I just about remember my intense excitement at the moon landings in 1969. Since then I’ve always been conscious of a slight disappointment that we seem to have given up going there. And now President Obama says he can’t find the money for a return to the moon any time soon.
What is China looking for on the moon?
February 5th, 2010What’s Left For Shuttle After Endeavour’s Mission?
February 5th, 2010Shuttle Endeavour’s upcoming trip into space is the last major construction mission to the International Space Station.
Abandoning human space flight is shortsighted
February 5th, 2010Recent news reports have cited “testy” statements “blasting” the president, offering strong “rebukes” and saying that members of Congress are “girding for battle.” Have we opened a new chapter in the healthcare debate? No, this is over the future of human space flight.
Why John Travolta Said No to Outer Space Trip
February 5th, 2010John Travolta is talking to “Extra” about reports he turned down the opportunity to go to space, courtesy of Sir Richard Branson.
Branson’s Virgin Galactic has plans to fly people into space as tourists.
Where is the greatness JFK sought?
February 5th, 2010On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy set in motion events that would place the first man on the moon before the end of the decade.
Virginia space experts: NASA budget could take year to debate
February 5th, 2010President Barack Obama’s space spending plan is a potential boon for Hampton’s NASA Langley Research Center, state aerospace experts told General Assembly leaders Thursday.
As we give up space, JFK turns in grave?
February 5th, 2010He was the first president to recognize that for any country to be No. 1 on Earth it also must be No. 1 in space. That’s why the late President John F. Kennedy may have turned over in his grave this week as President Obama abandoned space to Russia and China.
Who’s Tweeting From The Space Shuttle?
February 5th, 2010No strangers to technology, NASA astronauts go through months of training to master the workings of the space shuttle and International Space Station.
Utah Sen. Bennett: Ending Constellation space program a ‘really dumb idea’
February 5th, 2010This week’s decision by the Obama administration to end the Constellation space program, which has strong Top of Utah ties, is a “really dumb idea,” U.S. Sen. Bob Bennett said Thursday, and he hopes the state’s congressional delegation can help save the program.
Solar flares back, but oddly small
February 5th, 2010After a long silence, the Sun erupted in an unusual pattern of small solar flares, said an Australian astrophysicist, which may provide a unique opportunity to predict when bigger solar flares will erupt.
Last Ever Night Shuttle Launch Visible From Eastern United States
February 5th, 2010People in the eastern United States will get a great opportunity, weather permitting, to see the space shuttle Endeavour launched into orbit early on Sunday morning, Feb. 7. And it will also likely be the very last opportunity ever to see a space shuttle blast off at night.
Modified Progress cargo craft docks with ISS
February 5th, 2010The fourth modified Progress cargo craft with a digital control system docked safely with the International Space Station at 07:26 Moscow time on Friday.
PLUTO BLUSHES RED
February 5th, 2010Pluto, long thought of as a dormant chunk of ice and rock, has recently undergone some of the most dramatic surface changes of any body in the solar system. And Marc Buie has the images to prove it.
$32 Million CU Instrument Package to Study Space Weather Set for Launch by NASA Feb. 9
February 5th, 2010A $32 million University of Colorado at Boulder instrument package set for launch Feb. 9 by NASA should help scientists better understand the violent effects of the sun on near-Earth space weather that can affect satellites, power grids, ground communications systems and even astronauts and aircraft crews.
Where did today’s spiral galaxies come from?
February 5th, 2010Hubble shows that the beautiful spirals galaxies of the modern Universe were the ugly ducklings of six billion years ago.
Obama’s commercial spaceflight incurs political wrath
February 5th, 2010President Barack Obama’s 2011 budget has ended NASA’s 2020 Moon programme while privatising manned spacecraft and proposing exploration that has goals but no destinations, incurring the wrath of politicians even before the agency has admitted that its first commercial cargo transportation project’s costs have jumped 60%.
First Internet, now bay window at space station
February 5th, 2010 Life has never been so good off the planet, and it’s about to get better.
Just two weeks after the arrival of the Internet, the space station astronauts are getting an observation deck that will offer panoramic views of Earth.
Cassini gets another extended mission until 2017
February 5th, 2010The robotic Cassini explorer circling Saturn was granted a mission extension until 2017 on Wednesday, as NASA engineers and scientists plot a daring end to the $3 billion mission that will take the spacecraft inside of the planet’s famous rings.
New Space Telescopes Could Spot Dangerous Asteroids
February 5th, 2010NASA’s effort to hunt down and identify nearby asteroids that may one day threaten all life on Earth may be starved for funding, according to a recent report, but two potential space telescopes – and an influx of cash – could go a long way toward safeguarding the planet from catastrophe.
Messy galactic mergers lead to delicate spiral shapes
February 5th, 2010Most of the spiral galaxies that decorate our universe have emerged from surprisingly violent pasts, says a new study. They grew their delicate spiral arms after being mashed into a pulp by vast collisions.