• Desert RATS Mission Day 1: Crew Blog NASA Testing for Human Space Exploration

    Updated: 2010-09-02 23:09:28
    : Thursday , September 2, 2010 About On Orbit Advertise Here Contact Information Feedback Log Out Home Blogs Features Recent Posts Desert RATS Mission Day 1 : Crew Blog NASA Testing for Human Space Exploration Submitted by keithcowing on Thu , 09 02 2010 15:09. Desert RATS Chris Looper is Chief Engineer of the EVA Branch of the Astronaut Office , and is splitting time as a test subject and as Traverse Director of Desert RATS 2010. We got an early start trying to get things situated in the rover before time to depart on the first traverse . The beginning of the test day in a field test is always very hectic . More at NASA Blogs 2010 SpaceRef Interactive . Inc Terms of Service User Login Username : Password : Request new password Search On Orbit Sponsors Comm Center Blogs Everest OnOrbit

  • NASA iPad App Ignores Important Solar System Objects and Missions

    Updated: 2010-09-02 19:21:04
    Thursday , September 2, 2010 About On Orbit Advertise Here Contact Information Feedback Log Out Home Blogs Features Recent Posts NASA iPad App Ignores Important Solar System Objects and Missions Submitted by keithcowing on Thu , 09 02 2010 11:21. Gadgets Blog Planetary Science What's missing from this picture on this iPad app's landing page Pluto , Ceres , and Vesta for starters . NASA has missions on their way to these worlds Dawn and New Horizons But it does show the ISS which is not a planet or a moon Whether you think Pluto , Ceres , and Vesta are planets or dwarf planets or something else , they are the destinations for major missions and deserve to be on this front page . Not to do so is to ignore a billion dollar's worth of hardware and science . I wonder who reviews these apps

  • Downloadable Shuttle Tribute Posters

    Updated: 2010-09-02 18:45:43
    NASA has put out a collection of tribute posters to the Space Shuttle fleet that celebrates the contributions to human space flight of Columbia, Atlantis, Discovery, Challenger and Endeavour. Large versions of these posters now hang in Firing Room 4 of the Launch Control Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Click on each [...]

  • NASA iPad App Ignores Important Solar System Objects and Missions

    Updated: 2010-09-02 18:13:04
    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 NASA iPad App Ignores Important Solar System Objects and Missions By Keith Cowing on September 2, 2010 2:13 PM 4 Comments New NASA HD App for iPad With Expanded Content Available Free The app's landing page features the solar system , where users can learn more about our neighborhood , the universe and NASA missions . The app also enables users to experience and search updated , higher resolution NASA Image of the Day and Astronomy Picture of the Day collections and

  • Buzz Says Send English Speakers to Mars

    Updated: 2010-09-02 16:13:47
    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 Buzz Says Send English Speakers to Mars By Keith Cowing on September 2, 2010 12:13 PM 14 Comments Buzz Aldrin calls for NZ to help in Mars exploration Stuff.co.nz Moonwalk pioneer Buzz Aldrin says Australia and New Zealand should be part of an international coalition to explore and colonise Mars . International co-operation in space was very difficult and in many ways inefficient , the second man to walk on the moon said . But I think if we can take the English-speaking

  • Making Space Food

    Updated: 2010-09-02 15:41:06
    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 Making Space Food By Keith Cowing on September 2, 2010 11:41 AM No Comments TV's Top Chefs' cook up ultimate astronaut takeout space.com Among those who tasted the cosmically inspired dishes during the show were former astronaut Buzz Aldrin , the second man on the moon , and current astronauts Leland Melvin and Sandra Magnus . The Top Chef' cooks received the challenge at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland during a video message from astronauts Timothy T.J .

  • A Canadian Space Station Commander (Update)

    Updated: 2010-09-02 13:08:20
    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 A Canadian Space Station Commander Update By Keith Cowing on September 2, 2010 9:08 AM 1 Comment Canadian Space Agency to Announce Milestone Astronaut Mission Tomorrow SpaceRef Canada It is expected that the Canadian Space Agency will announce that veteran Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield will be introduced as the first Canadian Commander of an expedition to the International Space Station . Earlier this year we reported that Hadfield would most likely fly to the

  • NASA Ranked #5 in Federal Government Workplaces

    Updated: 2010-09-02 10:59:48
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  • Image of the Day: NASA Space Time-Lapse of Earth

    Updated: 2010-09-02 07:14:00

  • Sci, Space, Tech Fans -Win a Free Droid X Phone! (Video)

    Updated: 2010-09-02 07:11:00
    Volunteers invited to review and share Daily Galaxy posts you love on Digg, Reddit, and StumbleUpon. Win a Free Droid X smartphone for generating most views of Daily Galaxy posts in September. Send us copies of your Digg and/or Reddit...

  • NASA's History Captured In Awesome Photograph Collection

    Updated: 2010-09-02 07:08:00
    As a teaser, we've showcased the Gossamer Penguin, an experimental solar-powered aircraft cruising above a dry lakebed at NASA Dryden's Flight Research Center in July 1979 -one of many strange, woot images of NASA's early days. The images come from...

  • You Create the Caption

    Updated: 2010-09-02 07:06:00

  • NASA and NOAA's Newest GOES Satellite Ready for Action

    Updated: 2010-09-02 03:58:18
    NASA and NOAA's latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-15, has successfully completed five months of on-orbit testing and has been accepted into service. The satellite has demonstrated operational readiness of its subsystems, spacecraft instruments and communications services. GOES-15 is the third and final spacecraft in the GOES N-P Series of geostationary environmental weather satellites. read more

  • Photo: Hurricane Earl As Seen From Orbit

    Updated: 2010-09-01 08:06:20
    : Thursday , September 2, 2010 About On Orbit Advertise Here Contact Information Feedback Log Out Home Blogs Features Recent Posts Photo : Hurricane Earl As Seen From Orbit Submitted by keithcowing on Wed , 09 01 2010 12:06. Earth Photographed by an Expedition 24 crew member on the International Space Station , this is an oblique view of the eye center of Hurricane Earl at this time a category 4 but later downgraded to a category 3 centered just north of the Virgin Islands near 19.3 north latitude and 64.7 west longitude packing 115-kilometer winds . The photo was taken with a digital still camera using a 50mm lens . high res 0.8 M low res 40 K 2010 SpaceRef Interactive . Inc Terms of Service User Login Username : Password : Request new password Search On Orbit Sponsors Comm Center Blogs

  • Sci, Space, Tech Fans -Win a Free Droid X Phone! (Video)

    Updated: 2010-09-01 07:11:00
    Volunteers invited to review and share Daily Galaxy posts you love on Digg, Reddit, and StumbleUpon. Win a Free Droid X smartphone for generating most views of Daily Galaxy posts in September. Send us copies of your Digg and/or Reddit...

  • From the X Files Dept: Michio Kaku -"UFOs are real"

    Updated: 2010-09-01 07:06:00

  • NASA's Newest Exploration Analog

    Updated: 2010-09-01 00:53:35
    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 NASA's Newest Exploration Analog By Keith Cowing on September 1, 2010 8:53 AM 4 Comments NASA May Enlist Astronauts , Celebrities to Entertain Trapped Chile Miners The U.S . National Aeronautics and Space Administration may help organize astronauts and celebrities to entertain 33 miners trapped in a mine in Chile during a rescue that may take as much as four months . The miners , who have been trapped in the San Jose underground mine in the Atacama Desert for a record 26

  • Video of Today's Solid Rocket Motor Test

    Updated: 2010-08-31 16:47:58
    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 Video of Today's Solid Rocket Motor Test By Keith Cowing on August 31, 2010 12:47 PM 22 Comments More viewing options here NASA and ATK Successfully Test Five-Segment Solid Rocket Motor with Video With a loud roar and mighty column of flame , NASA and ATK Aerospace Systems successfully completed a two-minute , full-scale test of the largest and most powerful solid rocket motor designed for flight . The motor is potentially transferable to future heavy-lift launch vehicle

  • Armadillo Aerospace and Masten Space Systems win NASA Experimental Space Vehicle Contracts

    Updated: 2010-08-31 00:05:20
    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 Armadillo Aerospace and Masten Space Systems win NASA Experimental Space Vehicle Contracts By Marc Boucher on August 31, 2010 8:05 AM 2 Comments NASA Selects Two Firms for Experimental Space Vehicle Test Flights NASA with video NASA's Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program CRuSR has awarded a total of approximately 475,000 to Armadillo Aerospace of Rockwall , Texas and Masten Space Systems of Mojave , Calif . The awards will allow the two companies to perform

  • NASA Glenn tests alternative green rocket engine

    Updated: 2010-08-31 00:00:00
    The non-toxic oxygen and methane propellant combination has the potential for greater engine performance.

  • Upcoming STA Event

    Updated: 2010-08-30 19:27:21
    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 Upcoming STA Event By Keith Cowing on August 30, 2010 3:27 PM 1 Comment STA Event : An Engineering Assessment of the Way Forward in Human Spaceflight STA will be hosting a roundtable discussion focused on the topic , An Engineering Assessment of the Way Forward in Human Spaceflight Panelists will include : Mike Griffin , former NASA Administrator and Professor , University of Alabama in Huntsville Bob Dickman , Executive Director , American Institute of Aeronautics

  • India back to the Moon in 2013 with Orbiter, Lander and Rover

    Updated: 2010-08-30 18:17:31
    India Announces Instrument Suite for Chandrayaan-2 Moon Orbiter, Lander and Rover, SpaceRef "The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) today announced the suite of instruments for its second mission to the moon after it's first orbiter Chandrayaan-1 was successful in its mission. The second mission is scheduled to be launched on India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota in 2013."

  • SpaceX Asks Requests October 23rd as Potential Launch Date for Falcon 9 with Dragon

    Updated: 2010-08-30 17:50:29
    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 SpaceX Asks Requests October 23rd as Potential Launch Date for Falcon 9 with Dragon By Marc Boucher on August 30, 2010 1:50 PM No Comments SpaceX Asks For Oct . 23 Dragon Launch Slot Aviation Week Space Exploration Technologies SpaceX has requested Oct . 23 on the 45th Space Wing's calendar for launch of its second Falcon 9 rocket , which will aim to place a Dragon cargo capsule into . orbit The flight is the first of up to three launches planned under SpaceX's

  • Public Invited to Participate on Cool NASA Historical Project

    Updated: 2010-08-30 17:38:04
    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 Public Invited to Participate on Cool NASA Historical Project By Marc Boucher on August 30, 2010 1:38 PM 1 Comment NASA , Internet Archive and Flickr Launch Historic Image Collection NASA Visitors to NASA on The Commons can help tell the photos' story by adding tags , or keywords , to the images to identify objects and people . In addition , viewers can communicate with other visitors by sharing comments . These contributions will help make the images easier to find

  • Asteroid! A Major Impact Crater Occurs on Earth Every One Million Years

    Updated: 2010-08-30 07:20:00

  • New Tech: The Cosmos-Powered PC

    Updated: 2010-08-30 07:10:00
    Scientists plan to use the International Space Station as a base for producing a new type of solar crystals. The production of thin-film crystals in the conditions of weightlessness gives them properties which are unattainable under Earth-bound conditions. This technology... </a

  • Continuing Light Blogging to Continue Continuing

    Updated: 2010-08-28 17:07:54
    Hey guys, I know this is pretty lame, but it’s going to be a bit longer before I have anything useful to put up. I do have a pretty cool technology idea I’ve gotten permission to write about, but we’re doing an SBIR proposal on it first. There’s a lot more afoot in [...]

  • Hilarious

    Updated: 2010-08-25 20:30:33
    I know I shouldn’t feed the troll, but Mark Whittington is sometimes amusing.  On his blog, he quoted a commenter to NASAWatch: A commenter named Robert B. has a great answer: Congress doesn’t trust NASA’s administrators to follow the will of Congress. The admins have proven that they will use the letter of the law [...]

  • Silver Lining

    Updated: 2010-07-30 18:05:57
    guest blogger john hare One good thing about the current congress/senate/president funding mess is that we won’t have to listen to as many cranks start their rocket development plan with, “First we convince the president.”

  • Privately Funded Observatories an Analog for Space Exploration?

    Updated: 2010-07-24 18:55:52
    I saw on twitter that Alex MacDonald’s paper on comparing the private funding of astronomical observatories and space exploration is finally up.  It’s a fascinating read.  I met Alex at New Space conference last year, and he showed me some of his research.  His hypothesis is that astronomical observatories were the “space exploration” of the [...]

  • Light Blogging Likely to Continue

    Updated: 2010-07-06 16:23:22
    I really apologize for the light blogging lately. I’ve been under a lot of stress, and unfortunately I’m expecting the light blogging to continue for at least the rest of the month, and probably longer. I’m heading up to Oregon today for a family reunion on Tiff’s side of the family. Her [...]

  • In The News: Japanese Spacecraft Deploys First Ever Solar Sail

    Updated: 2010-06-09 08:00:00
    On the Planetary Society web site: Japanese Spacecraft Deploys First Ever Solar Sail

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