Archive for May, 2009
Do we need another lunar landing?
To all red-blooded American boys, there are few things cooler than space exploration. As a kid touring the Kennedy Space Center, I remember wishing I could have been around during the Apollo program to see it all for myself.Well, it looks like my childhood dreams are coming true, thanks to NASA’s new Constellation Program.
Detroit could cash in on cruise industry
By spring 2010, downtown Detroit’s new $15-million public docking terminal is to be ready to accept Great Lakes cruise ships that could bring hundreds of tourists to town.
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Port cities look for ways to get in on the action
This summer, three cruise ships will glide through Michigan waters and stop at ports in Wyandotte, Mackinac Island, Manistee, Holland and Houghton. But within two years, downtown Detroit hopes to get in on the Michigan cruising action.
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Atlantis crew begins final Hubble repairs
The Atlantis crew planned to give the 19-year-old observatory another fresh set of batteries and a new sensor for pointing, among other upgrades.
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Crew inspects Atlantis while chasing Hubble
Seven astronauts blasted off on the space shuttle Atlantis on Monday for one last flight to the Hubble Space Telescope ? an extraordinarily ambitious mission that NASA hopes will lift the celebrated observatory to new scientific heights.
Atlantis speeds toward Hubble
Cape Canaveral, Fla. — Space shuttle Atlantis and a crew of seven thundered away Monday on one last flight to the Hubble Space Telescope, setting off on a daring repair mission that NASA hopes will lift the celebrated observatory to new scientific heights.
Michigan Native Heading To Space
An astronaut from Michigan is one of the people on board a space flight to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
Top Scoops
On March 2, 2009 the Australian Department of Defence released a 140-page white paper called Defending Australia in the Asia Pacific century: force 2030 (1), which announced $72 billion in new military spending for an island nation of barely 20 million inhabitants with no adversaries except those it chooses to make for itself.
NASA’s Human Space Flight Program To Get Reviewed
by Launchspace Staff Bethesda, MD (SPX) May 11. 2009 Just last week the Obama Administration announced an independent review of NASA’s human space flight plans.
From Earth To Moon Redux: How The Next Moonshot Will Happen [Space]
May 2019: Our scheduled return to the moon. There’s plenty of laboring to be done on the Constellation Program before then, but the foundation is set. Here’s how you?as an astronaut?would…