• Massive Dust Storm Sweeps Across Africa

    Updated: 2010-03-20 06:14:12
    NASA: Earth Observatory News: Pale tan dust blurs the southern edge of the Sahara Desert across the entire African continent in this natural color satellite image from March 19, 2010.

  • Solar Flare and Coronal Mass Ejection

    Updated: 2010-03-20 06:14:12
    NASA: Earth Observatory News: This ultraviolet image, captured by NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) Ahead spacecraft on February 12, 2010, shows a solar storm brewing in an active two areas of the Sun.

  • Carnival Of The Space Geeks (Crowlspace)

    Updated: 2010-03-20 05:10:50
    Colony Worlds: Last week the 145th Carnival of Space was hosted by Adam Crowl upon Crowlspace. Posts ranged from close encounters with moon rocks and Martian valleys to future space vacations under $500, to viewing astronauts resolve Hubble trouble in 3D. Did I mention that there might be millions of habitable planets within our galaxy? Interesting articles within our own start system included: Adam Crowl of Crowlspace analyzes Buzz Aldrin’s plans for Mars and concludes that the Moon is too valuable to skip over. Brian Wang from Next Big Future goes nuclear on why we need to use nuclear rockets for space (note: I agree!!) David Portree of Beyond Shuttle digs up 1981 plans to land humans on Mars in 1995! (note: sigh, missed opportunities) Be sure to read the rest of the entries, and if you would like to join our rowdy band of space geeks, feel free to visit Universe Today on details on how to sign up. Random PostsCarnival Of The Space Geeks (Over The Hill At 50)Magnetic Safe Havens On The Lunar SurfaceNASA Not Fond Of Space Elevators?

  • Plant Hormones: Abbott vs. Costello

    Updated: 2010-03-20 04:32:18
    A brief overview of the differences between the plant hormones Auxin and Cytokinin. ---- linkMethod: The Best Science Blog PostsAll The Best Science Blog Posts From Arond The Web.

  • Mark Roth: Suspended animation is within our grasp

    Updated: 2010-03-20 04:01:01
    Mark Roth studies suspended animation: the art of shutting down life processes and then starting them up again. It's wild stuff, but it's not science fiction. Induced by careful use of an otherwise toxic gas, suspended animation can potentially help trauma and heart attack victims survive long enough to be treated.read more ---- linkMethod: The Best Science Blog PostsAll The Best Science Blog Posts From Arond The Web.

  • Where The Planetary Society Stands

    Updated: 2010-03-20 02:16:00
    Spaceports: Jack@JackKennedy.net

  • Sail Your Name to Venus and the Stars!

    Updated: 2010-03-20 01:11:00
    Spaceports: The Planetary Society is collecting names and messages to fly on two exciting solar sail missions: Our own LightSail mission and JAXA’s IKAROS mission. The last day to send messages on IKAROS now Sunday, March 22. However, you will still be able to send messages on the LightSail mission for a few more months.Lightsail, a project of The Planetary Society, will merge the ultra-light technology of nanosats with the ultra-large technology of solar sails setting a course to the stars. LightSail-1 is the beginning of an innovative program that will launch three separate spacecraft over the course of several years.IKAROS (Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun) is a solar sail which gathers sunlight as propulsion by means of a large sail. This solar powered sail craft will employ both photon propulsion and thin film solar power generation during its interplanetary cruise. IKAROS will be launched together with the [vid] Venus Climate Orbiter, 'Akatsuki' in fiscal 2010 by JAXA.Jack@JackKennedy.net

  • Solar sails take shape

    Updated: 2010-03-20 00:17:00
    Cosmic Log: JAXA An artist's rendering shows Japan's Ikaros solar sail in flight. As Japan gears up to send the first working solar sail into orbit in a couple of months, the Planetary Society is moving ahead with its own solar-sail project. You can put your name on both sails … if you act now. Sunday is the deadline for adding your name to the list for Japan's Ikaros spacecraft, due to piggyback on the May 18 launch of the Venus-bound Akatsuki orbiter aboard a Japanese H-2A rocket. More than 25,000 people have signed up already using the Planetary Society's "Sail Away" Web page - and when those are added to the Japanese list, the tally goes up to 60,000 names....(read more)

  • Massive Dust Storm Sweeps Across Africa

    Updated: 2010-03-19 23:19:26
    NASA: Earth Observatory News: Pale tan dust blurs the southern edge of the Sahara Desert across the entire African continent in this natural color satellite image from March 19, 2010.

  • Weekend field trips on the Web

    Updated: 2010-03-19 21:55:00
    Lindbergh Electric Aircraft Prize leaps into he spotlight  Spaceports: Russia to resume space tourism in 2012 Space News: Senator suggests shift in NASA funds Science @ NASA: Catch an equinox sky show Symmetry Breaking: How to decode the LHC 'Nova' on PBS: 'Cracking the Maya Code' ...(read more)

  • Soyuz Landing: an Undignified Way to Come Home

    Updated: 2010-03-18 18:20:28
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  • Meet Surrey at Satellite 2010

    Updated: 2010-03-03 13:58:34
    Meet Surrey at Satellite 2010 Space blog Meet Surrey at Satellite 2010 SSTL and its US operation SST US are attending the Satellite 2010 exhibition at National Harbor , Maryland , USA from 16-18 March 2010. Visit Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd on stand 1925. SST US CEO John Paffett will be joined by Kathryn O'Donnell , Yasrine Ibnyahya and Simon Crouch from SSTL and Brent Abbott , Becky Yoder and Katherine Defoe from SST US . Come and find out about how we deliver low risk high performance satellites at a fraction of the price usually associated with such levels of capability . This entry was posted by Robin Wolstenholme on Wednesday , March 3. 2010 at 13:58. and is filed under In the news You can leave a response or trackback from your own blog . All new comments are subject to moderation before being displayed . Defined tags for this entry : exhibition satellite sst-us sstl Related entries by : tags UoSAT-2 transmitting for 26 years SSTL on The Gadget Show Obama cuts manned moon budget Trackbacks Trackback specific URI for this entry No Trackbacks Comments Display comments as Linear Threaded No comments Add Comment Name Email Homepage In reply to Top level Comment Enclosing

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