October 13th, 2015
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Just in time for the upcoming holidays! The high-roller Neiman Marcus Christmas Book includes the opportunity to be a part of a World View test flight. World View is offering edge of your seat, edge of space travel via high-altitude balloon. “World View offers a gentle, comfortable, and life-changing travel experience to the edge […]
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Stephen Petranek’s new book is titled How We’ll Live on Mars, issued by TED Books. But as far as moving to Mars…you better pack a shovel, the author suggests. One of the main problems is that the thinner Martian atmosphere ensures that the surface of Mars gets pelted with dangerous levels of radiation day after […]
The U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology’s Subcommittee on Space held a hearing on Friday, October 9th focused on the impact of the president’s budget on programs being built for a trip to Mars and other deep space destinations. Witnesses discussed NASA’s plans for future major tests and milestones of the […]
UPDATE: From David Smith, lead scientist for E-MIST, to Inside Outer Space: Yes it was a perfect flight, thanks for checking in. Payload worked as we needed it to, and the gondola was recovered quickly (it’s back at Ft Sumner already) – we didn’t get a 24 hour float but knew beforehand that was out […]
Attention: All would-be Mars explorers! World Space Week supporters too. Want to get the word(s) out on getting to the Red Planet? There’s a Limited Edition of this Buzz Aldrin collectible Tee-shirt. Sweatshirts are also available. They are only available to order until Oct 19th. “One hundred percent of the proceeds support the ShareSpace […]
NASA released today the agency’s master plan for Mars titled: NASA’s Journey to Mars: Pioneering Next Steps in Space Exploration. The journey to Mars passes through three thresholds, each with increasing challenges as humans move farther from Earth. NASA and our partners are managing these challenges by developing and demonstrating capabilities in incremental steps. […]
A paper to be published tomorrow, Oct. 9 in the journal Science by members of the Mars Science Laboratory team for the Curiosity rover, describes ancient water flows and lakes on Mars, and what this might mean about the planet’s ancient climate. “We have tended to think of Mars as being simple,” says John Grotzinger, […]
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is wrapping up Sol 1127 operations. On the prior Sol, images show that the Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer (APXS) was well centered over the pre-sieve dump pile of Martian material. The APXS measures the abundance of chemical elements in rocks and soils. APXS is placed in contact with rock […]
NASA has awarded the top three design finalists in the 3-D Printed Habitat Challenge. A total of $40,000 was awarded to teams during the New York Maker Faire on Sunday, September 27th. The competition is part of NASA’s Centennial Challenges program and is managed by America Makes, a partnership of organizations focused on accelerating capabilities […]
A unique panel of experts will tackle Thursday, October 8 just how are private companies and technology changing the way we get to and operate in space. Tune in October 8 from 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM Eastern Standard Time. New space economy Where is the commercial space sector headed? What challenges remain that […]
