April 29th, 2017
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The total eclipse of the sun this August that sweeps across the continental United States is an eye-catching celestial occurrence. But what about a coworker, friend or family member who is totally blind or visually impaired? Over the last couple of decades, there has been notable work done by NASA, educators and the National Federation […]
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The Curiosity Mars rover continues its exploration trek, wheeling past the 10 mile mark since landing in August 2012. Now in Sol 1681, the robot accomplished a drive of almost 95 feet (29 meters). The rover parked at a site suitable for a busy plan full of contact science on the Murray formation, reports […]
China space officials are bullish on pressing forward with constructing in Earth orbit a 60-ton permanent space station in the 2020s. To do so, piloted space missions are to be carried out by the country from 2019 to 2022. China’s space station plans have been bolstered by the Tianzhou-1/Tiangong-2 space lab refueling in obit – […]
China has completed its first refueling test in Earth orbit using the Tianzhou-1 cargo vessel. The Tiangong-2 space lab has for the first time undergone “in-flight refueling.” The cargo spacecraft was launched from the Wenchang Launch Center on April 20 and successfully docked with the unoccupied space lab two days later. Two-month flight As reported […]
It’s official! NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has racked up over 10 miles (16.12 kilometers) since landing at 10:32 p.m. PDT, August 5, 2012. The robot is now performing Sol 1678 science duties. Up Mt. Sharp A recent report by Abigail Fraeman via the USGS Astrogeology Science Center in Flagstaff, Arizona underscores the rover’s drive sessions […]
A record setting skydiver in China has announced an edge of space plunge slated to be the longest and fastest free fall jump. The jump is also a bid to boost safety in human space travel and further space science research. Ye Chenguang, the holder of Chinese record for skydiving, officially announced in Beijing on […]
New Rule: Make Earth Great Again on Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) Stop ‘Trashing Earth Because We’ve Got Mars’ as ‘Back-Up’ (Video) Published on April 21, 2017 In honor of Earth Day, Bill Maher calls on his fellow humans to save this planet instead of trying to colonize Mars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrGFEW2Hb2g
China’s Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft has performed an automated docking with the orbiting Tiangong-2 space lab today, according to Beijing Aerospace Control Center. Tianzhou-1 was lofted atop a Long March-7 Y2 booster on Thursday evening from Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China’s Hainan Province. According to the country’s space planners, the cargo ship and […]
Unexplained phenomena, strange behavior, and what kinds of signals might extraterrestrials generate? Day Two of Breakthrough Discuss was held at Stanford University ending a ground-breaking conference that brought together the world’s leading astronomers, engineers, astrobiologists, and astrophysicists. TRAPPIST-1 system The meeting included a review of TRAPPIST-1, which has seven temperate planets, including three in the […]
A volley of worrisome messages came from the week-long 7th European Conference on Space Debris held this week at the European Space Agency’s (ESA) mission control centre in Darmstadt, Germany. According to an ESA statement that focused on findings from the meeting, the take-away message: “Despite progress in technology, and in understanding the […]
