With all of the activity that’s been occurring on the Sun recently, the aurorae have been exceptionally bright and have created quite a show to viewers – both on Earth as well as above it! (...)Read the rest of Fires in the Sky, Fires on the Ground (420 words) © Jason Major for Universe [...]
China launched their first space station module into orbit today (Sept. 29), marking a major milestone in the rapidly expanding Chinese space program. The historic liftoff of the man rated Tiangong 1 (Heavenly Palace 1) space lab on a Long March 2F rocket took place at 9:16 p.m. local time (9:16 a.m. EDT) from the [...]
With NASA’s announcement of its new, mammoth Space Launch System (SLS), preparations can begin in earnest for the first human mission to an asteroid. The SLS will take the Orion Multipurpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) on the first human forays into deep space, out of the Earth/Moon system. “We are definitely excited about it,” Laurence Price, [...]
Check out Our Lunar Neighbor
So, what DOES the Moon mean to you? That’s the question a group of folks interested in lunar exploration are asking as they prepare for International Observe the Moon Night, which is October 8th. The idea is to get folks interested in the Moon, either by observing it or by learning [...]
Remembering…
In a rational universe, there is no room for the kind of misguided hatred that led to the events of September 11, 2001. But, irrational people decided to take actions that, in retrospect, seem inhuman and insane. That’s the nature of fanaticism, and unfortunately, it isn’t limited to one religion or one country.
Today is a [...]
Sorry for the long silence again, but I’ve been busy doing cool things at Altius. More bloggy goodness to come soon, hopefully.