May 23rd, 2014
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Earth’s Moon as art? NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has busily snagged countless images of the Moon’s landscape and is nearing five years in lunar orbit. To celebrate that approaching anniversary on June 18, NASA has invited the public to select a favorite orbiter image of the Moon for the cover of a special image […]
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A modern satellite was on the receiving end of a hypervelocity destructive impact – not in space, but here on Earth. The experiment was designed to help scientists better understand the effects of space collisions. The spacecraft was destroyed at an Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) in Tennessee. This appraisal teamed involved NASA, the U.S. Air […]
An international center focused on better understanding of the issue of orbital debris has been established at the University of Maryland. The Center for Orbital Debris Education and Research (CODER) is to look into technology, space policy and economics, as well as legal and sociological issues. A long-term goal of CODER is the development of […]
Future Moon exploration and exploitation of lunar ice can benefit greatly by the use of a range of small satellites, according to a new study. Furthermore, university involvement will be essential to rein in costs. The research findings are contained in the report – “New Approaches to Lunar Ice Detection and Mapping” – sponsored by […]
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has swallowed for analysis bits and pieces of powdered rock collected by drilling into a sandstone target. The material has been delivered to laboratory instruments inside the robot. Study of those powdered sample materials will be performed during pauses in the rover’s ongoing trek across the Martian terrain. Controllers of the […]
Innovation the NASA Way: Harnessing the Power of Your Organization for Breakthrough Success by Rod Pyle; McGraw Hill, New York, New York; $30.00 (hard cover); 2014. Author Rod Pyle has taken an up-close look at NASA’s on-going ability to innovate, be it during the Apollo program, flying the Voyager spacecraft, building the International Space Station, […]
The series of measures taken by the U.S. in response to Russia’s actions in the Crimea has stirred up Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Dmitry Rogozin. Rogozin has stated that Russia intends to reject a U.S. request to prolong the use of the International Space Station (ISS) beyond 2020. He also suggested that Russia could use […]
Comet Siding Spring will make a very close approach to Mars this October. That comet flyby comes just four weeks after NASA’s newest and now en route Mars probe – the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN spacecraft, or MAVEN – nudges into orbit around the Red Planet. Researchers are busy examining the dust risk to […]
Something caught my eye the other day – and jogged my memory back to a 1953 science fiction film. Now on Mars, the so-curious Curiosity rover has been one busy robot. It’s a marvel of machinery. Still, it falls short from being a head over shoulders double for the Martian of War of the Worlds […]
We’re back! For those of you in the Denver, Colorado area: I’ll be teaming up with Apollo 11’s Buzz Aldrin on May 24th at two different events. We’ll be discussing and signing our book – Mission to Mars – My Vision for Space Exploration – and serve up a few surprises too. Events: 1) Saturday, […]
