• China Ramps Space Mission --Acquires Australia Tracking Station

    Updated: 2011-11-08 08:12:00
    China continues its drumbeat of space initiatives, setting the pace for 21st Century space exploration with its fifth space station outside of its territory with the acquisition of a space tracking station in Dongara, about 350 kilometers north of Perth...

  • Russian Mars Moon Sample Probe Poised to Soar atop Upgraded Rocket – Video

    Updated: 2011-11-08 01:56:18
    After an absence of almost two decades, Russia is at last on the cusp of resuming an ambitious agenda of interplanetary science missions on Tuesday Nov. 8 (Nov. 9. Moscow Time) by taking aim at Mars and scooping up the first ever soil and rocks gathered from the mysterious moon Phobos. Russia’s space program was [...]

  • News Flash: NASA Deep Space Network Captures New Image of Asteroid Flying By Earth Tomorrow

    Updated: 2011-11-08 01:38:19
    NASA's Deep Space Network antenna in Goldstone, Calif. has captured new radar images of Asteroid 2005 YU55 passing close to Earth. The asteroid safely will safely fly past our planet slightly closer than the moon's orbit on Nov. 8. The...

  • Just In: NASA’s Latest Image of Asteroid 2005 YU55

    Updated: 2011-11-07 23:52:51
    NASA’s Deep Space Network antenna in Goldstone, California has captured new radar images of Asteroid 2005 YU55 as it begins its close pass by Earth. The image above was taken on Nov. 7 at 11:45 a.m. PST (2:45 p.m. EST/1945 UTC), when the asteroid was approximately 1.38 million kilometers (860,000 miles) or about 3.6 lunar [...]

  • New Radar Image of Asteroid YU55

    Updated: 2011-11-07 23:24:35
    New Radar Image: Asteroid 2005 YU55 Approaches Close Earth Flyby "This radar image of asteroid 2005 YU55 was obtained on Nov. 7, 2011, at 11:45 a.m. PST (2:45 p.m. EST/1945 UTC), when the space rock was at 3.6 lunar distances, which is about 860,000 miles, or 1.38 million kilometers, from Earth. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech."

  • Unprecedented View of the Sun

    Updated: 2011-11-07 23:17:02
    The Highest Resolution Image of the Sun's Surface Ever Obtained in Visible Light "The 1.6-meter aperture New Solar Telescope (NST) at Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO), has captured the highest resolution image of the surface of the sun ever obtained in visible light. The image was acquired with adaptive optics."

  • Jack Townsend

    Updated: 2011-11-07 20:40:22
    Former Goddard Center Director John Townsend Dead at 87 "John W. "Jack" Townsend, Jr., a space pioneer who was among the first employees of the newly formed Goddard Space Flight Center in 1959 and later served as its Center Director from 1987 to 1990, died October 29 of lung cancer. He was 87. Townsend was a rocket and satellite pioneer who was influential in creating the first meteorological, communications, and Earth viewing satellite systems."

  • Carnival of Space #222

    Updated: 2011-11-07 17:38:13
    A brand new Carnival of Space is hosted by Brian Wang from Next Big Future. Click here to read the Carnival of Space #222. And if you’re interested in looking back, here’s an archive to all the past Carnivals of Space. If you’ve got a space-related blog, you should really join the carnival. Just email [...]

  • Video: Free Flight of Masten Aerospace's Xombie

    Updated: 2011-11-07 17:11:25
    This flight of Xombie occurred on 3 November 2011.

  • Swarm Magnetic Field Satellites Get Their Bearings

    Updated: 2011-11-07 16:48:14
    ESA's Swarm satellites, which will unravel the complexities of Earth's magnetic shield, are being put through their paces to ensure that they will withstand the rigours of space. Marking an important milestone, the first satellite has undergone magnetic testing. Comprising three identical satellites, Swarm is ESA's first constellation of Earth observation satellites. They are due to liftoff together on a Rockot launcher from Plesetsk in northern Russia next year. read more

  • NASA Budget: What to Cut, What To Save?

    Updated: 2011-11-07 11:39:59
    : , Home SpaceRef Commercial Space OnOrbit SpaceRef Europe Astrobiology 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 Budget : What to Cut , What To Save By Keith Cowing on November 7, 2011 6:39 AM 9 Comments Budget pressures squeeze the dreams of Mars explorers Washington Post At a White House meeting during the last week of October , administration officials were clearly not very keen on signing up for unmanned Mars missions in 2016 and 2018, said Daniel Britt , who attended the meeting as head of the planetary science division of the American Astronomical Society . White House

  • Awesome Action Animation Depicts Russia’s Bold Robot Retriever to Mars moon Phobos

    Updated: 2011-11-07 03:51:02
    In less than 48 hours, Russia’s bold Phobos-Grunt mechanized probe will embark on a historic flight to haul humanities first ever soil samples back from the tiny Martian moon Phobos. Liftoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome remains on target for November 9 (Nov 8 US EDT). For an exquisite view of every step of this first-of-its-kind [...]

  • Day 2 part 2 at the Advanced Imaging Conference 2011 Astronomy.com blog Astronomy.com Online Communi

    Updated: 2011-11-06 09:04:35
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    Updated: 2011-11-06 09:04:34
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  • Day 2 at the Advanced Imaging Conference 2011 Astronomy.com blog Astronomy.com Online Community Foru

    Updated: 2011-11-06 09:04:33
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    Updated: 2011-11-06 09:04:32
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  • What Would Wernher Do? What DID He Do?

    Updated: 2011-11-05 04:15:11
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space OnOrbit SpaceRef Europe Astrobiology 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 What Would Wernher Do What DID He Do By Keith Cowing on November 5, 2011 12:15 AM 30 Comments Standards Wayne Hale Much of the time NASA appears to be a loose confederation of 10 quasi independent fiefdoms , each pretty much in charge of their own business . People often ask me what would I do if I were king of NASA for a day . They expect me to say something like : build this rocket , launch that satellite . Rather I think how I would standardize the procurement processes

  • NASA Point of "Contact" - Please Don't Call Me

    Updated: 2011-11-05 02:33:57
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space OnOrbit SpaceRef Europe Astrobiology 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 Point of Contact Please Don't Call Me By Keith Cowing on November 4, 2011 10:33 PM No Comments NASA Space Technology Research Fellowships Fall 2012 Fellowship Grant Point of Contact Name : Claudia M Meyer Title : NASA Space Technology Research Grants Program Exec Phone : 000-000-0000 Fax : 000-000-0000 Email : hq-nstrf-call mail.nasa.gov Keith's : note Where is area code 000 You can contact Claudia Meyer at GRC no mention of GRC in the NASA HQ procurement notice at

  • Obama and NASA This Week

    Updated: 2011-11-05 02:13:46
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space OnOrbit SpaceRef Europe Astrobiology 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 Obama and NASA This Week By Keith Cowing on November 4, 2011 10:13 PM No Comments White House Photo of the Day , 3 Nov 2011 Janet Kavandi , Director of Flight Crew Operations at Johnson Space Center , presents President Obama with a jacket during a drop by with the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis in the Oval Office , Nov . 1, 2011. The jacket features patches from several past space shuttle missions . Pictured in the background , from left , are : Pilot Doug Hurley ,

  • White House: No E.T. - Yet

    Updated: 2011-11-04 23:42:18
    : . Home SpaceRef Commercial Space OnOrbit SpaceRef Europe Astrobiology 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 White House : No E.T . Yet By Keith Cowing on November 4, 2011 7:42 PM 14 Comments White House Responds to Petition : Searching for ET , But No Evidence Yet OSTP Thank you for signing the petition asking the Obama Administration to acknowledge an extraterrestrial presence here on Earth . The U.S . government has no evidence that any life exists outside our planet , or that an extraterrestrial presence has contacted or engaged any member of the human race . In addition ,

  • Canada Is Pursuing Space Cooperation Treaties with Russia and China

    Updated: 2011-11-04 22:37:36
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space OnOrbit SpaceRef Europe Astrobiology 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 Canada Is Pursuing Space Cooperation Treaties with Russia and China By Keith Cowing on November 4, 2011 6:37 PM 3 Comments Opportunity and Risk Ahead for Canada's Space Industry SpaceRef Canada Maclean noted that Canada had signed two major treaties recently . The first in 2009 with United States and most recently a 10 year extension with the European Space Agency . He also mentioned that the Canadian Space Agency very recently got cabinet approval to go ahead and negotiate

  • NASA Studies Fuel Depots - But Won't Brief Congress On Them

    Updated: 2011-11-04 13:05:22
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space OnOrbit SpaceRef Europe Astrobiology 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 Studies Fuel Depots But Won't Brief Congress On Them By Keith Cowing on November 4, 2011 9:05 AM 26 Comments NASA Still Studying Space-Based Fuel Depots Aviation Week Michael Gazarik , NASA's space technology program director , says that CPST and the Space Launch System SLS heavy-lift rocket currently under development are complementary technologies . To explore deep space we need a heavy-lift vehicle SLS and we need this technology . We need to be able to demonstrate

  • Did a Colossal Asteroid Impact Deep Enough to Swallow Mount Everest Erase Mar's Magnetic Field?

    Updated: 2011-11-04 07:30:00
    The image above generated by the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter, an instrument aboard NASA's Mars Global Surveyor, shows an impact basin deep enough to swallow Mount Everest and surprising slopes in Valles Marineris. The high-resolution map that has influenced scientific...

  • From the 'X Files': Alien World’s Moon Could Potentially Host Life

    Updated: 2011-11-04 07:06:00
    The newly discovered gas giant Kepler-16b, a Saturn-sized planet 200 light-years away .which like Star Wars’ Tatooine orbits two stars, has an orbiting moon that this planet might harbor ET life. Kepler-16b orbits a pair of stars with about two-thirds...

  • Lighting up the Night

    Updated: 2011-11-04 02:51:45
    Would Aliens Do That? We humans spend a lot of money turning our lights on at night.  We light up our houses, our parking lots, our highways, our high-rise buildings—you name it. If we build it, we light it up.  You don’t have to go to space to know that we have a love affair with [...]

  • Changes at Commercial Spaceflight Federation

    Updated: 2011-11-04 00:41:13
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space OnOrbit SpaceRef Europe Astrobiology 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 Changes at Commercial Spaceflight Federation By Keith Cowing on November 3, 2011 8:41 PM No Comments Alexander Saltman Selected As Executive Director of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation The Federation has selected Dr . Alexander Saltman as the organization's Executive Director . Saltman is a physicist who has most recently served as the Legislative Director for Congressman Adam Schiff of California . Separately , the Commercial Spaceflight Federation is currently

  • Apollo on Steroids Redux: Big Rockets Are The Only Answer

    Updated: 2011-11-03 21:14:49
    : Home SpaceRef Commercial Space OnOrbit SpaceRef Europe Astrobiology 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 Apollo on Steroids Redux : Big Rockets Are The Only Answer By Keith Cowing on November 3, 2011 5:14 PM 62 Comments Propellant Depots Instead of Heavy Lift opinion , By Michael D . Griffin and Scott Pace , Space News The most reasonable claim made in support of fuel depots is that if they are employed to the exclusion of a heavy lifter , one saves the cost of building the heavy lifter . This is certainly true but then we do not have a heavy lifter Keith's : note Hilarious

  • Photo: On Orbit and Backlit By Earthshine

    Updated: 2011-11-03 15:54:58
    Photo: JAXA Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa Backlit Only By Earthshine "Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, Expedition 29 flight engineer, holds a still camera while looking through a window in the Cupola of the International Space Station Space Station."

  • Image of the Day: Geysers of Mercury

    Updated: 2011-11-03 07:14:00
    Recent discoveries by the Mercury MESSENGER Space Probe have included evidence of shallow depressions which have formed into non-uniform crater structures which appear to be recent. In addition, they have a high albedo – indicative of some sort of reflective... <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheDailyGalaxyNewsFromPlanetEarthBeyond?a=488j6y1k1Qc:Uft0YyZi0VI:yIl2AUoC8zA"

  • Hearing on China, OSTP & NASA (Political Theater Synopsis)

    Updated: 2011-11-03 00:05:31
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  • Steve Squyres is the new NASA Advisory Council Chairman

    Updated: 2011-11-02 20:07:36
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space OnOrbit SpaceRef Europe Astrobiology 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 Steve Squyres is the new NASA Advisory Council Chairman By Keith Cowing on November 2, 2011 4:07 PM 5 Comments NASA Announces Steven Squyres as New NASA Advisory Council Chairman NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named Cornell University Astronomy Professor Steven W . Squyres , as chairman of the NASA Advisory Council NAC an assembly of experts from various fields that offer guidance and policy advice to the administrator of America's space agency.Squyres' scientific

  • Great news: Russians successfully launch Soyuz rocket to ISS!

    Updated: 2011-10-31 00:00:10
    Yesterday, October 30, 2011, the Russian space agency Roscosmos successfully launched a new Progress spacecraft on a Soyuz rocket, the same kind of rocket that failed in August and caused such worry. This means it looks like the Russians have indeed figured out what went wrong in the previous launch and fixed the issue. I’ll [...]

  • VEGA launch date set - 26 Jan 2012

    Updated: 2011-10-26 10:47:48
    FlightGlobal.com Home News My FG Research Aircraft Jobs AirSpace Images Cutaways Historic Air shows More Search this blog Subscribe by E-mail Google Translate Recent Entries VEGA launch date set 26 Jan 2012 TAM Panel : Our Future in Space Galileo satellite separation live video Soyuz Guiana update Soyuz Galileo launch delayed Taking space very seriously Video : NASA satellite hits a car , disappears Iran reveals failed launch Video : how does Galileo work Noteworthy developments in awesome science Recent Comments mupp commented on Taking space very seriously Hurray Hyp Nik commented on The Problems of Reusable Rockets SRBs . t A K commented on The Problems of Reusable Rockets They tumb Sean commented on The Problems of Reusable Rockets Weren't th slider commented on The Problems of

  • TAM Panel: Our Future in Space

    Updated: 2011-10-24 13:51:34
    : FlightGlobal.com Home News My FG Research Aircraft Jobs AirSpace Images Cutaways Historic Air shows More Search this blog Subscribe by E-mail Google Translate Recent Entries TAM Panel : Our Future in Space Galileo satellite separation live video Soyuz Guiana update Soyuz Galileo launch delayed Taking space very seriously Video : NASA satellite hits a car , disappears Iran reveals failed launch Video : how does Galileo work Noteworthy developments in awesome science The Problems of Reusable Rockets Recent Comments mupp commented on Taking space very seriously Hurray Hyp Nik commented on The Problems of Reusable Rockets SRBs . t A K commented on The Problems of Reusable Rockets They tumb Sean commented on The Problems of Reusable Rockets Weren't th slider commented on The Problems of

  • Galileo satellite separation live video

    Updated: 2011-10-21 13:02:40
    Following this morning's successful Soyuz launch from French Guiana, the mission's payload - the first two Galileo navigation satellites - are due for separation at 16:20 CEST/14:20GMT. The European Space Agency will provide live streaming from 15:40 CEST/14:40GMT:http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Galileo_IOV/SEMDRFFURTG_0.html

  • Soyuz Galileo launch delayed

    Updated: 2011-10-20 10:37:58
    FlightGlobal.com Home News My FG Research Aircraft Jobs AirSpace Images Cutaways Historic Air shows More Search this blog Subscribe by E-mail Google Translate Recent Entries Soyuz Guiana update Soyuz Galileo launch delayed Taking space very seriously Video : NASA satellite hits a car , disappears Iran reveals failed launch Video : how does Galileo work Noteworthy developments in awesome science The Problems of Reusable Rockets ESA counting down to historic launches And you thought NASA was a pioneer Recent Comments Nik commented on The Problems of Reusable Rockets SRBs . t A K commented on The Problems of Reusable Rockets They tumb Sean commented on The Problems of Reusable Rockets Weren't th slider commented on The Problems of Reusable Rockets As noted , Gaetano Marano ghostNASA.com

  • Soyuz Guiana update

    Updated: 2011-10-20 00:48:07
    FlightGlobal.com Home News My FG Research Aircraft Jobs AirSpace Images Cutaways Historic Air shows More Search this blog Subscribe by E-mail Google Translate Recent Entries Soyuz Galileo launch delayed Taking space very seriously Video : NASA satellite hits a car , disappears Iran reveals failed launch Video : how does Galileo work Noteworthy developments in awesome science The Problems of Reusable Rockets ESA counting down to historic launches And you thought NASA was a pioneer Hyperbola lives Recent Comments Nik commented on The Problems of Reusable Rockets SRBs . t A K commented on The Problems of Reusable Rockets They tumb Sean commented on The Problems of Reusable Rockets Weren't th slider commented on The Problems of Reusable Rockets As noted , Gaetano Marano ghostNASA.com commented

  • Starting to Come Back Up For Air

    Updated: 2011-10-18 05:19:59
    Sorry about the lightblogging.  I’ve had a long year the past two or three months…  I’ll give more details on Altius-specific stuff on the ASM blog (including some eye-candy) when I get done with a Space Angels Network pitch in Palo Alto this week, and the SEDS SpaceVision 2011 conference next week, but here’s a [...]

  • Random Observation on SEC Accredited Investor Rules and the Top 1%

    Updated: 2011-10-18 04:48:20
    I was reading an interesting article the other day that had to do with the OWS movement giving some data on the background of the “top 1%” and the “top 0.5%”.  Can’t say I agree with everything in this article, but it was still worth a read.  What really stood out to me though was [...]

  • Taking space very seriously

    Updated: 2011-10-14 14:55:09
    Don't let anybody tell you the people at Surrey Satellite Technology aren't very serious about what they do - or don't have a sense of humour. Herewith one of the bins at their Guildford headquarters:

  • Video: NASA satellite hits a car, disappears

    Updated: 2011-10-14 13:59:42
    Just as the Iranians don't reveal failed launches, NASA doesn't reveal all their satellite reentries...Have a good weekend!

  • Iran reveals failed launch

    Updated: 2011-10-13 19:02:53
    FlightGlobal.com Home News My FG Research Aircraft Jobs AirSpace Images Cutaways Historic Air shows More Search this blog Subscribe by E-mail Google Translate Recent Entries Video : how does Galileo work Noteworthy developments in awesome science The Problems of Reusable Rockets ESA counting down to historic launches And you thought NASA was a pioneer Hyperbola lives Strike another one up for Ariane 5 Europe sees stars , too SpaceShipTwo could be single stage to suborbit says ESA firm What hope for ESA or even UKSA tv Recent Comments Nik commented on The Problems of Reusable Rockets SRBs . t A K commented on The Problems of Reusable Rockets They tumb Sean commented on The Problems of Reusable Rockets Weren't th slider commented on The Problems of Reusable Rockets As noted , Gaetano Marano

  • Deep Space Mysteries 2012 Calendar

    Updated: 2011-10-05 06:42:07
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  • The Problems of Reusable Rockets

    Updated: 2011-09-30 19:33:23
    FlightGlobal.com Home News My FG Research Aircraft Jobs AirSpace Images Cutaways Historic Air shows More Search this blog Subscribe by E-mail Google Translate Recent Entries ESA counting down to historic launches And you thought NASA was a pioneer Hyperbola lives Strike another one up for Ariane 5 Europe sees stars , too SpaceShipTwo could be single stage to suborbit says ESA firm What hope for ESA or even UKSA tv VIDEO : Russia's MAKS spaceplane Dassault gives K:1000 VSH suborbital vehicle update Where is Orion , in every sense . Recent Comments Gaetano Marano ghostNASA.com commented on And you thought NASA was a pioneer very usefu RobH commented on And you thought NASA was a pioneer C'mon , guy Paulo M commented on And you thought NASA was a pioneer Are they p Balenciaga Outlet commented

  • ESA counting down to historic launches

    Updated: 2011-09-30 16:35:50
    FlightGlobal.com Home News My FG Research Aircraft Jobs AirSpace Images Cutaways Historic Air shows More Search this blog Subscribe by E-mail Google Translate Recent Entries And you thought NASA was a pioneer Hyperbola lives Strike another one up for Ariane 5 Europe sees stars , too SpaceShipTwo could be single stage to suborbit says ESA firm What hope for ESA or even UKSA tv VIDEO : Russia's MAKS spaceplane Dassault gives K:1000 VSH suborbital vehicle update Where is Orion , in every sense . South Africa looks to satellite based astronomy Recent Comments Gaetano Marano ghostNASA.com commented on And you thought NASA was a pioneer very usefu RobH commented on And you thought NASA was a pioneer C'mon , guy Paulo M commented on And you thought NASA was a pioneer Are they p Balenciaga Outlet

  • What I’ve Been Up To

    Updated: 2011-08-04 06:25:00
    Sorry for the long silence again, but I’ve been busy doing cool things at Altius. More bloggy goodness to come soon, hopefully.

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