Search for Life Guides NASA's New Mars Mission Plan
• http://www.space.com, by Mike WallNASA's new Mars exploration strategy will be shaped by an old goal: searching for signs of past or present life on the Red Planet.
Contents Pages by Subject
Space Travel and Exploration
Planet Venus Visible All Night Long This Weekend
• http://www.space.com, by Joe RaoThe planet Venus is now at its peak of visibility in the evening sky this weekend, making now a prime time to spot the bright planet.
NASA, SpaceX to Discuss 1st Private Launch to Space Station Monday
• http://www.space.com, , staffNASA and commercial space company SpaceX will discuss plans to launch the first private spaceship to the International Space Station during a press conference Monday
Life on Mars Found by NASA's Viking Mission?
• http://news.nationalgeographic.com, Ker ThanA fresh look at NASA data suggests that a robotic mission uncovered microbial life on Mars—more than 30 years ago.
Scientists on Earth Spot Aurora Around Uranus
• http://www.geekosystem.com, by Max EddyWhen Voyager 2 made its flyby of the strangely tilted planet Uranus, scientists got their first glimpse of what an aurora looked like on the icy blue planet.
Billionaire Elon Musk Opens Up About Private Spaceflight Challenges
• www.space.comSpaceflight company Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is preparing to launch a robotic capsule to the International Space Station later this month. If successful, SpaceX will be the first company to dock a privately built spacecraft to the orbi
SpaceX, Dragon Capsule & Falcon 9: Latest News
• www.space.com(SpaceX) is a commercial company aiming to launch cargo, and eventually people, to low-Earth orbit. The firm is developing its Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 booster under contracts from NASA's Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program and its Commerc
Airline Travelers Choose Alternative Rewards: Space Travel, Anyone?
• http://www.cnbc.com, By: Darren BoothHaving trouble finding available flights when you redeem your frequent flyer miles? Well there are some out-of-this-world options — pun intended.
Virgin Galactic Granted License Exemption for Spaceflight Experience
• http://www.spacenews.com, By Dan LeoneNew Mexico-based Virgin Galactic, which now expects to fly its first paying customers in 2013, was told by the U.S. government that the company may fly non-U.S. citizens to the edge of space without first obtaining an export license from the State De
Mars Viking Robots 'Found Life'
• http://news.discovery.com, By Irene KlotzNew analysis of 36-year-old data, resuscitated from printouts, shows NASA found life on Mars, an international team of mathematicians and scientists conclude in a paper published this week.
Orbital Debris
• arcleinLet's hypothetically assume that the removal of 10 large expired satellites per year will stabilize debris growth. Each object removal flight will likely cost about as much as placing a new satellite in orbit, say $200 million. Ten of these per year
North Korea Is Lying About Its Rocket Launch, Sat-Watchers Show
• Noah Shachtman via WIRED.comNorth Korea claims that its impending satellite launch, scheduled for this week, is merely a mission to study the country’s “distribution of forests” and weather patterns.
Details Emerge on SpaceX’s Proposed Texas Launch Site
• www.spacenews.comDetails about a launch facility Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is considering building in Texas emerged April 9 in a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) document detailing an environmental review that must precede construction.
Is NASA Tracking The Cosmic Shift?
• http://wakeup-world.com, By zengardner.comWhen it comes to terraforming, the Universe makes man’s puny efforts to be king of the hill look pretty pathetic.
Space station snaps photo of robotic cargo craft
• http://news.cnet.com, by Martin LaMonicaNASA has released an image of a robotic spacecraft approaching the International Space Station, showing how the delicate operation looks from space.
Space Weather Study Could Illuminate Alien Planet Climates
• http://www.space.com, StaffThe U.K. agency tasked with monitoring the country's weather forecasts is expanding its research on how space weather affects Earth and the atmospheres of alien planets around other stars.
Crunching the Big Bang With the Greatest Supercomputer Ever Built
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comLittle more than a decade from now, one of the world's great arid plains will become a bustling intersection of high-resolution astronomy and high-powered computing. Scrub land in either South Africa or Australia will host the biggest telescope ever.
Scrunchable Space Sieves Could Work as Tiny Foldable Satellite-Borne Telescopes
• Rebecca Boyle via PopSci.comA perforated plastic sheet carried into space in a microsatellite could serve as a cheap alternative space telescope, according to researchers at the U.S. Air Force Academy. The devices would sift photons like spaceborne cheesecloths.
Long March Rocket Delivers Apstar 7 Satellite to Orbit
• http://www.spacenews.com, By Peter B. de SeldingAPT Satellite Holdings of Hong Kong on April 1 said its Apstar 7 telecommunications satellite, launched March 31 aboard a Chinese Long March 3B rocket, was healthy in orbit and in the coming weeks would replace the retiring Apstar 2R spacecraft at 76
Spaceport America Runway To Get $7M Extension
• http://www.spacenews.comNew Mexico spaceport officials have approved a $7 million extension of the Spaceport America runway by about 600 meters to address safety concerns from Virgin Galactic
‘Tens of billions’ of potentially habitable planets in our galaxy
• http://rt.comScientists have long assumed that the best chance of finding alien life in the universe is on planets similar to ours.
Vesta Surface Features
• arclein"Our analysis finds this bright material originates from Vesta and has undergone little change since the formation of Vesta over 4 billion years ago," said Jian-Yang Li, a Dawn participating scientist at the University of Maryland, College Park. "
Mercury Poles Hint at Water
• arcleinThe planet's diameter is 4,880km - about one-third the size of Earth It is the second densest planet in Solar System; 5.3 times that of water The Caloris Basin is the largest known feature (1,300km in diameter)
Astronauts scramble for escape pods as space junk threat gets serious
• http://www.csmonitor.comSome 22,000 chunks of space junk zip around the earth. On Saturday, six International Space Station astronauts scrambled for safety as a piece of a Russian satellite whizzed by.
Weekend Special: What It's Like To Soar Into Space, Then Crash To Earth
• http://www.npr.org, by Robert KrulwichHave you ever wondered what it would be like to be hurled into the sky, straight up, past the clouds, into starry space, the Earth all blue and turning spherical below, everything silent, tomblike, and then, just like that — you slip and start to fal
Elon Musk Says Ticket to Mars Will Cost $500,000
• http://www.wired.com, By Jason PaurSerial entrepreneur Elon Musk says SpaceX is developing a plan for trips to Mars that will eventually cost just $500,000 per seat.
1st commercial cargo run to space station April 30
• APThe International Space Station should be getting its first commercial cargo shipment in early May. SpaceExploration Technologies Corp., better known as SpaceX, plans to launch its Dragon capsule from Cape Canaveral on April 30.
Branson says Kutcher is space line's 500th client
• APBritish billionaire Richard Branson said Monday his venture to launch paying tourists into space has netted its 500th customer, and it's none other than Ashton Kutcher. Branson made the announcement on his blog, saying he gave the actor a quick ca
Shock: Soviet Superweapon Attack On Shuttle Almost Started WWIII
• Terrence AymNew historical evidence has emerged of a shocking incident between the superpowers that almost turned the Cold War into a hot one. Fingers crept toward the nuclear trigger and launch codes prepared when American military and intelligence agencies dis
NASA Releases Atlas of the Entire Sky
• by Max Eddy, geekosystem.comLaunched in 2009, NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer or WISE methodically snapped an infrared picture about once every 11 seconds for ten months — totaling around 2.7 million images — in an attempt to compile an atlas of the entire sky.
Watch Streaming Broadcast Live:
LRN.fm
DLive
Live Chat
Telegram
Telegram
