• Dragon undocks from ISS

    Updated: 2012-05-31 16:14:36
    On 31 May the Dragon capsule undocked from the International Space Station at 0807 GMT after having delivered some cargo and then being loaded up with some experiment results and other equipment to be returned to Earth. Once undocked the craft was manoeuvered away from the station by the robotic arm. Once clear of the station the craft carried out three engine burns to propel it away from the station. The Dragon then flew for a few more hours before being commanded to perform a de-orbit ngine firing at 1451 GMT. The craft e-entered Earth's atmosphere and then deployed ts parachutes to splash down in the Pacific Ocean 1542 GMT for recovery. 

  • Re-enter The Dragon

    Updated: 2012-05-31 15:44:52
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space Watch OnOrbit NASA Hack Space SpaceRef Canada Astrobiology Newsletter 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 Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy Re-enter The Dragon By Keith Cowing on May 31, 2012 11:44 AM View Comments SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft to Return to Earth After making the historic journey as the first commercial spacecraft to visit the International Space Station , SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft will return to Earth tomorrow Today . 10:51 am EDT-- Dragon's Draco thrusters fire deorbit burn 11:09 Dragon's

  • SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Returns to Earth Today

    Updated: 2012-05-31 15:35:00
    After making its iconic journey as the first commercial spacecraft to visit the International Space Station, SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft will return to Earth today. Dragon is the only spacecraft capable of returning a significant amount of cargo from the space...

  • View Today's Hot Tech News Video from IDG

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  • Dragon Heading to Ocean Splashdown

    Updated: 2012-05-31 12:02:05
    History’s first commercial cargo ship ever to visit the International Space Station (ISS) has safely and successfully departed the orbiting lab complex after astronauts released the craft from the grip of the station’s robotic arm at 5:49 a.m. EST (949 GMT) this morning, May 31, 2012 for the return trip to Earth to conclude a [...]

  • Veteran US Astronaut John Glenn is awarded Medal of Freedom

    Updated: 2012-05-31 11:54:32
    FlightGlobal.com Privacy Cookies Privacy Cookies 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 Dragon undocks from ISS Veteran US Astronaut John Glenn is awarded Medal of Freedom Credit where it is due : Elon Musk's SpaceX may dominate across all launch fronts China launches Yaogan 15 satellite Another Buzz in the Universe Chinasat 2A comsat is launched by Long March 3B E rocket Don't try this at home Dragon docks with ISS Launch success for Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft End is nigh for Dnepr rocket Recent Comments David Todd commented on Veteran US Astronaut John Glenn is awarded Medal of Freedom Mea culpa . Shaun Heath commented on Veteran US Astronaut John Glenn is awarded

  • Photos: A Look Inside Dragon

    Updated: 2012-05-31 03:10:28
    : Thursday , May 31, 2012 About On Orbit Advertise Here Contact Information Feedback Log Out Home Blogs Features Recent Posts Photos : A Look Inside Dragon Submitted by keithcowing on Wed , 05 30 2012 19:10. Commerce Gadgets Blog This fisheye image of the inside of the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft was photographed by an Expedition 31 crew member aboard the International Space Station on May 26, 2012, the day after grapple . The SpaceX Falcon 9 and its Dragon spacecraft launched on Tuesday , May 22, at 3:44 a.m . EDT . This mission is a demonstration flight by Space Exploration Technologies , or SpaceX , as part of its contract with NASA to have private companies launch cargo safely to the International Space Station . ISS031-E-077780 26 May 2012 high res 1.6 M low res 95 K ISS031-E-077779 26

  • Video: Moonrise As Seen From the International Space Station

    Updated: 2012-05-30 23:31:56

  • NASA's Black-Hole Hunter Being Readied for Launch

    Updated: 2012-05-30 23:15:00
    NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, is being prepared for the final journey to its launch no earlier than June 13 on Kwajalein Atoll in the central Pacific Ocean. The mission will study everything from massive black holes to...

  • The Moon Affects the Solar Wind

    Updated: 2012-05-30 22:26:05
    From a NASA press release: With the Moon as the most prominent object in the night sky and a major source of an invisible pull that creates ocean tides, many ancient cultures thought it could also affect our health or state of mind – the word “lunacy” has its origin in this belief. Now, a [...]

  • Secretive X-37B Space Plane Will be Landing Soon

    Updated: 2012-05-30 22:10:39
    After nearly 15 months on a secret mission, the Air Force’s X-37B, an unmanned, reusable space plane, will soon be coming back home. A news release from the Vandenberg Air Force Base says the landing is expected to occur during the early- to mid-June timeframe, although the exact landing date and time will depend on [...]

  • SpaceX Dragon Sealed for Earth Return on May 31

    Updated: 2012-05-30 21:17:50
    The historic flight of the first private spaceship to ever connect to the International Space Station (ISS) has entered its waning hours and by all accounts it’s been a resounding success thus far ahead of the imminent return trip to Earth. All objectives have been fully accomplished and all that remains is for the unmanned [...]

  • Timeline for the fall of the Dragon

    Updated: 2012-05-30 21:06:15
    Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS The art of exploring Mars Video of the daylight California fireball Timeline for the fall of the Dragon Tomorrow morning , Thursday May 31, the SpaceX Dragon capsule will undock from the International Space Station , perform a series of maneuvers , and then come back home to Earth . Over at The Planetary Society Blog Jason Davis has a great writeup giving the times of the key events . The preliminary stuff happens in the middle of the night for me in Colorado , but the actual descent to Earth happens at a much more palatable time . At 14:51 UTC 10:51 a.m . Eastern US time the

  • Michael Duncan

    Updated: 2012-05-30 20:59:47
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  • Opportunity Update: Waking Up on Mars With the Sun's Rays (Photos)

    Updated: 2012-05-30 16:47:10
    sols 2956-2961, May 18-23, 2012: After moving from her winter perch, Opportunity drove to an undisturbed dusty patch to investigate the chemical origin of the ubiquitous Martian dust. read more

  • Credit where it is due: Elon Musk's SpaceX may dominate across all launch fronts

    Updated: 2012-05-30 08:22:44
    : FlightGlobal.com Privacy Cookies Privacy Cookies 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 Credit where it is due : Elon Musk's SpaceX may dominate across all launch fronts China launches Yaogan 15 satellite Another Buzz in the Universe Chinasat 2A comsat is launched by Long March 3B E rocket Don't try this at home Dragon docks with ISS Launch success for Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft End is nigh for Dnepr rocket Proton M launches Nimiq 6 comsat for Telesat Japan's H2A launches four satellites Recent Comments Stephen Ogley commented on Britain should have a spaceport says IoD report Ascension Tom Balas commented on ANALYSIS : F-35B or not aircraft carriers may be made

  • SpaceX Dragon attached to space station in spaceflight first Astronomy Magazine

    Updated: 2012-05-30 04:20:41
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  • SpaceX Dragon attached to space station in spaceflight first Astronomy Magazine

    Updated: 2012-05-30 04:20:38
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  • Today's Hot Tech News Video from IDG

    Updated: 2012-05-29 20:17:30
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  • This Week's NASA Spinoff That NASA Won't Be Telling You About

    Updated: 2012-05-29 17:05:03
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space Watch OnOrbit NASA Hack Space SpaceRef Canada Astrobiology Newsletter 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 Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy This Week's NASA Spinoff That NASA Won't Be Telling You About By Keith Cowing on May 29, 2012 1:05 PM View Comments NASA-funded Research : Earlier Detection of Bone Loss May be in Future ASU Are your bones getting stronger or weaker Right now , it's hard to know . Scientists at Arizona State University and NASA are taking on this medical challenge by developing and

  • New Maps of Saturn's Moon Dione

    Updated: 2012-05-29 16:18:29
    This global map of Saturn's moon Dione was created using images taken during flybys by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. An extensive system of bright ice cliffs created by tectonic fractures adorns the moon's trailing hemisphere, which is centered on 270 degrees west. read more

  • The Outermost Ocean in Our Solar System: Neptune's Triton

    Updated: 2012-05-29 16:03:43
    A new study suggests the presence of an ocean under the icy shell of Neptune's moon, Triton, which will make it the outermost known ocean in our solar system. At an average temperature of -97° C, this ammonia-rich ocean was...

  • False Claim of NASA Participation in Wrinkle Research (Update)

    Updated: 2012-05-29 10:33:37
    False Claim of NASA Participation in Wrinkle Research "According to information provided by NASA PAO, the "AS10" food substance mentioned in this news story is not a NASA food product. This food substance may have been developed by someone else using a product developed originally by AmeriSciences but NASA itself has not used any material or food substance described in these various news stories related to wrinkles nor is it conducting any research related to the claims made in these news stories." <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nasawatch/Aekt/~4/u3iEpOnK1uc" height="1" width="1"/

  • China launches Yaogan 15 satellite

    Updated: 2012-05-29 09:54:25
    At 0731 GMT on 29 May, China launched the Yaogan 15 satellite on a Long March 4C vehicle from the Taiyuan launch centre. Officially the satellite is to be used for for scientific experiments, land resources surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster response applications. But analysts believe that the Yaogan series of satellites are used for military reconnaissance missions.

  • Photos: Dragon Captured By The International Space Station

    Updated: 2012-05-29 08:05:04
    : Thursday , May 31, 2012 About On Orbit Advertise Here Contact Information Feedback Log Out Home Blogs Features Recent Posts Photos : Dragon Captured By The International Space Station Submitted by keithcowing on Tue , 05 29 2012 12:05. Commerce Expedition 31 Flight Engineers Don Pettit and Andre Kuipers grappled Dragon at 9:56 a.m . EDT with the Canadarm2 robotic arm and used the robotic arm to berth Dragon to the Earth-facing side of the station's Harmony node at 12:02 p.m . May 25, 2012. Dragon became the first commercially developed space vehicle to be launched to the station to join Russian , European and Japanese resupply craft that service the complex while restoring a U.S . capability to deliver cargo to the orbital laboratory . Dragon is scheduled to spend about a week docked

  • Double Standards and Sour Grapes From the Romney/Griffin Camp

    Updated: 2012-05-29 00:42:18
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space Watch OnOrbit NASA Hack Space SpaceRef Canada Astrobiology Newsletter 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 Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy Double Standards and Sour Grapes From the Romney Griffin Camp By Keith Cowing on May 29, 2012 8:42 AM View Comments SpaceX's Dragon capsule docks with international space station Washington post On Friday , Musk said that SpaceX could be ready to fly people into space by 2015. But Scott Pace , a space policy expert at George Washington University and an adviser to

  • Hubble Captures Odd Spiral Within a Spiral Galaxy

    Updated: 2012-05-28 22:59:06
    NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of the spiral galaxy known as ESO 498-G5. One interesting feature of this galaxy is that its spiral arms wind all the way into the center, so that ESO 498-G5's core looks like...

  • Chinasat 2A comsat is launched by Long March 3B/E rocket

    Updated: 2012-05-28 10:20:27
    A Long March 3B/E launch vehicle successfully launched Chinasat 2A at 1556 GMT from the Xichang launch site in China on 26 May 2011. nbsp; The communications atellite which is to be placed into Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) as a mass of 5,200kg. According to a report on Chinadaily.com, there was some falling stage damage done to some houses and to a powerline.  Debris from the first stage of the vehicle damaged houses and a 10kV power line in the village of ShuanJiang in Suining County, Hunan Province, China. No casualties were reported.

  • Week's Hot Tech News Video from IDG

    Updated: 2012-05-27 15:35:00
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  • Official NASA Langley Cold Fusion Video Now Online

    Updated: 2012-05-27 02:30:18
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space Watch OnOrbit NASA Hack Space SpaceRef Canada Astrobiology Newsletter 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 Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy Official NASA Langley Cold Fusion Video Now Online By Keith Cowing on May 26, 2012 10:30 PM View Comments Keith's : note NASA LaRC now has its official cold fusion video online titled Abundant Clean Green Energy which refers to a new form of nuclear energy How do NASA's Chief Technologist and Chief Scientist allow this stuff to be funded with taxpayer dollars

  • ISS Crew Enters The Dragon

    Updated: 2012-05-26 11:03:59
    The ISS crew opened the hatch with Dragon at 5:53 am EDT this morning and are now preparing Dragon to have its cargo unloaded. Watch their activities live - Photos: ISS Crew Enters The Dragon

  • ISS Captures, Berths the Dragon

    Updated: 2012-05-25 17:56:51
    , Home SpaceRef Commercial Space Watch OnOrbit NASA Hack Space SpaceRef Canada Astrobiology Newsletter 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 Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy ISS Captures , Berths the Dragon By Keith Cowing on May 25, 2012 1:56 PM View Comments Keith's : note The International Space Station crewsuccessfully captured the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft at 9:56 am EDT . It was berthed to the ISS exactly 3 two hours . later First Images of Dragon Captured by ISS Images : Berthing Dragon Space Community Leaders on Historic

  • When a Dragon mated the space station

    Updated: 2012-05-25 17:08:57
    Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Dragon is approaching the space station UPDATED : CAPTURED Small asteroid to buzz Earth on May 28 When a Dragon mated the space station At 16:02 UTC , Friday , May 25, 2012, the SpaceX Dragon officially became the first privately-owned commercial spacecraft to be captured by and berthed at the International Space Station . It is if I’ve done the math correctly the 114th spacecraft to dock with ISS , including the missions sent up to build the station . It is the first privately-owned commercial spacecraft in history to do . so You can read more about this in my last post which

  • Image of the Day: ISS Robotic Arm Completes 1st-Ever Hookup with SpaceX's Dragon --Launching Commercial Space Era

    Updated: 2012-05-25 16:00:00
    The International Space Station's crew reached out today with a robotic arm to grab SpaceX's Dragon cargo capsule and brought it in for the orbital outpost's first-ever hookup with a commercial spaceship.The unmanned capsule is carrying 1,000 pounds of supplies...

  • Don't try this at home!

    Updated: 2012-05-25 15:04:35
    FlightGlobal.com Privacy Cookies Privacy Cookies 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 Don't try this at home Launch success for Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft End is nigh for Dnepr rocket Proton M launches Nimiq 6 comsat for Telesat Japan's H2A launches four satellites Just crane unlucky : Measat 3A was damaged twice before repairs Elton sends Rocket Man video up to the International Space Station Britain should have a spaceport says IoD report Russia launches Cosmos 2480 military reconnaissance satellite Soyuz TMA-04M docks with International Space Station Recent Comments Stephen Ogley commented on Britain should have a spaceport says IoD report Ascension Tom Balas

  • Dragon docks with ISS

    Updated: 2012-05-25 14:15:18
    FlightGlobal.com Privacy Cookies Privacy Cookies 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 Don't try this at home Launch success for Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft End is nigh for Dnepr rocket Proton M launches Nimiq 6 comsat for Telesat Japan's H2A launches four satellites Just crane unlucky : Measat 3A was damaged twice before repairs Elton sends Rocket Man video up to the International Space Station Britain should have a spaceport says IoD report Russia launches Cosmos 2480 military reconnaissance satellite Soyuz TMA-04M docks with International Space Station Recent Comments Stephen Ogley commented on Britain should have a spaceport says IoD report Ascension Tom Balas

  • Dragon is approaching the space station – UPDATED: CAPTURED!

    Updated: 2012-05-25 14:13:57
    : Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Update : the Dragon capsule as seen by the ISS When a Dragon mated the space station Dragon is approaching the space station UPDATED : CAPTURED UPDATE : ISS has captured the Dragon That's not a sim That's the Dragon capsule held by the ISS robot arm , 30 minutes after capture . See the notes below The SpaceX Dragon capsule is currently on approach to the International Space Station . As I write this 13:00 UTC it is about 50 meters away and moving in . NASA has a live feed that I am embedding : here You may need to refresh this page to see it . Dragon had approached to 30

  • Guest Blog Post re: SpaceX

    Updated: 2012-05-25 07:17:05
    Hey all, I was invited to do a guest blog post on the Sic Temper Tyrannis blog regarding the SpaceX COTS 2+ flight. May not be too much new material for regulars here, but I wanted to post a link.

  • Dragon Heads For ISS Arrival

    Updated: 2012-05-25 00:02:48
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space Watch OnOrbit NASA Hack Space SpaceRef Canada Astrobiology Newsletter 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 Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy Dragon Heads For ISS Arrival By Keith Cowing on May 25, 2012 8:02 AM View Comments SpaceX Dragon Scehdule for Friday Around 2:00 AM Pacific 5:00 AM Eastern NASA will decide if Dragon is GO to move into the approach ellipsoid 1.4 kilometers around the space station . If Dragon is GO , after approximately one hour Dragon will move to a location 250 meters directly

  • Update: the Dragon capsule as seen by the ISS

    Updated: 2012-05-24 23:49:17
    : Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Obi Wan better watch his back Dragon is approaching the space station UPDATED : CAPTURED Update : the Dragon capsule as seen by the ISS Just a quick update : a new series of pictures of the Dragon capsule as seen by astronauts aboard the International Space Station has just been released , and they’re way cool . Here’s : one Click to embiggen . Earlier today Dragon passed just 2.4 kilometers 1.5 miles from the station , performing a series of tasks to make sure it was ready to dock with ISS tomorrow . I’m sure the folks at SpaceX are poring over these images to make sure

  • Obama to Romney: Will You Fire Mike Griffin?

    Updated: 2012-05-24 21:06:08
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  • Obi Wan better watch his back

    Updated: 2012-05-24 19:45:00
    Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS SpaceX Dragon capsule buzzed the space station Update : the Dragon capsule as seen by the ISS Obi Wan better watch his back It’s a tough time to be a science fiction hero . Just look at the headlines for proof First , there’s this Honestly , that’s not surprising . He does seem to get into trouble wherever he goes . So misunderstood . But it would’ve been interesting to know where the TARDIS materialized in that . situation This next one though is clearly her own : fault Not that I blame her . I’ve spent many an hour alone in an observatory , and I imagine the Astrometrics Lab

  • SpaceX Dragon capsule buzzed the space station

    Updated: 2012-05-24 17:43:12
    Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS Mars craters are sublime Obi Wan better watch his back SpaceX Dragon capsule buzzed the space station Early this morning , the SpaceX Dragon capsule passed just 2.4 kilometers below the International Space Station , completing another critical step in its mission profile that’ll lead to it docking with the orbiting station Friday . morning From the station , astronauts captured video as the capsule cruised : by You may need to refresh this page to see the video load . Very , very cool . You can see the Dragon capsule in this video frame grab : it’s in the lower left corner ,

  • Dragon Mission Is Nominal

    Updated: 2012-05-24 16:11:31
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  • Preserving History on The Moon

    Updated: 2012-05-24 15:43:16
    NASA Offers Guidelines To Protect Historic Sites On The Moon "NASA and the X Prize Foundation of Playa Vista, Calif., announced Thursday the Google Lunar X Prize is recognizing guidelines established by NASA to protect lunar historic sites and preserve ongoing and future science on the moon. The foundation will take the guidelines into account as it judges mobility plans submitted by 26 teams vying to be the first privately-funded entity to visit the moon."

  • Crater Copernicus In All Its Glory

    Updated: 2012-05-24 14:01:22
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space Watch OnOrbit NASA Hack Space SpaceRef Canada Astrobiology Newsletter 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 Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy Crater Copernicus In All Its Glory By Keith Cowing on May 24, 2012 10:01 AM View Comments Iconic Lunar Orbiter Image of Copernicus Re-released LOIRP Today an iconic image from the initial exploration of the Moon is being re-released showing detail that could not have been seen using technology available at the time the photo was taken . This image features a

  • Potential for Danger from Space

    Updated: 2012-05-23 17:00:37
    A WISE Survey of Nearby Space Rocks There was a busy space probe out there called the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE, for short). As its name suggests, it was sensitive to infrared wavelengths of light and cataloged millions of objects before it went into hibernation in 2011.  Many things radiate in the infrared, including some potentially [...]

  • Today's Hot Tech News Video from IDG

    Updated: 2012-05-22 23:59:12
    Today's hot tech news from IDG News Service (publishers of PC World, MacWorld, and Computerworld).Click here to launch the IDG News video <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/TheDailyGalaxyNewsFromPlanetEarthBeyond?a=OtQAy8r5mIk:f4KYZ2Pz-6I:yIl2AUoC8zA"

  • More NASA Network Break-ins (Update)

    Updated: 2012-05-22 23:10:10
    Home SpaceRef Commercial Space Watch OnOrbit NASA Hack Space SpaceRef Canada Astrobiology Newsletter 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 Popular : Categories Budget Congress Commercialization Election 2012 ISS News Policy More NASA Network Break-ins Update By Keith Cowing on May 22, 2012 7:10 PM View Comments Iranian Cyber Warriors Team' takes credit for NASA hack MSNBC A group of Iranian student hackers known as the Cyber Warriors Team claims to have stolen the personal information of thousands of NASA researchers . The Cyber Warriors Team boasted in a May 16 Pastebin post that it

  • SpaceX Dragon on its way to the ISS!

    Updated: 2012-05-22 18:19:42
    Subscribe Today Renew Give a Gift Archives Customer Service Facebook Twitter Newsletter SEARCH Health Medicine Mind Brain Technology Space Human Origins Living World Environment Physics Math Video Photos Podcast RSS A fake and a real view of the solar eclipse FROM SPACE Saturn , surreally SpaceX Dragon on its way to the ISS At 07:44 UTC , May 22, 2012, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket thundered into space carrying the Dragon capsule into orbit . So first , holy wow , and yay That’s fantastic news This was the second attempt , after a glitchy valve caused a launch abort a few days ago . This morning’s launch went very smoothly . After achieving orbit , the uncrewed Dragon craft decoupled from the rocket and successfully deployed its solar panels , a key milestone in the mission . When that happened

  • Launch success for Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft

    Updated: 2012-05-22 09:20:23
    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 Launch success for Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft End is nigh for Dnepr rocket Proton M launches Nimiq 6 comsat for Telesat Japan's H2A launches four satellites Just crane unlucky : Measat 3A was damaged twice before repairs Elton sends Rocket Man video up to the International Space Station Britain should have a spaceport says IoD report Russia launches Cosmos 2480 military reconnaissance satellite Soyuz TMA-04M docks with International Space Station Ariane 5 successfully launches JCSAT 13 and Vinasat 2 Recent Comments Stephen Ogley commented on Britain should have a spaceport says IoD report Ascension Tom Balas

  • End is nigh for Dnepr rocket

    Updated: 2012-05-22 09:07:36
    Citing safety and environmental concerns a Russian Defence Ministry report is recommending the end of using old RS-20 (SS-18, Satan missile) ICBM's for space launches. The RS-20's were called the Dnepr when converted for space launches. The first launch of the Dnepr as a space launcher took place in 1999. Since then there have been a further 16 launches of the vehicle with one failure which happened in 2006. Recent launches have suffered from numerous delays due to the failure of the Russian and Kazakhstan governments to agree on the drop zones for the first and second stages of the vehicle.

  • Light-Years From Anywhere

    Updated: 2012-05-21 15:14:56
    What Does That Mean? One of the most commonly used terms in astronomy is the compound word “light-year”.  I posted a tweet about light-years a while back and I got a private message from someone telling me that it scared them. I don’t see how it could be, but then again, I’m so used to it [...]

  • Rocket Plumbing

    Updated: 2012-05-19 23:58:13
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  • T Minus 10 Minutes to the SpaceX COTS 2/3 Dragon Launch

    Updated: 2012-05-19 09:47:12
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  • Sun Frenzy

    Updated: 2012-05-19 01:54:29
    The Annular Eclipse Will you be checking out the upcoming annular eclipse?  If so, you’ve probably heard all the safety warnings about not looking directly at the Sun. They’re good advice. When I was a kid I remember some eclipses occurring and being told not to look at the Sun. Of course, I did.  Luckily, I [...]

  • Proton M launches Nimiq 6 comsat for Telesat

    Updated: 2012-05-18 14:46:39
    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 Proton M launches Nimiq 6 comsat for Telesat Japan's H2A launches four satellites Just crane unlucky : Measat 3A was damaged twice before repairs Elton sends Rocket Man video up to the International Space Station Britain should have a spaceport says IoD report Russia launches Cosmos 2480 military reconnaissance satellite Soyuz TMA-04M docks with International Space Station Ariane 5 successfully launches JCSAT 13 and Vinasat 2 Black-Eyed Peas star Will-i-am is sought by NASA for Mars song Replacement crew launched to ISS Recent Comments Tom Balas commented on ANALYSIS : F-35B or not aircraft carriers may be made

  • Japan's H2A launches four satellites

    Updated: 2012-05-18 14:33:03
    The Japanese climate change monitoring satellite GCOM-W1 (Shizuku) was launched successfully at 1639 GMT on 17th May 2012 by a Japanese H-2A202 launch vehicle. The lift off took place at Japan's main launch site at Tanegashima. lso aboard was the South Korean Earth observation satellite Kompsat 3 nd two small satellites: the ouryuu 2 (aka Houryuu 2) amateur radio satellite and the experimental satellite SDS 4.

  • Just crane unlucky: Measat 3A was damaged twice before repairs

    Updated: 2012-05-18 13:08:24
    : 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 Just crane unlucky : Measat 3A was damaged twice before repairs Elton sends Rocket Man video up to the International Space Station Britain should have a spaceport says IoD report Russia launches Cosmos 2480 military reconnaissance satellite Soyuz TMA-04M docks with International Space Station Ariane 5 successfully launches JCSAT 13 and Vinasat 2 Black-Eyed Peas star Will-i-am is sought by NASA for Mars song Replacement crew launched to ISS Risat 1 images released ANALYSIS : F-35B or not aircraft carriers may be made impotent by sat-targeted diving missiles Recent Comments Tom Balas commented on ANALYSIS : F-35B or

  • Elton sends Rocket Man video up to the International Space Station

    Updated: 2012-05-18 11:26:24
    After Internatioal Space Station utch stronaut Andre Kuipers played Sir Elton John's famous song Rocket Man to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of the song, o now the 5 year old singer has sent up a video f a live version which he performed in Las Vegas, also o celebrate the 40th anniversary.  

  • Britain should have a spaceport says IoD report

    Updated: 2012-05-18 08:29:20
    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 Britain should have a spaceport says IoD report Russia launches Cosmos 2480 military reconnaissance satellite Soyuz TMA-04M docks with International Space Station Ariane 5 successfully launches JCSAT 13 and Vinasat 2 Black-Eyed Peas star Will-i-am is sought by NASA for Mars song Replacement crew launched to ISS Risat 1 images released ANALYSIS : F-35B or not aircraft carriers may be made impotent by sat-targeted diving missiles On a sadder note : Sir Raymond Lygo passed away in March China launches Yaogan 14 reconnaissance sat along with TT-1 small military science sat Recent Comments Tom Balas commented on ANALYSIS :

  • Great Article on Biz Dev

    Updated: 2012-04-28 04:22:12
    Here was a fun article from Forbes on business development for startups (“Biz Dev is a Clever Name for Dirty Work“). My favorite quote: I get the impression, from a lot of these biz dev’ers, that they think of biz dev as fun and sexy. One minute you’re grabbing lunch with Ron Conway and Ashton [...]

  • Space Access 2012 Thoughts

    Updated: 2012-04-17 06:57:51
    I’m still in the process of recuperating from Space Access and the long drive home from Phoenix, but I wanted to give a few thoughts on this year’s conference.  I’ve now been going to Space Access for a full decade (other than 2009, when Tiff was within a week of her due-date for Peter), so [...]

  • Random Pictures from my Camera

    Updated: 2012-04-16 19:03:43
    I’ve been taking pictures with my cellphone camera, but a weird error on WordPress had been preventing me from uploading the pictures until now. So, these pictures range from the start of last year till now, but I figured I’d put a few up. I’m not a good photographer, and my cellphone camera isn’t particularly [...]

  • QOTD: Entrepreneurship Version

    Updated: 2012-04-04 18:37:22
    It takes slightly crazy people to make big changes. These same people generally have tough lives. It’s a lifestyle choice. –Iain McClatchie (who runs the  Ambivalent Engineer blog)

  • Flexible, paper-based supercapacitor could improve performance of hybrid electric vehicles

    Updated: 2012-03-20 19:40:02
    (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists know that using supercapacitors in conjunction with batteries could greatly increase the fuel economy of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) due to the fact that supercapacitors can recover and supply energy much more quickly than batteries. This ability, for example, allows a supercapacitor to recover all of the energy during hard braking, while a battery would allow the energy to be wasted in frictional braking due to its inability to quickly harvest energy.

  • Off Topic Political Writing

    Updated: 2012-03-14 10:03:22
    guest blogger john hare Since finding out it was a bad idea to blog technical on space hardware ideas, I haven’t been writing at all. I listen to a variety of talk shows on the truck radio in dribs and drabs at work and found that listening to people talk trash that I couldn’t respond [...]

  • New Link: EconLog

    Updated: 2012-02-10 03:34:28
    I just realized I didn’t have a link in my blogroll to the excellent EconLog blog, run by economists Arnold Kling, Bryan Caplan, and David Henderson. Like most engineers, I don’t let the lack of much economic training get in the way of good economic philosophizing/debating, but I’ve learned a lot from their takes on [...]

  • Letter to the Editor

    Updated: 2012-02-10 03:21:05
    [Note: Here's a letter to the editor that I sent in to a local Colorado paper a few days ago, which didn't get published. Not that most of this should be too surprising to regular readers, but I figured it was worth putting something new on the blog. Also, some apologies on the terseness, I [...]

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