• Our Best Wishes for The New Year

    Updated: 2009-12-31 09:30:00
    The Daily Galaxy : Great Discoveries Channel Science News , Tech News , Astronomy and Space Exploration Follow the Daily Galaxy Was Our Universe Created By a Collision With a Parallel Universe Two of the World's Leading Physicists Present a Radical Theory Main December 31, 2009 Our Best Wishes for The New Year We're posting several of our most popular pieces from the past few months for your enjoyment this Holiday . Season In a couple of weeks we hope to go live as a new iPhone app . We'll announce to all once we're . approved Our thanks for making the past year at The Daily Galaxy such a rewarding adventure Posted at 01:30 AM in Admin Permalink Email this post Show your . support Recommend this article Comments Post a comment : Name Email Address : Not displayed with comment . : URL Remember personal info : Comments Was Our Universe Created By a Collision With a Parallel Universe Two of the World's Leading Physicists Present a Radical Theory Main Our Partners Create Your iGoogle Galaxy Gadget Archives December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 About Us For more information on The Daily Galaxy and to

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    Updated: 2009-12-31 08:12:00
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  • You Create the Caption

    Updated: 2009-12-31 08:06:00

  • Latest Masten Update

    Updated: 2009-12-31 07:27:34
    Dave just wrote the latest Masten Update over on our MSS Project Blog.  The update goes over some of our plans for the new year.  Hopefully I’ll have something more to talk about soon.

  • History of Two Worlds on Orbit

    Updated: 2009-12-31 04:41:02
    Home SpaceRef OnOrbit SpaceRef Canada Astrobiology GeneRef Newsletter Sign In This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support History of Two Worlds on Orbit By Keith Cowing on December 30, 2009 11:41 PM No Comments Keith's note : I will be seeing Scott Parazynski and Miles O'Brien in Houston next week . On 6 Jan at NASA JSC Scott will formally return the Moon rock I carried to Nepal and Scott carried to the summit of Mt . Everest and present a piece of Everest summit to the crew of STS-130. Miles will be the emcee . The STS-130 crew will carry both rocks into orbit and will permanently install them in the new node Tranquility that they will attach to the space station . By coincidence , the Moon rock we had in Nepal was collected in the Sea of Tranquility during the Apollo 11 . mission Preview : Confessions of a Moon Rock Courier I facilitated telephone conversations with astronauts aboard the International Space Station and communicated via satellite with the real world on a daily basis

  • Russian Asteroid Mission Needs Better Data

    Updated: 2009-12-30 18:09:08
    Home SpaceRef OnOrbit SpaceRef Canada Astrobiology GeneRef Newsletter Sign In This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support Russian Asteroid Mission Needs Better Data By Keith Cowing on December 30, 2009 1:09 PM No Comments Space head : Russia may send spacecraft to asteroid Without mentioning NASA findings , Perminov said that he heard from a scientist that Apophis is getting closer and may hit the planet . I don't remember exactly , but it seems to me it could hit the Earth by 2032, Perminov said . 99942 Apophis Wikipedia On Friday , April 13, 2029, Apophis will pass Earth within the orbits of geosynchronous communication satellites . It will return for another close Earth approach in 2036. NASA Refines Asteroid Apophis' Path Toward Earth Updated computational techniques and newly available data indicate the probability of an Earth encounter on April 13, 2036, for Apophis has dropped from one-in-45,000 to about four-in-a million . Keith's note : I certainly hope that Perminov gets

  • NASA and the Summer of Innovation

    Updated: 2009-12-30 17:18:33
    Home SpaceRef OnOrbit SpaceRef Canada Astrobiology GeneRef Newsletter Sign In This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support NASA and the Summer of Innovation By Keith Cowing on December 30, 2009 12:18 PM No Comments Keith's note : President Obama will soon unveil a large , interesting educational event targeted for the summer of 2010. Titled Summer of Innovation this project is aimed at reaching 1 million students and working to raise their STEM skills through a variety of activities . The lead person at NASA on this effort is White House Fellow Nicole Campbell . The cost of this project is still uncertain numbers as high as 200 million were discussed internally at one point . Much of the work would apparently be channeled through paid for by Americorps . The latest version of this project would entail NASA taking much of the lead along with the Department of Education . Each NASA center would be asked to dedicate one person to this activity . The most recent version of the plan would

  • Running The Gauntlet at AAS

    Updated: 2009-12-30 16:57:12
    Home SpaceRef OnOrbit SpaceRef Canada Astrobiology GeneRef Newsletter Sign In This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support Running The Gauntlet at AAS By Keith Cowing on December 30, 2009 11:57 AM 1 Comment Obama set to launch vision for NASA USA Today President Obama will chart a course for NASA within weeks , based on the advice of a handful of key advisers in the administration and Congress . Obama , who met Dec . 16 with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden , hasn't said when or how he'll announce his new policy . The announcement likely will come by the time the president releases his fiscal 2011 budget in early February , because he must decide how much money the space agency should get . Charles Bolden Speaks at AAS NASA Town Hall at AAS Keith's 23 Dec note : The audience at the AAS meeting will be composed of several thousand scientists with a large number of journalists and bloggers . The questions that the audience asks of Mr . Bolden assuming that he takes questions and other

  • Stealth NASA Education Summit

    Updated: 2009-12-30 16:12:16
    Home SpaceRef OnOrbit SpaceRef Canada Astrobiology GeneRef Newsletter Sign In This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support Stealth NASA Education Summit By Keith Cowing on December 30, 2009 11:12 AM No Comments NASA Industry‐Education Forum online at Paragon Space Development . Corp On December 3, 2009, the NASA Office of Education hosted the NASA Industry‐Education Forum at NASA Headquarters in Washington , DC . The purpose of the NASA Industry Education Forum was to obtain ideas on how NASA and industry can make a demonstrable impact on student achievements in STEM and their desire to pursue careers in the aerospace industry . Aerospace companies who had demonstrated success in STEM workforce development were invited . Participants presented innovative ideas to increase our collective impact on the future aerospace workforce . The forum accomplished its intent : provide a mechanism to start a dialog , identify areas for collaboration and explore next steps . A full report as well as

  • You Create the Caption

    Updated: 2009-12-30 08:03:00

  • Good Things In Small Packages

    Updated: 2009-12-29 17:00:07
    <pCU Students to Build Tiny Spacecraft to Observe 'Space Weather' Environment "The University of Colorado at Boulder has been awarded $840,000 from the National Science Foundation for students to build a tiny spacecraft to observe energetic particles in space that should give scientists a better understanding of solar flares and their interaction with Earth's atmosphere. Known as the Colorado Student Space Weather Experiment, or CSSWE, the instruments package is expected to weigh less than 5 pounds."

  • Tiny Student Spacecraft to Observe Space Weather

    Updated: 2009-12-29 16:53:41
    Image: CU-Boulder Professor Xinlin Li holds a tiny spacecraft that will carry a CU student-built instrument package into space in 2012 to measure the behavior of so-called "killer electrons" in space that can have negative impacts on spacecraft and astronauts. Image courtesy Emilia Reed, CU-Boulder Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics read more

  • Photo: Stately Saturn

    Updated: 2009-12-29 16:39:54
    Saturn, stately and resplendent in this natural color view, dwarfs the icy moon Rhea. Rhea (1,528 kilometers, or 949 miles across) orbits beyond the rings on the right of the image. The moon Tethys is not shown here, but its shadow is visible on the planet on the left of the image. This view looks toward the northern, sunlit side of the rings from just above the ringplane. read more

  • Image of the Day: Deathly Beauty of The Bubble Nebula

    Updated: 2009-12-29 08:08:00
    : : The Daily Galaxy : Great Discoveries Channel Science News , Tech News , Astronomy and Space Exploration Follow the Daily Galaxy The Daily Flash Eco , Space , Tech 12 28 Main There are Reasons Evolution Added a Time-Limit to Life The Dangers of Immortality December 29, 2009 Image of the Day : Deathly Beauty of The Bubble Nebula The mesmerizing Bubble Nebula or NGC 7635 is 10 light-year diameter object a mere 11,000 light-years away toward the constellation Cassiopeia near a giant molecular cloud which contains the expansion of the bubble . Above and right of the Bubble's center is a hot , O-type star , several 100,000 times more luminous and approximately 45 times more massive than our Sun . Fierce stellar winds and intense radiation from that star has blasted out the structure of glowing gas against denser material in a surrounding molecular cloud . Image Credit : Brad Ehrhorn Adam Block NOAO AURA NSF Posted at 12:08 AM Permalink Email this post Show your . support Recommend this article Comments Post a comment : Name Email Address : Not displayed with comment . : URL Remember personal info : Comments The Daily Flash Eco , Space , Tech 12 28 Main There are Reasons Evolution

  • You Create the Caption

    Updated: 2009-12-29 08:03:00

  • Photo: A Close Look at Prometheus

    Updated: 2009-12-28 19:03:32
    This image was taken on December 26, 2009 and received on Earth December 27, 2009. The camera was pointing toward Prometheus, and the image was taken using the CL1 and CL2 filters. This image has not been validated or calibrated. A validated/calibrated image will be archived with the NASA Planetary Data System in 2010. Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute. Full-Res: N00149033.jpg read more

  • Sen. Cornyn Was For NASA Before He Was Against It

    Updated: 2009-12-28 15:43:49
    Cornyn's fight to cut debt carries political price, Houston Chronicle "When Texas Sen. John Cornyn recently voted against legislation funding NASA, with its thousands of jobs at Houston's Johnson's Space Center, it caused a bit of a stir back home. After all, the Republican senator always prided himself on being a champion of home-state interests. Even Cornyn readily admits that his vote is an about-face. But there's a clear explanation for the change: Cornyn says he's trying to strike a balance between his dual roles as a senator seeking federal spending in Texas and as an emerging GOP congressional leader fighting to cut government expenditures."

  • Photo: ПOИCK (Poisk) Propulsion Module Deorbited

    Updated: 2009-12-28 15:37:07
    The propulsion compartment of the Poisk Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) departs from the International Space Station and was deorbited four hours later for a destructive reentry in Earth's atmosphere. The undocking occurred at 6:16 p.m. (CST) on Dec. 7, 2009. Its departure opens up a docking port for Russian vehicles on Poisk, which will first be used when NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams, Expedition 22 commander; and Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, flight engineer, relocate their Soyuz spacecraft in January 2010. high res (0.8 M) low res (42 K) Preparing ПOИCK - MRM2 - For Launch, Earlier post read more

  • OSTP Launch Vehicle Report Quietly Released

    Updated: 2009-12-28 15:19:38
    Home SpaceRef OnOrbit SpaceRef Canada Astrobiology GeneRef Newsletter Sign In This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support OSTP Launch Vehicle Report Quietly Released By Keith Cowing on December 28, 2009 10:19 AM 4 Comments White House science office reports United States rocket propulsion work lagging According to the report released this week : Despite the importance of space to government and commercial activities the U.S . space launch industry has seen a decline in launch services over the past decade From 2004-2008 the U.S . shared of commercial launches was about 17 percent , compared with 42 percent for Russia , 21 percent for Europe and 18 percent for the multi-national company SeaLaunch . OSTP Releases Assessment of U.S . Space Launch Vehicle Engine Production Capacity At present , the U.S . space launch propulsion industrial base provides a diverse range of technological capabilities and more than adequate production capacity to meet most currently identified U.S .

  • Everest: Beyond The Limit To Air 27 & 30 Dec

    Updated: 2009-12-26 23:52:47
    : Home SpaceRef OnOrbit SpaceRef Canada Astrobiology GeneRef Newsletter Sign In This is not a NASA Website . You might learn something . It's YOUR space agency . Get involved . Take it back . Make it work for YOU . Important Disclaimer nasawatch spaceref.com Voice 1.703.787.6567 RSS Feed Twitter Advertising Archives Support Everest : Beyond The Limit To Air 27 30 Dec By Keith Cowing on December 26, 2009 6:52 PM No Comments Discovery Channel's Everest : Beyond The Limit Air Dates Announced Schedule information Discovery Channel Now in its third season , the Discovery Channel's Everest : Beyond The Limit is taking a new approach to filming this year and will feature both International Mountain Guides and Himalayan Experience in a five-part series . IMG climber Scott Parazynski returned to Everest this season after coming tantalizingly close last year . The former Nasa Astronaut was sidelined with a ruptured lumbar disc at 24,500' on his summit bid in 2008. This year Scott came back fit and ready to top out with Danuru Sherpa . Scott achieved his goal at dawn on May 20, 2009. A veteran of several space flights and spacewalks , Scott is the only person to both summit Mt . Everest and

  • Holiday Schedule

    Updated: 2009-12-24 19:11:15
    Marc's note: NASA Watch will be updating only on a limited basis until next Monday at which time we will resume our normal schedule until New Year's Eve. From New Year's Eve until Monday, January 5th we will once again only be publishing on a limited basis. We wish everyone the best during this holiday season and please do be careful during your travels! Happy Holiday's

  • Stan Lebar has Passed Away

    Updated: 2009-12-24 17:04:11
    Passing of Stan Lebar, NASA Goddard "Stan Lebar, who led the Westinghouse Electric Corporation team that developed the lunar camera that brought the televised news images of Neil Armstrong stepping onto the moon to more than 500 million people on earth, died on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009." "During his long and distinguished career, other camera programs he managed for NASA included the Apollo Color TV Cameras, the Skylab series of TV cameras, and the TV cameras for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Program (ASTP)."

  • Engineers Find Fixes For Potential Thrust Oscillation Problem on Ares

    Updated: 2009-12-22 23:11:28
    Will the Ares rocket stay or will it go? For now, no one knows, but NASA engineers have developed multiple options for "de-tuning" the Ares I rocket to prevent any problematic thrust oscillations that could potentially expose astronauts to dangerous levels of vibrations as the rocket climbs to orbit with the Orion crew vehicle [...]

  • “To The Moon: An Anthology of Lunar Poems”

    Updated: 2009-12-19 16:46:50
    Duffy, Carol Ann (Ed.) “To The Moon: An Anthology of Lunar Poems” Picador 2009 ISBN: 978-0-330-46131-3

  • قراءة القطع الزائد في اللغة الخاصة بك

    Updated: 2009-12-17 16:56:58
    استخدام مجموعات ترجمة الأداة على اليسار وبجانب هذه الصفحة بلوق لترجمة القطع الزائد إلى لغتك   

  • Читайте гиперболы в вашем родном языке

    Updated: 2009-12-17 16:55:55
    С помощью Google Gadget перевод на левой стороне, и в этом блоге веб-страницы в переводе гиперболы на свой язык

  • Leer Hipérbola en su propio idioma

    Updated: 2009-12-17 16:54:14
    Utiliza el Google Gadget de traducir a la izquierda y el lado de la página del blog de traducir a su idioma Hipérbola

  • पढ़ने के अपने ही में अतिपरवलय भाषा

    Updated: 2009-12-17 16:53:24
    गूगल का प्रयोग छोड़ दिया और इस ब्लॉग वेबपृष्ठ के साथ अनुवाद गैजेट पर अपनी भाषा में अनुवाद अतिपरवलय

  • 阅读双曲线在您自己的语言

    Updated: 2009-12-17 16:52:37
    使用谷歌翻译左侧和本博客网页方小工具，您的语言翻译成双曲线

  • Lire Hyperbola dans votre langue

    Updated: 2009-12-17 16:51:50
    Utilisez le gadget Google translate sur la gauche et le côté de cette page web blog Hyperbola à traduire dans votre langue

  • Space based power and other Skylon news

    Updated: 2009-12-15 16:51:56
    FlightGlobal.com Home Premium Archive Video Images Forum Blogs Jobs Shop Search this blog Subscribe by E-mail Google Translate Recent Entries Bolden gets 2h with Obama , but the new vision won't be agreed Space based power and other Skylon news Planet Earth news bites December 2009 Why does Augustine's EELV option seem suspicially Ares-like VIDEO : Hyperbola goes to French Guiana UK gets an executive space agency but what is that EXCLUSIVE VIDEO : Soyuz rocket launch site tour UK studies reusable launch vehicle economics VIDEO : SpaceShipTwo emerges from hangar VIDEO : Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo unveil Recent Assets Space based power and other Skylon news By Rob Coppinger on December 15, 2009 4:51 PM Permalink Comments 0 TrackBacks 0 For all those space based solar power enthusiasts that I know are out there you might be interested in Reaction Engines' report Solar Power Satellites and Spaceplanes : The SKYLON Initiative It is one of a number of updates to the website in the latter half of this year that has seen a flurry of activity for the small UK firm , including opening a new factory moving offices , acquiring engineering companies and REL founder Alan Bond's Royal

  • Planet Earth news bites December 2009!

    Updated: 2009-12-15 14:49:53
    FlightGlobal.com Home Premium Archive Video Images Forum Blogs Jobs Shop Search this blog Subscribe by E-mail Google Translate Recent Entries Space based power and other Skylon news Planet Earth news bites December 2009 Why does Augustine's EELV option seem suspicially Ares-like VIDEO : Hyperbola goes to French Guiana UK gets an executive space agency but what is that EXCLUSIVE VIDEO : Soyuz rocket launch site tour UK studies reusable launch vehicle economics VIDEO : SpaceShipTwo emerges from hangar VIDEO : Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo unveil France's Helios 2B spysat launch cancelled Recent Comments Bill Hensley commented on Planet Earth news bites December 2009 Read the S Recent Assets Planet Earth news bites December 2009 By Rob Coppinger on December 15, 2009 2:49 PM Permalink Comments 1 TrackBacks 0 Its time again for a whirlwind roundup of various news items from around the internet beginning with Space News' Galileo satellite navigation system scoop Hyperbola hears that the actual announcement on who won what will be made on or around 23 December , next week basically . While Space News talks of Germany's OHB Systems winning eight of the 22 spacecraft to be ordered Hyperbola

  • Electrodynamic Compound Tether

    Updated: 2009-12-15 01:23:08
    guest blogger john hare A variant on the compound tether is the electrodynamic tether with rotovator. In this one a long electrodynamic tether has solar panels and other counterweights high enough to get the center of mass to a 135 minute  orbit with the bottom end at LEO altitudes. With the bottom end at 2,500 m/s below local [...]

  • VIDEO: Hyperbola goes to French Guiana

    Updated: 2009-12-14 10:00:07
    From 8-10 December Hyperbola travelled to French Guiana for the Arianespace Ariane 5 GS launch of the French military's Helios 2B reconnaissance satellite. Watch this 9min video to get a feel for what these press trips are like and see a bit of French GuianaGo here for the 30min Sinnamary Soyuz launch site tour eferenced in the video

  • EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Soyuz rocket launch site tour

    Updated: 2009-12-11 17:53:54
    Hyperbola was taken to the Soyuz launch site at France's Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana on 9 December and this 30min 51s video basically spans he entire time we were there. With a French speaking tour guide (all translations welcome) we got to see the entire site and you will see the eginnning of the mobile gantry that is yet to be fully assembledSi vous comprenez le commentaire français, alors n'oubliez pas de régler le volume sonore le plus haut possible car je n'étais pas toujours à proximité de la guide touristique

  • MXER Tether Intro #1: Simple Untapered Tethers

    Updated: 2009-12-10 00:34:05
    So I’ve started out telling you that momentum-exchange tethers are great. Why? you might ask. Well, because a spinning momentum-exchange tether is capable of transferring a fair fraction of the orbital energy and angular momentum in its orbit to a payload in just a few minutes. That’s a pretty impressive trick. [...]

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