May 9th, 2019
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The Trump Administration has proposed creating what it calls a space force—an independent military service within the Department of the Air Force. The Administration has also proposed two more space organizations in its budget proposal for fiscal year 2020: a new combatant command and a new agency that would be responsible for the development and […]
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Subcommittee on Space Hearing – Keeping Our Sights on Mars: A Review of NASA’s Deep Space Exploration Programs and Lunar Proposal Date: Wednesday, May 8, 2019 Witnesses: Mr. William H. Gerstenmaier, Associate Administrator, Human Exploration and Operations, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Mr. Mark Sirangelo, Special Assistant to the Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space […]
At China’s Beihang University, two groups of volunteers have broken a world record by working rotations in China’s Lunar Base experiment cabin, Yuegong-1. They stayed in a 150-square meter bio-regenerative life support system for a combined 370 days. Notes Yi Zhihao, a participant, to work in an isolated lab for more than six months, he […]
Albuquerque Business First has reported that SpinLaunch is to break ground on a new Spaceport America facility in New Mexico. The idea behind SpinLaunch is to provide the world’s lowest-cost orbital launch service for the rapidly growing small satellite industry. Kinetic energy To do so, SpinLaunch is creating a system that accelerates the […]
The U.S. Office of the Secretary of Defense has issued its annual report: Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2019. As part of the report, a section on China’s Moon exploration program notes the farside Chang’e-4 lunar and rover. “Building on the enabling capabilities such as lunar orbiting, soft landing, and […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has just begun Sol 2396 duties. The drop off of “Kilmarie” drill sample to the robot’s Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) Instrument Suite on Sol 2293 appeared to be successful, reports Michelle Minitti, a planetary geologist at Framework in Silver Spring, Maryland. Full results of the SAM analysis to be assessed. […]
Space is vast but seating is limited, register today! I am very excited to be taking part in the upcoming Humans to Mars Summit 2019, being held at the prestigious National Academy of Sciences Building, Washington D.C. on May 14-16, 2019. As the luncheon speaker on May 15, 2019, I’ll be focused on my new […]
The mission, named NS-11, took 38 payloads above the Kármán line into space. Some of the payloads flying with us include: Orbital Medicine – Orbital Medicine, a small business focused on aerospace medicine, comes to us through funding from NASA’s Flight Opportunities Program. On NS-11, Marsh Cuttino, MD, will demonstrate an experimental medical technology designed […]
The reported flash on the lunar surface during January’s total eclipse of the Moon was the result from a meteorite smacking into the Moon at roughly 38,000 miles per hour. This event excavated a crater some 33 feet to 50 feet (10 to 15 meters) across. Happening on January 21st — just after the total […]
In the world of Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) research, there are those close encounter witnesses that report unknown fuming odors! Los Angeles artist Joe Merrell has worked with perfumer Chris Gordon to create an eau de parfum called what else: “Abduction.” The project started in 2016 with Saskia Wilson-Brown, founder and director of The […]
