• NewsFlash: NASA's Twin Spacecraft 24 Hrs from Lunar Orbit

    Updated: 2011-12-30 22:15:31
    NASA's Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL)-A spacecraft is within 24 hours of its insertion burn that will place it into lunar orbit. At the time the spacecraft crossed the milestone at 1:21 p.m. PST today (4:21 p.m. EST), the...

  • OIG Finds Flaws in NASA's Real Property Master Planning Efforts

    Updated: 2011-12-30 17:45:35
    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 OIG Finds Flaws in NASA's Real Property Master Planning Efforts By Keith Cowing on December 30, 2011 12:45 PM View Comments NASA OIG : NASA's Real Property Master Planning Efforts NASA's development of the Agency's first integrated master plan is a positive step toward better managing its diverse real property assets . However , we found deficiencies within the individual Center master plans the Agency is using to develop the integrated Agency plan that may limit the Plan's

  • More Spectacular Images From Cassini

    Updated: 2011-12-29 19:08:06
    Photo: Titan and Dione As Seen by Cassini "Saturn's third-largest moon Dione can be seen through the haze of its largest moon, Titan, in this view of the two posing before the planet and its rings from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. This view looks toward the anti-Saturn side of Titan (3200 miles, 5150 kilometers across) and Dione (698 miles, 1123 kilometers across). North is up on the moons. This view looks toward the northern, sunlit side of the rings from just above the ring plane."

  • NewsFlash: NASA Twin Spacecraft on Final Approach for Moon Orbit

    Updated: 2011-12-29 17:19:42
    NASA's twin GRAIL spacecraft to study the moon from crust to core are nearing theirNew Year's Eve and New Year's Day main-engine burns to place the duo in lunar orbit. The spacecraft are scheduled to beplaced in orbit beginning at...

  • Twin NASA Spacecraft to Orbit Moon to Start "Full-Body Scan" This Weekend

    Updated: 2011-12-29 16:34:17
    NASA's twin Grail spacecraft (short for Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory) are slated to start circling the moon one day apart, with Grail-A arriving on Saturday and Grail-B following on Sunday --both to study our lunar satellite from crust to...

  • White Paper - China's Space Activities in 2011

    Updated: 2011-12-29 14:28:03
    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 Paper China's Space Activities in 2011 By Marc Boucher on December 29, 2011 9:28 AM View Comments China Releases White Paper China's Space Activities in 2011 SpaceRef Marc's note : China's Information Office of the State Council today published a white paper on China's space activities in 2011. You can download a PDF of the white paper from the SpaceRef web . site Outer space is the common wealth of mankind . Exploration , development and utilization of outer space

  • GRAIL Is Go For Lunar Orbit

    Updated: 2011-12-29 04:03:46
    NASA Twin Spacecraft on Final Approach for Moon Orbit "NASA's twin spacecraft to study the moon from crust to core are nearing their New Year's Eve and New Year's Day main-engine burns to place the duo in lunar orbit. Named Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL), the spacecraft are scheduled to be placed in orbit beginning at 1:21 p.m. PST (4:21 p.m. EST) for GRAIL-A on Dec. 31, and 2:05 p.m. PST (5:05 p.m. EST) for GRAIL-B the next day."

  • Watching a Dirty Snowball In The Night Sky

    Updated: 2011-12-29 04:02:19
    Christmas Comet Lovejoy Captured at Paranal "The recently discovered Comet Lovejoy has been captured in stunning photos and time-lapse video taken from ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile. The comet graced the southern sky after it had unexpectedly survived a close encounter with the Sun."

  • Peering Through Titan's Haze

    Updated: 2011-12-29 04:00:51
    Image: Peering Through Titan's South Pole Haze "These views from NASA's Cassini spacecraft look toward the south polar region of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, and show a depression within the moon's orange and blue haze layers near the south pole. The close-up view was captured with the narrow-angle camera. Another view taken a second later with the wide-angle camera is also included here for context."

  • NASA’s Unprecedented Science Twins are GO to Orbit our Moon on New Year’s Eve

    Updated: 2011-12-29 03:23:32
    In less than three days, NASA will deliver a double barreled New Year’s package to our Moon when an unprecedented pair of science satellites fire up their critical braking thrusters for insertion into lunar orbit on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. NASA’s dynamic duo of GRAIL probes are “GO” for Lunar Orbit Insertion [...]

  • Video Review: 2011 for NASA

    Updated: 2011-12-28 23:16:20
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  • Space and the Upcoming Election

    Updated: 2011-12-28 15:32:16
    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 Space and the Upcoming Election By Keith Cowing on December 28, 2011 10:32 AM View Comments NASA no priority for most presidential candidates Orlando Sentinel Of all the presidential candidates , the election of Newt Gingrich likely would have the greatest effect on NASA for one simple reason . He would pay attention to it . The beleaguered space agency , despite its frequent mention in lofty speeches about reaching for the stars , rarely gets put on the front burner of

  • Arianespace Soyuz ST24 Flight Today

    Updated: 2011-12-28 14:47:03
    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 Arianespace Soyuz ST24 Flight Today By Marc Boucher on December 28, 2011 9:47 AM View Comments Marc's note : You can watch live the final flight of the year of an Arianespace Soyuz-Fregat launch at 12:09 pm ET . This is the 1,784th launch of a Soyuz rocket which will orbit six new satellites of the Globalstar-2 constellation . The launch is from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in . Kazakhstan Marc's Update 2:17 pm : The Soyuz has launched successfully . from : Arianespace For

  • More Problems for Russia's Breeze M Upper Stage

    Updated: 2011-12-27 17:47:02
    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 More Problems for Russia's Breeze M Upper Stage By Keith Cowing on December 27, 2011 12:47 PM View Comments ILS Announces Proton Launch Delay of SES-4 Satellite ILS has informed SES that the launch of the Proton launch vehicle with the SES-4 satellite was postponed for approximately 25 days for technical reasons with the avionics system of the launch vehicle's Breeze M upper stage . The additional time is needed due to the destacking and replacement of the affected avionics

  • 'Super-Earths' May Mimic Mars: Lacking a Magnetic Field, Existing as Dead Zones

    Updated: 2011-12-27 16:30:00
    Rocky planets a few times heavier than Earth that were thought might be life-friendly may lack a protective magnetic field that originates from an iron core that is at least partly molten. A simulation of super-Earths between a few times...

  • NASA's Sprawling Web Presence

    Updated: 2011-12-27 00:19:53
    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's Sprawling Web Presence By Keith Cowing on December 26, 2011 7:19 PM View Comments Keith's note : According to State of the Federal Web Report issued 16 Dec 2011 by the gov Reform Task Force Some agencies , such as NASA , have a relatively small number of domains compared to other agencies , yet NASA reported the highest number of public websites , with 1,590. NASA is quoted in this document as : saying True number of systems unknown : Several agencies admitted that

  • NASA's Inability To Speak With One Voice Online

    Updated: 2011-12-26 18:43:03
    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's Inability To Speak With One Voice Online By Keith Cowing on December 26, 2011 1:43 PM View Comments Dawn Obtains First Low Altitude Images of Vesta Keith's note : This press release says More information about the Dawn mission is online at : http : www.nasa.gov dawn and http : dawn.jpl.nasa.gov That's two separate websites at NASA for the same mission . But wait there's yet another here But you also reach this site if you go to http : www.nasa.gov dawn Two websites

  • This Year @NASA

    Updated: 2011-12-26 17:05:59
    Marc's note: NASA has released this edition of "This Year @NASA". Enjoy the highlights.

  • NASA Watch Service Update - New Commenting System

    Updated: 2011-12-25 20:16:56
    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 Watch Service Update New Commenting System By Marc Boucher on December 25, 2011 3:16 PM View Comments Marc's note : Please note that from 11:00 pm ET tonight through 11:00 am ET tomorrow NASA Watch will be undergoing maintenance and may be unavailable at times during that time with commenting turned off . We're implementing a new commenting system . All old comments will be archived and ported to the new . system Marc's update 12:00 pm ET Dec . 26 : As part of our

  • Holiday Greetings From Astrobiologists in Antarctica

    Updated: 2011-12-25 13:48:05
    Happy Holidays From Antarctica</p "Astrobiologist Dale Andersen from the SETI Institute is currently on his way back to the U.s. via a stop over in Capetown, South Africa. Dale and his team spent a month or so at Lake Untersee in Antarctica. This photo was taken shortly before Christmas. Dale is shown holding a patch for the Challenger Center for Space Science Education."

  • The Moon sleighs me

    Updated: 2011-12-25 00:16:49
    One of my favorite astrophotographers, Alan Friedman, spied something odd on the Moon. Flying reindeer I’ll buy. But an inertialess propulsion system? C’mon. Happy holidays everyone! Credit: Alan Friedman

  • Time lapse video: ISS cometrise

    Updated: 2011-12-22 21:24:58
    Earlier, I posted an incredible picture of Comet Lovejoy taken by space station astronaut Dan Burbank. NASA just posted an amazing time lapse video made from those pictures! Holy wow! What an astonishing sight that must be. And did you see the object moving right-to-left a few seconds in, just above the green airglow layer? [...]

  • NASA's CCDev returns to SAAs

    Updated: 2011-12-15 19:13:29
    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 Armadillo's Stig-A gets closer to space Europe to boldly go , despite budget trials Sci-fi movie curse' may have doomed American Airlines To infinity or the bank Vega on track for January launch Phobos-Grunt doesn't quite make it Back from Mars , safe and sound China and Fear Chinese Military Suspected in Hacker Attacks on US Satellites VEGA launch date set 26 Jan 2012 Recent Comments Thomas Anderson commented on Sci-fi movie curse' may have doomed American Airlines I personal Young commented on To infinity or the bank i've been Gordon Werner commented on Sci-fi movie curse' may have doomed American Airlines Continenta

  • Armadillo's Stig-A gets closer to space

    Updated: 2011-12-09 14:45:51
    After firing from Spaceport America in New Mexico, Armadillo's Stig-A successfully flew to 137,000 ft. Stig-A is now nearly halfway to the Karman Line, the arbitrary line that marks the official transition from atmosphere to space. Of course, there is a videoArmadillo, a tiny but driven company, has for years been building small rockets with the goal of suborbital flight. If they haven't quite made it, they're certainly well on their way.

  • I Have a Blog? Woah…

    Updated: 2011-11-16 16:04:03
    I got a subtle reminder today from Will Pomerantz and Ben Brockert, that I in fact have this blog thing, and that I probably shouldn’t be using twitter for blog posts… [Of course the real reason I do stuff like that on Twitter is because my adult supervision at Altius doesn't do Twitter, which allows [...]

  • Vega on track for January launch

    Updated: 2011-11-11 14:54:59
    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 Europe to boldly go , despite budget trials Sci-fi movie curse' may have doomed American Airlines To infinity or the bank Vega on track for January launch Phobos-Grunt doesn't quite make it Back from Mars , safe and sound China and Fear Chinese Military Suspected in Hacker Attacks on US Satellites VEGA launch date set 26 Jan 2012 TAM Panel : Our Future in Space Recent Comments Gordon Werner commented on Sci-fi movie curse' may have doomed American Airlines Continenta Kingfisher Airlines in Dubai commented on Soyuz Guiana update What an aw Nicky Spriggins commented on And you thought NASA was a pioneer I read you

  • Phobos-Grunt doesn't quite make it

    Updated: 2011-11-09 20:51:41
    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 To infinity or the bank Vega on track for January launch Phobos-Grunt doesn't quite make it Back from Mars , safe and sound China and Fear Chinese Military Suspected in Hacker Attacks on US Satellites VEGA launch date set 26 Jan 2012 TAM Panel : Our Future in Space Galileo satellite separation live video Soyuz Guiana update Recent Comments Kingfisher Airlines in Dubai commented on Soyuz Guiana update What an aw Nicky Spriggins commented on And you thought NASA was a pioneer I read you Sherrill Kuepfer commented on Taking space very seriously I enjoy ch Shiela Pillers commented on Taking space very seriously I enjoy co

  • Press Release: Capitol Hill Forum: NASA at a Turning Point

    Updated: 2011-10-27 08:00:00
    On the Planetary Society web site: Capitol Hill Forum: NASA at a Turning Point

  • 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 [...]

  • Deep Space Mysteries 2012 Calendar

    Updated: 2011-10-05 06:42:07
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