• ISS Crew Twitpics from Orbit; Live Streaming Video Soon !

    Updated: 2010-01-31 15:55:40
    “Golden Gate Bridge, San Fransisco, CA. Beautiful shadow ,” tweeted Astronaut Soichi Noguchi along with a live image he shot from space from inside the International Space Station. The 5 man crew comprising Expedition 22 aboard the ISS now have the capability to transmit live, unfiltered views and comments from space. And whats more [...]

  • Cargo Droid Prepared For Launch To ISS

    Updated: 2010-01-31 15:19:15
    Progress M-04M/36P launch is scheduled for launch fromBaikonur Cosmodrome on 2 Feb 2010 (1 Feb 2010 at 10:45pm EST). It will dock two days later at the International Space Station and will stay docked for several months. Below you can follow the process of integrating the Progress spacecraft with its Soyuz launch vehicle. read more

  • Get Your Daily Dose of Awe @The Daily Galaxy Facebook Page

    Updated: 2010-01-31 08:00:00
    The Daily Galaxy : Great Discoveries Channel Science News , Tech News , Astronomy and Space Exploration Follow the Daily Galaxy The Eerie Silence : Should We Be Sending Messages Into Space A Weekend Feature Main Steve Jobs : Google’s Don’t Be Evil’ Mantra is B.S . VIDEO January 31, 2010 Get Your Daily Dose of Awe The Daily Galaxy Facebook Page Link Share The Daily Galaxy Facebook Page Posted at 12:00 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 The Eerie Silence : Should We Be Sending Messages Into Space A Weekend Feature Main Steve Jobs : Google’s Don’t Be Evil’ Mantra is B.S . VIDEO Our Partners Create Your iGoogle Galaxy Gadget Archives January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 About Us For more information on The Daily Galaxy and to contact us please visit this page

  • NASA's First eBook

    Updated: 2010-01-30 21:15:37
    "X-15: Extending the Frontiers of Flight" by Dennis R. Jenkins Download the eBook read more

  • NASA Images iPhone App

    Updated: 2010-01-30 19:10:10
    "Check out the free NASA Images iPhone App, a window to the content available on nasaimages.org.  With the app you can access the entire NASA Images library from your iPhone along with the metadata for each image, video, and animation." Get the App

  • NASA Images iPhone App

    Updated: 2010-01-30 16:31:49
    Check out the free NASA Images iPhone App, a window to the content available on nasaimages.org.  With the app you can access the entire NASA Images library from your iPhone along with the metadata for each image, video, and animation. Get the App

  • Twittering Pictures From Orbit

    Updated: 2010-01-30 16:24:48
    @Astro_Soichi is sending back pictures - live - from ISS via Twitter and Twitpic: - Golden Gate Bridge, San Fransisco, CA. Beautiful shadow :-) http://twitpic.com/10iitj - Noctilucent clouds. Antarctic. Priceless. http://twitpic.com/10iiti But wait - there's more yet to come from orbit: according to JT Creamer: RT @Astro_TJ: @space_pete Yes it's true: our internal cameras wlll stream to the Web beginning Monday! Wave when you see us!! :) read more

  • NASA’s Solar Crown Jewel Bolted atop Atlas Rocket

    Updated: 2010-01-30 05:06:57
    The “Crown Jewel” of NASA’s solar science research fleet, the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, was transported from the Astrotech payload processing facility outside KSC to the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) at Launch Complex 41 in the overnight hours of Jan 26. It’s standard operating procedure to transport such highly valuable payloads after midnight, when [...]

  • NASA Is Studying VASIMR As A Space Tug

    Updated: 2010-01-30 04:13:55
    Sunday , January 31, 2010 About On Orbit Advertise Here Contact Information Feedback Log Out Home Blogs Features Recent Posts NASA Is Studying VASIMR As A Space Tug Submitted by keithcowing on Fri , 01 29 2010 21:13. Gadgets Blog Space Exploration NASA JSC has a requirement for the acquisition of services to update a magnet fixture with an additional cryocooler for conduction cooling and to eliminate the liquid cyrogen cooling system in preparation for crycooler testing in vacuum and magnetic field combined environments . In addition , Studies will be conducted to evaluate a Lunar Tug concept utilizing Variable Specific Impulse Magneto-plasma Rocket VASIMR engine capabilities from Low Earth Orbit to Lunar Orbit and libration points . NASA JSC intends to purchase these services from Ad Astra Rocket Company . More Login or register to post comments 2010 SpaceRef Interactive . Inc Terms of Service User Login Username : Password : Create new account Request new password Search On Orbit Sponsors Comm Center Blogs Everest OnOrbit Gadgets Blog Outer Limits Blog Features AMASE Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition Astrobiology Dale Andersen's Field Reports Education HMP Research Station

  • Is VASIMR Part Of NASA's New Architecture?

    Updated: 2010-01-29 21:18:18
    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 Is VASIMR Part Of NASA's New Architecture By Keith Cowing on January 29, 2010 4:18 PM 18 Comments NASA JSC Solicitation : Variable Specific Impulse Magento-Plasma Rocket VASIMR NASA JSC has a requirement for the acquisition of services to update a magnet fixture with an additional cryocooler for conduction cooling and to eliminate the liquid cyrogen cooling system in preparation for crycooler testing in vacuum and magnetic field combined environments . In addition , Studies will be conducted to evaluate a Lunar Tug concept utilizing Variable Specific Impulse Magneto-plasma Rocket VASIMR engine capabilities from Low Earth Orbit to Lunar Orbit and libration points . NASA JSC intends to purchase these services from Ad Astra Rocket Company . Previous VASIMR stories Video below Categories Exploration Tags VASIMR Video Article Tools Print this article Advertise Here 18

  • NASA FY2010 Budget Press Conference

    Updated: 2010-01-29 20:38:33
    NASA Announces Innovation Initiatives With Fiscal Year 2010 Budget "NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will brief reporters about the agency's fiscal year 2011 budget at 3 p.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 1. The news conference will take place in the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, located at 300 E St. S.W., in Washington. NASA Chief Financial Officer Beth Robinson will join Bolden. The news conference will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's Web site. Questions will be taken from media representatives at headquarters and participating field centers."

  • Animal Rights Street Theater Today at ARC

    Updated: 2010-01-29 15:02:46
    PETA to hold protest at NASA Ames against monkey experiment, SJ Mercury News "Six demonstrators plan to be in front of NASA Ames' main gates at noon today, carrying signs that read "No Tax $ for Animal Abuse" and "Stop Radiation Tests on Monkeys," according to a PETA statement."

  • Get Your Daily Dose of Awe @The Daily Galaxy Twitter Page

    Updated: 2010-01-29 08:16:00
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  • Image of the Day: Mystical Beauty of Star Birth

    Updated: 2010-01-29 08:10:00
    : : The Daily Galaxy : Great Discoveries Channel Science News , Tech News , Astronomy and Space Exploration Follow the Daily Galaxy You Create the Caption Main Extreme Life Are Hidden Lifeforms Reshaping the Planet January 29, 2010 Image of the Day : Mystical Beauty of Star Birth The awesome beauty of the Cocoon Nebula shown here , IC 5146, is the H II region located about 4,000 light years away toward the constellation of Cygnus . The II' in H II indicates that the hydrogen gas that enshrouds these young stars is ionized , which is the result of the hot , young stars that have formed recently , and are starting to burn away the cooler gas that condensed to form them . 0160 Based on recent measurements the massive star in the center is believed to have opened a hole in an existing molecular cloud through which much of the glowing material flows . The star , which formed about 100,000 years ago , provides the energy source for much of the emitted and reflected light from this . nebula Credit Copyright : Jean-Charles Cuillandre CFHT Hawaiian Starlight , CFHT The image below of the Cocoon Nebula is from the Sloan Digital Survey using a green . filter Posted at 12:10 AM Permalink Email

  • You Create the Caption

    Updated: 2010-01-29 08:06:00
    <img alt="17643" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bf7f753ef0120a81f5d79970b " src="http://www.dailygalaxy.com/.a/6a00d8341bf7f753ef0120a81f5d79970b-500wi" Credit: With thanks to our friends at cracked.com 

  • Google Maps Street View (Humor)

    Updated: 2010-01-29 08:03:00
    The Daily Galaxy : Great Discoveries Channel Science News , Tech News , Astronomy and Space Exploration Follow the Daily Galaxy Is DNA a Fossil of the Origin of Life Two Leading Scientists Say Yes Main The Daily Flash Eco , Space , Tech 1 29 January 29, 2010 Google Maps Street View Humor See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor Posted at 12:03 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 Is DNA a Fossil of the Origin of Life Two Leading Scientists Say Yes Main The Daily Flash Eco , Space , Tech 1 29 Our Partners Create Your iGoogle Galaxy Gadget Archives January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 About Us For more information on The Daily Galaxy and to contact us please visit this page

  • European Space Agency planning its own long-range "ESAS"

    Updated: 2010-01-28 14:53:04
    FlightGlobal.com Home Premium Archive Video Images Forum Blogs Jobs Shop Search this blog Subscribe by E-mail Google Translate Recent Entries China space programme exhibit in UK's Manchester city Will Fox news' tea-parties get Obama and save Ares rockets European Space Agency planning its own long-range ESAS VIDEO : Future of space exploration MIT lecture online VIDEO : Russia Today reports Energia nuke rocket motor work Ares I is not dead : The Obama countdown to nowhere Ariane 6 won't replace Ariane 5 NASA to investigate VASIMR propelled lunar tug concept Commercial Spaceflight Federation responds to ASAP Bolden to give future programs speech on 12 February Recent Comments Gabe Kampis commented on European Space Agency planning its own long-range ESAS What is th Recent Assets European Space Agency planning its own long-range ESAS By Rob Coppinger on January 28, 2010 2:53 PM Permalink Comments 1 TrackBacks 0 credit : EADS Astrium caption : this is from Astrium's previous work on ESA transportation studies The European Space Agency is to fund parallel industrial studies to examine how ESA can contribute to international human space exploration over the next 20 years with particular

  • You Create the Caption

    Updated: 2010-01-28 08:03:00
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  • VIDEO: Russia Today reports Energia nuke rocket motor work

    Updated: 2010-01-28 00:52:32

  • Next Shuttle Launch is Go; Universe Today Will Be There

    Updated: 2010-01-27 21:56:07
    Liftoff of space shuttle Endeavour for the STS-130 mission to the International Space Station has been been given the go-ahead, and launch is scheduled for Feb. 7 at 4:39 a.m. EST. Universe Today will be at the launch to provide on-site coverage of all the pre- and post-launch events, and we look forward to [...]

  • Image of the Day: Cosmic DNA -The Helix Nebula

    Updated: 2010-01-27 08:20:00
    : : The Daily Galaxy : Great Discoveries Channel Science News , Tech News , Astronomy and Space Exploration Follow the Daily Galaxy Space Zen Will Humans' Brains Change During Space Travel A Galaxy Classic Main Ozone Healing May Accelerate Global Warming January 27, 2010 Image of the Day : Cosmic DNA The Helix Nebula A mere seven hundred light years from Earth , in the constellation Aquarius , a sun-like star is dying wrapped in a shroud of stunning beauty . Its last few thousand years have produced the Helix Nebula , NGC 7293, a planetary nebula , typical of this final phase of stellar evolution . The white dot at the Helix's center is this Planetary Nebula's hot , 0160 remnant central star , destined to become a white dwarf . NASA Hubble Image Credit Copyright : Imaging Josch Hambsch , Processing Karel Teuwen Posted at 12:20 AM Permalink Email this post Show your . support Recommend this article Comments God is watching us . Posted by : Anonymous January 27, 2010 at 02:46 AM DONT BE ABSURD , GOD SEES FROM ALL POINTS OF SPACE-TIME AND . BEYOND Posted by : LIGHT January 28, 2010 at 11:29 AM Post a comment : Name Email Address : Not displayed with comment . : URL Remember personal

  • NASA to investigate VASIMR propelled lunar tug concept

    Updated: 2010-01-25 00:23:12
    FlightGlobal.com Home Premium Archive Video Images Forum Blogs Jobs Shop Search this blog Subscribe by E-mail Google Translate Recent Entries European Space Agency planning its own long-range ESAS VIDEO : Future of space exploration MIT lecture online VIDEO : Russia Today reports Energia nuke rocket motor work Ares I is not dead : The Obama countdown to nowhere Ariane 6 won't replace Ariane 5 NASA to investigate VASIMR propelled lunar tug concept Commercial Spaceflight Federation responds to ASAP Bolden to give future programs speech on 12 February VIDEO : Space exploration videos in French meanwhile over in merry old England a new space age dawns Recent Comments Obnoxious John commented on NASA to investigate VASIMR propelled lunar tug concept What are t Rob Coppinger commented on NASA to investigate VASIMR propelled lunar tug concept oops RobH commented on NASA to investigate VASIMR propelled lunar tug concept I agree th Joltin' Joe commented on NASA to investigate VASIMR propelled lunar tug concept VASIMR . gaetano marano ghostNASA.com commented on NASA to investigate VASIMR propelled lunar tug concept the clip s Rob Coppinger commented on NASA to investigate VASIMR propelled

  • Bolden to give future programs speech on 12 February

    Updated: 2010-01-21 16:20:18
    FlightGlobal.com Home Premium Archive Video Images Forum Blogs Jobs Shop Search this blog Subscribe by E-mail Google Translate Recent Entries NASA to investigate VASIMIR propelled lunar tug concept Commercial Spaceflight Federation responds to ASAP Bolden to give future programs speech on 12 February VIDEO : Space exploration videos in French meanwhile over in merry old England a new space age dawns Ares I is not dead : It's NASA's FY2010 budget request again . PICTURES : ATV-2 Johannes Kepler Ares I is not dead , it's just a test flight zombie ATV-2 Johannes Kepler reaches flightworthiness milestone Roscosmos confirms a go for 2013 Indian Soyuz mission Recent Comments gaetano marano ghostNASA.com commented on Bolden to give future programs speech on 12 February Maybe , Recent Assets Bolden to give future programs speech on 12 February By Rob Coppinger on January 21, 2010 4:20 PM Permalink Comments 1 TrackBacks 0 Is this going to see the big new vision annoucement The State of the : Agency NASA Future Programs Presentation Sponsored by the NASA Alumni League with support from the AAS , AIAA and WIA Friday , February 12, 2010 James E . Webb Auditorium NASA Headquarters You are

  • “Miss Astronaut Barbie®” (doll)

    Updated: 2010-01-17 00:58:00
    Mattel Inc. “Miss Astronaut Barbie®” Special Edition - My Favorite Career: 1965 2009 Publisher’s Web Site Librarian’s Note: The third Barbie® added to the Lunar Library, this one is a reproduction of a 1965 model that arrived just in time for the Gemini program. From the package: “Yes, she was a rocket scientist - taking us to new fashion heights, [...]

  • PICTURES: ATV-2 Johannes Kepler

    Updated: 2010-01-15 10:54:48
    credit: EADS Astrium / caption: The European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle 2 undergoing asembly at an EADS Astrium facility credit: EADS Astrium / caption: A section of SA's Automated Transfer Vehicle undergoing asembly at an EADS Astrium facility

  • “Popular Science: The New Space Rush”

    Updated: 2010-01-12 04:42:24
    Popular Science “The New Space Rush” Bonnier Corp. 01/2010 Publisher’s Web Site

  • News: What's Up in the Solar System in January 2010

    Updated: 2010-01-04 05:00:00
    What's Up in the Solar System in January 2010 (from Planetary News)

  • 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.

  • 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 [...]

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