Newt Gingrich, Advocate of Space, Moon base, but NASA?
Lofty goals such as manned moon base by 2020, but are they real? Editorial – With the election campaign in full swing Newt Gingrich has recently been stumping Florida and…
Category Archives: Space
Lego Man in Space
Two 17 year olds put this Lego man holding the Canadian Flag into the stratosphere. Toronto 17-year-olds Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad put together this project and it is amazing…
JAXA HAYABUSA asteroid sample return analysis beginning
Source (JAXA) – HAYABUSA is a space science mission launched in 2003 by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA. The challenge assigned to the mission was to explore an asteroid and…
Kepler Announces 11 Planetary Systems Hosting 26 Planets
NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered 11 new planetary systems hosting 26 confirmed planets MOFFET FIELD, Calif. (NASA)– These discoveries nearly double the number of verified planets and triple the number…
Phobos-Grunt re-entry status
Latest status for Phobos-Grunt Re-entry 1/16/11 – Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, leader of defense and industrial sector, put the investigation into the Phobos-Grunt crash case under his personal…
NASA SLS Rocket facts and specifications
SLS rocket will be the largest rocket since the Apollo Saturn V. NASA issued a report NASA’s Space Launch System and Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle persuent to Section 309 of the…
Second GRAIL Spacecraft Enters Lunar Orbit
NASA’S Twin GRAIL Spacecraft Reunite In Lunar Orbit PASADENA, Calif. — The second of NASA’s two Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft has successfully completed its planned main engine…
Will NASA SLS Rocket survive when ARES did not?
SLS and former Constellation (Ares) programs are flawed in same fundamental way. NASA recently announced development of a new heavy lift rocket. The pictures of this new rocket look…
