April 11th, 2014
Author: 
NASA’s Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) is taking shape. This return sample mission to asteroid Bennu is to launch in the fall of 2016. The spacecraft will then rendezvous with the space rock in 2018. Following a year of reconnaissance of the object, OSIRIS-REx will snag a sample of the asteroid […]
Posted in 
It had to happen. After you have plunked down the cash to achieve escape velocity, there’s nothing like a “Drinkbot” to mix your drink in microgravity and dispense the cocktail. For one, you’ve earned it after that nail-biting liftoff. That’s the plan according to the Cosmic Lifestyle Corporation, slated to make its first public appearance […]
Let the games begin! A new online educational resource allows the user to build their own planetary system, putting planets into orbit around a star and racking up points until they add a planet that destabilizes the whole system. The game is an offshoot of the open-source software package – Systemic Console — astronomers use […]
The most comprehensive satellite-gleaned view of land-surface conditions from coast to coast in the conterminous United States is an eye-opener! Just issued by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), this latest look-see shows land-surface conditions from coast to coast, showcasing the extent of land cover types from forests to urban areas. The National Land Cover Database (NLCD […]
Want to take part in a worldwide celebration of this year’s Earth Day? NASA is inviting all passengers on our planet to take part in a “Global Selfie” event. For Earth Day – celebrated on April 22 – NASA is trying to create an image of Earth from the ground up while also fostering a […]
Europe is pressing ahead on blueprinting its Red Planet exploration via the ExoMars program. Some 60 scientists and engineers came together late last month for the first ExoMars 2018 Landing Site Selection Workshop, held at the European Space Agency’s (ESA) European Space Astronomy Centre near Madrid. Their task was to begin the process of drawing […]
It is tagged the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS for short. Funded by NASA, ATLAS is being developed by the University of Hawaii as an asteroid impact early warning system. When ATLAS is completed in 2015, it will consist of two telescopes, 100 miles apart, which automatically scan the whole sky several times […]
You may be interested in this document: Benefits Stemming from Space Exploration It was released in September 2013 by the International Space Exploration Coordination Group. At its heart, this report explains that space exploration “will continue to be an essential driver for opening up new domains in science and technology, triggering other sectors to partner […]
Marketing the Moon – The Selling of the Apollo Lunar Program by David Meerman Scott & Richard Jurek; MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.; $39.95 (hard cover); Feb. 2014. This is an absolutely marvelous and exceptional read! The authors, both marketing sages, have written a captivating book that delves into the promotion and public relations campaigns to […]
May is the target time for a novel effort by the Humans in Space Youth Art Competition. A “moon bounce performance” is slated using artwork in collaboration with visual artist, Daniela DePaulis, and the Dwingeloo Radio Telescope in The Netherlands. OPTICKS is a live radio transmission performance between the Earth and the Moon during which […]
