Aiming for the stars
July 31, 2008 – 9:21 am
Jim J. Zebrowski knows a thing or two about whipping up his own comet. Read More at Worcester Telegram & Gazette…
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Future Moonwalkers Will Have High-Tech Maps
July 30, 2008 – 9:25 am
Future moonwalkers could become high-tech surveyors whose lunar navigation system gets updated on the fly. Read More at SPACE.com via Yahoo! News…
NASA turns 50 today [60-Second Science Blog]
July 30, 2008 – 12:44 am
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established 50 years ago today by the aptly named National Aeronautics and Space Act. NASA began operations on October 1, 1958, with a staff of 80 spread among four laboratories. The agency now consists of 15 facilities that employed more than 17,000 people in 2006, according to [...]
Spirent Federal GPS Simulator Selected by Honeywell for NASA’s Orion Project
July 29, 2008 – 1:28 am
YORBA LINDA, Calif.—-Spirent Federal Systems, Inc., the leading provider of GPS/GNSS satellite simulators, announces today that Honeywell has selected a Spirent GPS/Inertial simulator to develop, integrate and verify the navigation system for NASA’s Orion project. Read More at Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance…
NASA Sets Briefings for Hubble Space Telescope Shuttle Mission
July 29, 2008 – 1:23 am
NASA will hold a series of news media briefings Sept. 8 – 9 to preview the space shuttle’s fifth and final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. Read More at NASA…
Lockheed Martin Takes Students and Teachers on a Virtual Journey to the Moon With the Orion Spacecraft
July 29, 2008 – 1:18 am
Lockheed Martin, the Space Foundation and SpaceClass announced today the launch of a strategic online education collaboration called Orion’s Path. Read More at PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance…
NASA Awards Contracts for Concepts of Lunar Surface Systems
July 29, 2008 – 1:11 am
NASA’s Constellation Program has selected 11 companies and one university to independently develop concepts that contribute to how astronauts will live and work on the moon. Read More at NASA…
Space exploration comes to the classroom
July 29, 2008 – 12:58 am
Hoping to spur more youngsters to seek a career in space exploration, Lockheed Martin Corp. is launching an online program for students and teachers to learn about NASA’s mission to the moon and Mars. Read More at Rocky Mountain News…
Nuking an incoming asteroid is a daft idea
July 28, 2008 – 9:16 am
APOLLO ASTRONAUT Rusty Schweickart differed with NASA during a public lecture in San Francisco last Wednesday by opining that using nuclear weapons to deflect incoming asteroids isn’t a very good idea. Read More at The Inquirer…
Speech by NASA Administrator Michael Griffin before the Parliamentary Group on Space, French National Assembly
July 28, 2008 – 12:08 am
President Accoyer, distinguished members of the Parliamentary Group on Space, and guests, thank you for the opportunity to address you today. Read More at SpaceRef…