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, , : Science , Engineering , Technology Humanity I will always be a Space Advocate , but moreover I'm a composite advocate of science , engineering and technology , especially when it comes to the betterment of the human species . It's about time mankind start to learn how our technical bells and whistles' can start improving life for ALL people , creating a more sustainable world for generations to . come Upcoming Appearances None Scheduled Past Appearances Jan 2012 : Scandinavian Lecture Tour Videos 6 25 11 : Guest Speaker at Liverpool Hope Univ . Liverpool , UK . no A V available 05 20 11 : China Radio Intl Panelist : Space Shuttle Ending Commercial Space Hour 1 10 16 10 : Guest Speaker at the University of Illinois Reflections Projections Conference 08 06 10 : Guest Speaker at Caux
: skip to main skip to sidebar Lunar Update Exploring space information , concentrating on the . Moon Thursday , May 31, 2012 SpaceX Dragon Capsule Returns To Earth With Pacific Splashdown http : www.huffingtonpost.com 2012 05 31 spacex-dragon- capsule-return-earth-pacific_ n_1559393.html SpaceX Dragon Capsule Returns To Earth With Pacific Splashdown UPDATE The capsule's successful splashdown was confirmed at 11:42 . EDT by Clara Moskowitz , SPACE.com Assistant Managing Editor Date : 31 May 2012 Time : 10:05 AM ET This story was updated at 11:04 a.m . . EDT The world's first commercial space cargo ship , the unmanned Dragon capsule , has begun its return trip from the International Space Station back to Earth today May 31 Built by commercial company Space Exploration Technologies Corp .
, , : skip to main skip to sidebar TO THE MOON , MARS , AND BEYOND Many folks would like to see us back on the Moon and developing its . resources Thursday , May 31, 2012 SpaceX Dragon Capsule Returns To Earth With Pacific Splashdown http : www.huffingtonpost.com 2012 05 31 spacex-dragon- capsule-return-earth-pacific_ n_1559393.html SpaceX Dragon Capsule Returns To Earth With Pacific Splashdown UPDATE The capsule's successful splashdown was confirmed at 11:42 . EDT by Clara Moskowitz , SPACE.com Assistant Managing Editor Date : 31 May 2012 Time : 10:05 AM ET This story was updated at 11:04 a.m . . EDT The world's first commercial space cargo ship , the unmanned Dragon capsule , has begun its return trip from the International Space Station back to Earth today May 31 Built by commercial
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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 [...]
skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Home May 31, 2012 South Korea Funds Graphene Commercialization Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Tweet South Korea has approved a roadmap for graphene commercialization with 200 million budget for the next 6 . years Korean government has approved a plan for commercializing graphene technologies , including 1 graphene-based touch panels 2 organic light-emitting diodes OLEDs 3 electro-chromic smart windows 4 secondary batteries for electronic vehicles 5 high-voltage high-power supercapacitors 6 ultra-light and strong composites 7 high-performance gas barrier , films 8 electro-magnetic interference shielding , and 9 environmentally friendly anti-oxidation steel . plates These items have been carefully selected considering economic
Track the Dragon tomorrow on the final leg of its journey with the BINARY SPACE Satellite Tracking Tool available at HobbySpace.com. It will show the Dragon separating from the ISS in real time.
The concept of nomad planets has been featured before here on Universe Today, and for good reason. Not only is the idea of mysterious lone planets drifting sunless through interstellar space an intriguing one, but also the sheer potential quantity of such worlds is simply staggering. If some very well-respected scientists’ calculations are correct there [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Where does the methane on Mars come from? That has been one of the biggest unanswered questions in planetary science since the discovery of large plumes of methane gas in the Martian atmosphere. Scientists have been trying to figure out how the planet’s environment or geology can keep replenishing this short-lived gas, and of course, [...]
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 [...]
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
skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Home May 29, 2012 Carnival of Space 251 Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Tweet The Carnival of Space 251 is up at Chandra X-Ray Observatory blog Dear Astronomer SpaceX made history by being the first private company to launch a mission to the International Space Station . The historic launch was SpaceX's second demonstration test flight for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services . program Spacex Launch for its Space station mission Discovery Space News A new simulation hints at the existence of a world , four times the mass of Earth , is causing the peculiar orbits of scattered disk . objects Centauri Dreams A beamed core' antimatter rocket is the ultimate in starship concepts , but even if we could produce the antimatter
, skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Home May 29, 2012 Spacex Future Missions , Falcon 9 with Upgraded Engines and Spacex Heavy Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Tweet SpaceFlight Now SpaceX has been successful in amassing a backlog of about 40 launches worth about 4 . billion The flights are for a mix of commercial and government customers , and the manifest is dominated by launches for NASA and Iridium , a mobile communications satellite operator . Spacex has made modifications to the launch pad at Cape . Canaveral Musk : The extension to the existing hangar is for payload processing and it's also for Falcon 9 version 1.1, which is longer . It's about 50 percent longer than version 1. We need a little bit of extra length and some extra facilities for the satellites
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 When a Dragon mated the space station In which I SEE the light Small asteroid to buzz Earth on May 28 Asteroid 2012 KP 24 a smallish rock about 25 meters 80 feet across , will pass pretty close to the Earth on May 28, buzzing us at a distance of about 30,000 kilometers 18,000 miles 51,000 kilometers 32,000 miles Note : the numbers at JPL have updated , making the pass a bit farther out than the numbers I originally used That’s close as passes go , but still a clean . miss Closest approach is at about 15:00 UTC 11:00 a.m . Eastern US time on May 28. It’ll actually pass Earth
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
: 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
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 ,
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
: Freeluna Lunar Colonization Blog Space colonization offers the best possible future for mankind , and the colonization of the moon is our best first . step Tuesday , May 22, 2012 The SpaceX Dragon in Orbit Courtesy NASA via . Twitter That was an amazing launch No delays or upsets . Very uneventful . I caught the broadcast from Spacex.com broadcast from their Hawthorn , California facility starting at about T minus 8 minutes somewhere around 12:30AM PST 3:30AM EST As the clock counted down to zero , the Falcon 9 lifted effortlessly off the launch pad in Florida and zoomed up into the night . What followed was about 11 minutes of holding my breath as Dragon climbed up into orbit . There was decent video footage from the rocket most of the way through the flight . Highlights for me were the
: Freeluna Lunar Colonization Blog Space colonization offers the best possible future for mankind , and the colonization of the moon is our best first . step Monday , May 14, 2012 Big Bang Theory 2012 Finale If you're a space buff and haven't been watching the Big Bang Theory , I only have one thing to ask you . What the hell is wrong with you The final episode for the 2012 season included Howard Wolowitz being launched to the International Space Station on a Soyuz capsule along with Pasha Lychnikoff and Mike Massimino . I was hoping Pasha was a real-life cosmonaut he is an actor I had to settle for the real-life NASA astronaut Make Massimino who is rapidly becoming an actor Both were brilliant and conveyed the spirit of flying up on a Soyuz capsule quite well . One thing I didn't see was
: , Freeluna Lunar Colonization Blog Space colonization offers the best possible future for mankind , and the colonization of the moon is our best first . step Monday , May 14, 2012 Trim-Tabbing a new Space Race , or a None-To-Subtle Method of Engaging the Public It has been a busy and hectic few years of work . As a consequence , I haven't touched this blog in some time . But after a recent weekend well spent reading irreverent comics , I came up with a whimsical way of focusing national pride and energies toward space colonization . Most of the time , space advocates attempt to either appeal to humanity's better natures or to appeal to humanity's sense of self-preservation . Both of these methods have their limitations , especially when huge swaths of the population don't care and other