July 11th, 2014
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It is titled the American Space Technology for Exploring Resource Opportunities in Deep Space (ASTEROIDS) Act of 2014. U.S. Representatives Bill Posey (R-FL) and Derek Kilmer (D-WA) have introduced bipartisan legislation “to expand opportunities and protections for private space companies looking to explore space.” “Asteroids are excellent potential sources of highly valuable resources and minerals,” said […]
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The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft is cruising toward comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Just issues images taken by the probe reveal that its comet prey has an irregular shape. A set of three images were taken July 4 by OSIRIS, Rosetta’s onboard scientific imaging system. The images were obtained from a distance of approximately 23,000 miles […]
My new SPACE.com story on NASA wanting to call in AAA for roadside assistance! How Wheel Damage Affects Mars Rover Curiosity’s Mission By Leonard David, Space.com’s Space Insider Columnist July 09, 2014 07:32am ET Go to: http://www.space.com/26472-mars-rover-curiosity-wheel-damage.html
All engines up and running … Go live with Buzz Aldrin and friends! A special video is now live at: www.youtube.com/Apollo45 Go ahead and post your stories on how Apollo 11’s landing on the Moon influenced you by using #Apollo45 when sharing your stories.
A new story from me, up on SPACE.com today. For those “stupid” aliens – please go to: Should Humanity Try to Contact Intelligent Aliens? http://www.space.com/26449-contact-intelligent-aliens-active-seti.html
Suborbital: Industry at the Edge of Space by Erik Seedhouse; Springer/Praxis, New York /Heidelberg; $34.99; 2014. As the dawn of commercial suborbital flight draws closer, author Erik Seedhouse has written an informative book on the topic. The reader will find splendid accounts of such groups as Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin, Masten Space Systems, and XCOR […]
A “free-air” gravity map of the Moon’s southern latitudes has been developed from data returned by NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission. The free-air gravity map shows deviations from the mean gravity that a cueball Moon would have. The map extends from the south pole of the Moon up to 50°S and reveals […]
UPDATE: Where were you 45 years ago – on July 20, 1969? For some readers, you became part of an estimated 600 million people – at that time, the world’s largest television audience in history – glued to the TV screen as Apollo 11’s Eagle lunar lander touched down on the Moon. That unprecedented endeavor […]
Space engineers are exploring a “Dropter” to further surface research of the Red Planet. The European Space Agency (ESA) has undertaken the work under the StarTiger project – a task that involves developing and demonstrating a European precision-landing capability for Mars and other targets. This latest team was hosted at Airbus Defense & Space’s facility […]
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado is part of a collaborative effort to help satellites dodge space junk. Testing is under way for implementation of a system that models the effects of space weather on satellite orbits. The Atmospheric Density Assimilation Model (ADAM) is designed to take into account real-time information […]
