Archive for July, 2008
Scientific American
NASA Tests Moon Imaging Spacecraft at GoddardMarketWatch - 3 hours agoBy the end of 2008, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will be transported to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for final launch preparations. …Voyaging to the Stars on a Solar Breeze: Space Sail to Take Flight Scientific AmericanNASA shakes, bakes, rattles and blasts lunar spaceship [...]
July 31st, 2008 | Posted in Blogroll | No Comments
Space.com
Next Space Tourist, Station Crew Eager to FlySpace.com - 5 hours agoOne member of the Expedition 18 crew is already aboard the space station. NASA astronaut Gregory Chamitoff, who launched to the ISS in June, is currently …The new Russo-European manned space capsule Wired Newsall 2 news articles
July 31st, 2008 | Posted in Blogroll | No Comments
Space Ref (press release)
Tennessee Student Accepted For Unique NASA Internship At Goddard …MarketWatch - 1 hour ago"NASA's space program is just about the greatest show on Earth if you are a technical person and having these young eager people with fresh points-of-view …How I Spent My Summer, NASA-Style: 'Inspire' Interns Help Design … Space Ref (press [...]
July 30th, 2008 | Posted in Blogroll | No Comments
The shape of space to comeMSNBC - 2 hours agoMeanwhile, NASA will be setting up permanent bases on the moon and laying out plans for getting to Mars by 2033, Mike Griffin, the space agency's …OSHKOSH 2008: NASA's Constellation rockets could be used commercially Flight InternationalOSHCast 2008 Aero-TV Daily Update: Day Two! Aero-News Networkall 3 news [...]
July 30th, 2008 | Posted in Blogroll | No Comments
Astros celebrate 50 years of NASAMLB.com - 3 hours agoThe seven astronauts scheduled to conduct NASA's next flight into space, STS-126, in November, met with Astros chairman and CEO Drayton McLane and pitcher …
July 30th, 2008 | Posted in Blogroll | No Comments
Voice of America
America's Space Agency Turns 50Voice of America - 3 hours agoIt was powered by a huge Saturn Five rocket, the first rocket designed by NASA only for space exploration. But the project began with tragedy. …NASA turns 50 today Scientific AmericanNASA Launches New Interactive Image Collections Examiner.comComment by Andrew Chaikin author, "A Man on the Moon"Space.comall [...]
July 30th, 2008 | Posted in Blogroll | No Comments
Boston Globe
Dream of spaceflight takes wingSan Diego Union Tribune, United States - 1 hour agoThe program, Commercial Orbital Transportation Services, was a priority because NASA's space shuttles, which fly supplies to the space station, …Sir Richard Branson unveils Virgin's spaceship Telegraph.co.ukVirgin Galactic Shows the Finished WhiteKnight Two SlashdotBranson unveils mothership in latest step towards putting tourists … [...]
July 29th, 2008 | Posted in Blogroll | No Comments
Times Online
NASA Puts IT to Work Tracking Solar StormseWeek, NY - 4 hours ago"Aurora are the visual representation of disturbances [substorms] in the atmosphere," David Sibeck, THEMIS project scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight …An Electrifying Whodunit Sky & TelescopeNASA Unravels Mysteries Of Northern Lights InformationWeekAngelopoulos Reveals The Secret Of Northern Lights TopNewsMarketWatch - About - News [...]
July 29th, 2008 | Posted in Blogroll | No Comments
ABC News
Mars Lander to Try New Scoop TacticSpace.com - 2 hours agoBy SPACE.com Staff NASA will try again Sunday night to to get some dirt into the Phoenix Mars Lander's onboard oven, this time using a revised method. …Phoenix Scoop Ready for Sampling NASATrench on Mars Ready for Next Sampling by Phoenix Lander University of [...]
July 28th, 2008 | Posted in Blogroll | No Comments
TopNews
Angelopoulos Reveals The Secret Of Northern LightsTopNews, India - 2 hours agoNASA said that the substorms change the auroral displays at the North and south poles and they frequently occur with space storms that disrupts radio …NASA Unravels Mysteries Of Northern Lights InformationWeekCosmic Substorms and the Northern Lights About - News & IssuesSatellite fleet reveals what makes [...]
July 28th, 2008 | Posted in Blogroll | No Comments
Wired News
Gallery: The Space Suit Makes the NASA AstronautWired News - 3 hours agoSo nothing hews to that dictum more closely than the space suit. Even as it has evolved over NASA's 50 years to adapt to increasingly sophisticated missions …
July 27th, 2008 | Posted in Blogroll | No Comments