January 4th, 2015
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Shoot For the Moon is a short film depicting a homeless astronaut as he sets out for the Moon – armed with nothing more than a travel case, some bottle rockets, but carrying a cargo of ambition. At the close of the film, these words: “If we choose to support the explorers, the innovators, the […]
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China’s Moon exploration community has been saluting the anniversary of its Chang’e 3 lunar lander that touched down on December 14, 2013. Chang’e 3 became the first spacecraft to make a soft touchdown on the Moon since the Soviet Union’s Luna 24 sample return mission in 1976. The instrument-carrying lander deployed the Yutu rover that […]
Billions of dollars have been spent on the Red Planet Mars to divine whether that world is an extraterrestrial address for past and/or present life. The question of life on Mars is still breathing today as it was decades ago. Meanwhile, the search for life beyond Earth quest is turning to yet another destination: One […]
Fareed Zakaria is the host of CNN’s Global Public Square (GPS). “Americans used to understand moonshots inspire us, but also power America’s future: My take on this week’s special,” Zakaria notes in a recent tweet. The GPS special airing called “Moonshots” on Sunday, January 4 at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. U.S. Eastern […]
China’s Chang’e-3 lunar lander remains operational, in evidence by a newly distributed image taken by the spacecraft from the Moon’s surface. According to the informative Lunar Enterprise Daily, the Chinese lander made the first observation of a galaxy from its landing site: M101 Spiral. [SEE NOTE BELOW] The lander’s Lunar Ultraviolet Telescope (LUT) made the […]
Eager to take to space? Here are some encouraging words. A new story from me up on Space.com: http://www.space.com/28133-commercial-spaceflight-health-requirements.html
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover continues to gather evidence of lake currents within its current exploration zone. Observations the robot, as interpreted by scientists, indicate Mars’ Mount Sharp was built by sediments deposited in a large lake bed over tens of millions of years. This interpretation of Curiosity’s finds in Gale Crater suggests ancient Mars maintained […]
In the early morning hours of December 28, large numbers of people in Brazil witnessed what appears to be a spectacular reentry of space hardware, flashing through the sky while producing a roar and several bangs. Reports from Campo Grande say one of the reentering pieces has been found in a farm field, an object […]
China’s new Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in Hainan will soon be the test site of the country’s Long March 7 booster. According to the State-owned China Daily, the booster is near completion for a set of compatibility – fit checks – with the launch complex. Tao Gang, general manager of the Tianjin Long March Launch […]
It’s the Mars rock that keeps on giving! Snowmobilers plucked from an Antarctic ice field 30 years ago this month the infamous, controversial, and tell-all Alan Hills meteorite – later identified as ALH84001. Those making the find on December 27, 1984 were part of the ANSMET (Antarctic Search for Meteorites), a program funded by the […]
