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory share the challenges of the Curiosity Mars rover’s final minutes to landing on the surface of Mars. For more information see getcurious.com.

  • Raging clouds, near and very, very far

    Updated: 2012-07-22 01:30:37
    , , Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS MSM tackles the need to explore and gets it very right Time lapse : Sunshine over Earth Raging clouds , near and very , very far I follow quite a few photographers on Google+ , Twitter , and other social media . Why Because : this I know , right This ridiculously amazing picture click to embiggen , or see an even bigger version was taken by Randy Halverson of DakotaLapse.com whose photos have been featured here on the BABlog many times see Related Posts below He took this one on the evening of July 19, 2012 as part of a time lapse he’s making . The vast Milky Way galaxy

  • MSM tackles the need to explore… and gets it very right

    Updated: 2012-07-21 14:00:42
    Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Repost : What Apollo means to me Raging clouds , near and very , very far MSM tackles the need to explore and gets it very right BABloggee Steven Avery on Twitter sent me a link to a story about astronomy done on MSNBC and it’s great Seriously , it’s worth the 11:30 to watch it . They show not just what we’re doing , but why we’re doing it It’s rare for any mainstream medium to cover this well , but it’s extraordinary that they delve into the philosophy and sheer joy of . exploration You may need to refresh this page to get the video to load . Visit NBCNews.com for breaking

  • Mars Attacks of the Show

    Updated: 2012-07-20 01:30:42
    Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Time lapse : Within Two Worlds Repost : What Apollo means to me Mars Attacks of the Show On Tuesday , July 17, I was a guest via Skype on G4TV’s Attack of the Show I talked with host Mo Mandel about astronaut food , and the ridiculously complex and knuckle-biting way the Mars Science Laboratory aka Curiosity will land on the Red Planet on August 5 you may need to refresh the page to see the video Video Game E3 2013 The Loop The audio quality was a bit dicey due to my headset , but hopefully next time assuming there is one we'll be able to use something better . This was fun I

  • Time lapse: Within Two Worlds

    Updated: 2012-07-19 17:04:57
    : Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Huge glacier calves off Greenland Mars Attacks of the Show Time lapse : Within Two Worlds I’ve been featuring some of photographer Brad Goldpaint’s mesmerizing sky shots lately , and I’m very pleased that he’s taken some of his amazing recent pictures and used them to create a stunning time lapse video : presenting Within Two Worlds a glorious display of the magnificent skies over America’s western : regions You might recognize some of the scenery the pink and purple aurorae we’ve been getting lately from solar storms , shots from Crater Lake and more . I also like the effect

  • Olympic-size science on video

    Updated: 2012-07-18 03:44:31
    The London Olympic Games don't start until next week, but if you're a science fan, the programming has already begun: Engineers, athletes and TV types have teamed up for a 10-part video series that delves into Olympic-size subjects ranging from biomechanics to split-second timers hellip;

  • Revisiting a cosmic cat's paw

    Updated: 2012-07-14 03:51:13
    The pawprint of a cosmic cat comes into sharper focus in this week's featured picture from the European Southern Observatory. This image of the Cat's Paw Nebula, released on Monday, combines data from the 2.2-meter MPG/ESO telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile with 60  hellip;

  • Spurring Economic Growth and Competitiveness Through NASA Derived Technologies

    Updated: 2012-07-13 14:26:48
    (Washington, DC) — On July 12 the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology’s Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held a hearing entitled, “Spurring Economic Growth and Competitiveness through NASA Derived Technologies.” The purpose of the hearing was to highlight the direct economic and societal benefits that investment in NASA has generated and to [...]

  • Space teams plan next steps

    Updated: 2012-07-13 02:39:46
    Several space ventures have reported a variety of seemingly small steps that are moving them closer to giant leaps in spaceflight mdash; including the rise of new made-in-the-USA spaceships and commercial missions to the moon. Here's a smorgasbord of space developments:

  • Coalition for Space Exploration “Why Explore Space?” Video Contest Winners

    Updated: 2012-07-12 23:01:30
    The Coalition for Space Exploration has chosen the grand prize winner and runner up videos in its “Why Explore Space” video contest. Each video is two minutes long. Dreams of Space by Raymond Bell The Economics of Exploring Space by Garry Livesay

  • Virgin Galactic Unveils LauncherOne

    Updated: 2012-07-12 05:09:03
    Virgin Galactic Unveils LauncherOne to Deliver 225 KG Orbit for $10 MIllion Image Credit: Virgin Galactic In an announcement today at the Farnborough International Air Show, Virgin Galactic revealed it is partnering with a privately funded satellite launcher to build a two stage air launched rocket capable of placing 225 kilograms into orbit for around $10 Million [...]

  • More Videos from the International Space Development Conference

    Updated: 2012-07-05 18:09:23
    The following presentations from the 2012 NSS International Space Development Conference in Washington, DC, are now available on the NSS website. Jim Muncy, Government Relations Consultant at XCOR. 64 minute video. Alexandra Hall, Senior Director, Google Lunar X Prize. 44 minute video. Rick Tumlinson, Founder of Earthlight Institute. 52 minute video. NSS 25th Anniversary Awards Presentations. 2 videos, 2 [...]

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