• Happy 2012!

    Updated: 2011-12-31 09:41:05
    Journey to the Stars Wandering through the realms of the cosmos , pondering its huge vastness Home About this site The Author Gallery Astronomy Projects Organizations Happy 2012 Fireworks Galaxy NGC 6946  Image Credit Copyright : Adam Block , Mt . Lemmon SkyCenter , U . Arizona Celebrate the New Year with the Fireworks Galaxy Also known as NGC 6946, the big , beautiful spiral galaxy is located just 10 million light-years away , behind a veil of foreground dust and stars in the high and far-off constellation of . Cepheus May God bless you throughout this year and always Have a prosperous year ahead Rate : this Email Like : this Like Be the first to like this . post This entry was posted on December 31, 2011. It was filed under Deep Sky Objects Personal and was tagged with fireworks galaxy

  • Time’s Arrow

    Updated: 2011-12-31 08:05:01
    The Discovery Enterprise: It controls the rhythm of our lives like a Metronome ticking away and measuring the pace and tempo of our existence. Time is an enduring mystery. And, along with time’s arrow we are taking an inexorable voyage into an unknown future. Many of us today, the world over, will be counting the seconds as Mid Night approaches and a New Year dawns. All of us during some moment of our lives have

  • Misc. space items

    Updated: 2011-12-31 06:48:49
    HobbySpace RLV Space & Transport News: /-- Sara Howard talked on the Space Show about her "experiences being one of two women who worked on the Saturn V rocket": Sara Howard, Friday, 12-30-11 - Thespaceshow's Blog /-- More 2011 reviews: /---- Year in Review – Part 3: ISS makes new discoveries about living in space - NASASpaceFlight.com /---- Russia Falls, China Rises in Space Efforts - Aviation Week /---- Space exploration in 2011 - russianspaceweb.com /-- Forget those little problems like low cost reliable space transport and focus on the important issues: How We Will Terraform Mars - io9.

  • Twin NASA Probes Set for New Year's Moon Rendezvous

    Updated: 2011-12-31 06:09:51
    SPACE.com: NASA's Grail mission will map the moon's gravity like never before.

  • Lovejoy Diary Day 11

    Updated: 2011-12-31 05:51:01
    Astroblog: Slept in. Missed a call from ABC local radio about strange goings on in the sky.

  • Mars Rover Opportunity Positioned at Candidate Site for Winter

    Updated: 2011-12-31 05:15:53
    Method The Rain and the Sea : Newsletter Challenge January 2012 Home add your blog Archives Search Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . Mars Rover Opportunity Positioned at Candidate Site for Winter post from Space Tourism , Space Transport and Space Exploration News on 31 December 2011 01:15:53 AM . Space Tourism , Space Transport and Space Exploration News Pasadena CA JPL Dec 31, 2011 Opportunity is positioned at a candidate site for Mars' southern hemisphere winter . The rover is at the north end of Cape York' on the rim of Endeavour Crater , tilted about 15 degrees to the north for favorable solar energy production . Opportunity experienced anomalously high current

  • How to Install AMP Research Products

    Updated: 2011-12-31 04:00:00
    Method Mars Rover Opportunity Positioned at Candidate Site for Winter Home add your blog Archives Search Contact RSS FEED This site is an rss xml news reader containing our favorite feeds . All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them . How to Install AMP Research Products post from CR4 Recent Blog Entries on 31 December 2011 12:00:00 AM . CR4 Recent Blog Entries In this 3rd episode of our 5th season we revisit the installation of AMP Research products , but this time we install them all on our Chevy 1500 Silverado project vehicle . Kicking it off with the brand new BedXTender HD , then the original BedStep , the PowerStep , and finishing it all off with the new Read The Full Article : http : cr4.globalspec.com blogentry 18638 How-to-Install-AMP-Research-Products

  • NASA space camp scholarship offered to children of military

    Updated: 2011-12-30 01:08:52
    NASA space camp scholarship offered to children of military

  • 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."

  • 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

  • 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."

  • Voyager 1 approaches interstellar medium

    Updated: 2011-12-28 17:13:38
    Science Buzz Be a part of the Buzz Register or log in Site Navigation Site Navigation Blog Topics Future Earth Weighing the evidence Archive Features Experimonth : Identity Object of the Month Scientist on the Spot Changing Seasons Browse Images Browse Tags Links Community Latest comments Contribute Buzz points Scientists Teachers Community Guidelines Member Gallery Exhibit Buzz kiosks About Where is Science Buzz Awards Credits Your feedback will help us improve this website Copyright Information Privacy Help Science links Voyager 1 approaches interstellar medium by mdr on Dec . 28th , 2011 Interstellar space graphic Courtesy NASA Voyager 1, an unmanned NASA space probe is nearing the outer edge of our solar system and will soon enter the vast , unknown region known as interstellar space

  • 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

  • ROSES-11 Amendment 37: Lunar Advanced Science and Exploration Research (LASER)

    Updated: 2011-12-27 19:22:35
    Amendment 37: Due Date delayed for Appendix C.8 Lunar Advanced Science and Exploration Research (LASER) Program. The Lunar Advanced Science and Exploration Research (LASER) program supports a suite of lunar science investigations spanning the continuum from basic science to applied exploration science. Proposals having significant components of both basic and applied lunar science that further [...]

  • 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

  • A no-cage match: gorillas interact with humans in Uganda park

    Updated: 2011-12-27 16:22:16
    : Science Buzz Be a part of the Buzz Register or log in Site Navigation Site Navigation Blog Topics Future Earth Weighing the evidence Archive Features Experimonth : Identity Object of the Month Scientist on the Spot Changing Seasons Browse Images Browse Tags Links Community Latest comments Contribute Buzz points Scientists Teachers Community Guidelines Member Gallery Exhibit Buzz kiosks About Where is Science Buzz Awards Credits Your feedback will help us improve this website Copyright Information Privacy Help Amazing fact A no-cage match : gorillas interact with humans in Uganda park by mdr on Dec . 27th , 2011 This is worth . sharing via Pharyngula : Average Select rating Poor Okay Good Great Awesome Your rating : None Average : 5 1 vote Email Post new comment What's your : name :

  • 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."

  • Seeing the light via retinal prosthetics

    Updated: 2011-12-23 18:41:22
    Science Buzz Be a part of the Buzz Register or log in Site Navigation Site Navigation Blog Topics Future Earth Weighing the evidence Archive Features Experimonth : Identity Object of the Month Scientist on the Spot Changing Seasons Browse Images Browse Tags Links Community Latest comments Contribute Buzz points Scientists Teachers Community Guidelines Member Gallery Exhibit Buzz kiosks About Where is Science Buzz Awards Credits Your feedback will help us improve this website Copyright Information Privacy Help Research findings Seeing the light via retinal prosthetics by mdr on Dec . 23rd , 2011 Neuroscientist Sheila Nirenberg studies neural coding at New York's Weill Medical College . In this TedTalk , Professor Nirenberg explains her recent work in determining how the brain gathers

  • 2011 in review: IAC to STRaND-1

    Updated: 2011-12-23 10:28:31
    : 2011 in review : IAC to STRaND-1 Space blog 2011 in review : IAC to STRaND-1 We hope you enjoyed the first half of our year in review yesterday , but there’s more to cover and it is the season for giving after all In October the SSTL-50, SSTL’s new microsatellite platform , landed at The International Astronomical Congress IAC in Cape Town , South Africa . The SSTL-50 is a highly cost-effective satellite design that can be built and launched in just 12 months . Its small size also means that two SSTL-50’s can fit facing each other in a space head module so double the amount of satellites can be launched in one go . It doesn’t just redefine cost effective space again but its dual-mode design also offers scientific missions state-of-the-art innovation with the piece of mind of SSTL’s

  • The Great Central U.S. Shakeout -- Earthquake Drill on February 7, 2012

    Updated: 2011-12-22 20:36:40
    . Science Buzz Be a part of the Buzz Register or log in Site Navigation Site Navigation Blog Topics Future Earth Weighing the evidence Archive Features Experimonth : Identity Object of the Month Scientist on the Spot Changing Seasons Browse Images Browse Tags Links Community Latest comments Contribute Buzz points Scientists Teachers Community Guidelines Member Gallery Exhibit Buzz kiosks About Where is Science Buzz Awards Credits Your feedback will help us improve this website Copyright Information Privacy Help Science links The Great Central U.S . Shakeout Earthquake Drill on February 7, 2012 by Michael on Dec . 22nd , 2011 Are you prepared for a major earthquake Do you know how to protect yourself when they happen The purpose of the ShakeOut website is to help people and organizations do

  • Hubble sees snow angel in space

    Updated: 2011-12-22 19:18:54
    Science Buzz Be a part of the Buzz Register or log in Site Navigation Site Navigation Blog Topics Future Earth Weighing the evidence Archive Features Experimonth : Identity Object of the Month Scientist on the Spot Changing Seasons Browse Images Browse Tags Links Community Latest comments Contribute Buzz points Scientists Teachers Community Guidelines Member Gallery Exhibit Buzz kiosks About Where is Science Buzz Awards Credits Your feedback will help us improve this website Copyright Information Privacy Help Amazing fact Hubble sees snow angel in space by mdr on Dec . 22nd , 2011 Snow angel in outer space : Hubble Telescope image of Sharples 2-106 . nebula Courtesy NASA , ESA , and the Hubble Heritage Team STScI AURA Hey look Somebody made a snow angel in outer space How appropriate and

  • Wired Science shopPBS.org

    Updated: 2011-12-22 02:03:22
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  • NASA Selects Student Teams For Microgravity Research Flights

    Updated: 2011-12-22 02:03:14
    NASA has selected 24 undergraduate student teams to test science experiments under microgravity conditions. The teams will fly during 2012 as part of the agency's Reduced Gravity Education Flight Program (RGEFP).

  • Paragon Space Development Corporation Endorses Lance Bush as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Challenger Center for Space Science Education

    Updated: 2011-12-22 02:03:13
    Paragon Space Development Corporation Endorses Lance Bush as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Challenger Center for Space Science Education

  • Teach STEM? NASA Explorer Schools Can Help With That!

    Updated: 2011-12-22 02:03:11
    Teach STEM? NASA Explorer Schools Can Help With That!

  • Electromagnetic Spectrum: Remote Sensing Ices on Mars Web Seminar

    Updated: 2011-12-22 02:03:10
    Electromagnetic Spectrum: Remote Sensing Ices on Mars Web Seminar

  • National Space Biomedical Research Institute Summer Internship Program 2012

    Updated: 2011-12-22 02:03:07
    National Space Biomedical Research Institute Summer Internship Program

  • Algebraic Equations: Transit Tracks -- Finding Habitable Planets Web Seminar

    Updated: 2011-12-22 02:03:06
    Algebraic Equations: Transit Tracks -- Finding Habitable Planets Web Seminar

  • NASA Academy–Apply by January 23rd, 2012

    Updated: 2011-12-21 22:29:47
    The 2012 NASA Academy Application is now open: http://www.AcademyApp.com. Use this for the following programs: *   NASA Academy at Ames Research Center (Mountain View, CA) *   NASA Academy at Glenn Research Center (Cleveland, OH) *   NASA Academy at Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville, AL) *   NASA Aeronautics Academy at Ames Research Center (Mountain View, CA) [...]

  • NASA discovers two Earth-like planets in distant star system

    Updated: 2011-12-21 18:59:00
    Science Buzz Be a part of the Buzz Register or log in Site Navigation Site Navigation Blog Topics Future Earth Weighing the evidence Archive Features Experimonth : Identity Object of the Month Scientist on the Spot Changing Seasons Browse Images Browse Tags Links Community Latest comments Contribute Buzz points Scientists Teachers Community Guidelines Member Gallery Exhibit Buzz kiosks About Where is Science Buzz Awards Credits Your feedback will help us improve this website Copyright Information Privacy Help Dec 21 2011 NASA discovers two Earth-like planets in distant star system by mdr 0 comments in Earth and Space Science and The Universe Kepler's Earth-like planets : Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f line up against Earth and . Venus Courtesy NASA JPL-Caltech T . Pyle NASA announced this week

  • Comet Lovejoy rising

    Updated: 2011-12-21 16:58:49
    Science Buzz Be a part of the Buzz Register or log in Site Navigation Site Navigation Blog Topics Future Earth Weighing the evidence Archive Features Experimonth : Identity Object of the Month Scientist on the Spot Changing Seasons Browse Images Browse Tags Links Community Latest comments Contribute Buzz points Scientists Teachers Community Guidelines Member Gallery Exhibit Buzz kiosks About Where is Science Buzz Awards Credits Your feedback will help us improve this website Copyright Information Privacy Help Science links Comet Lovejoy rising by mdr on Dec . 21st , 2011 This cool timelapse of Comet Lovejoy rising in the morning skies over Western Australia was created by Colin Legg . The comet's dust tail and secondary plasma tail can be seen rising out of the treetops in the lower right

  • 2011's most memorable spaceflight stories

    Updated: 2011-12-21 16:12:59
    Science Buzz Be a part of the Buzz Register or log in Site Navigation Site Navigation Blog Topics Future Earth Weighing the evidence Archive Features Experimonth : Identity Object of the Month Scientist on the Spot Changing Seasons Browse Images Browse Tags Links Community Latest comments Contribute Buzz points Scientists Teachers Community Guidelines Member Gallery Exhibit Buzz kiosks About Where is Science Buzz Awards Credits Your feedback will help us improve this website Copyright Information Privacy Help Science links 2011's most memorable spaceflight stories by mdr on Dec . 21st , 2011 Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome , . Kazakhstan Courtesy NASA Carla Cioffi As a brand new year approaches , It's the time for

  • Monday Phenology Roundup: December 19, 2011

    Updated: 2011-12-20 16:40:45
    : Science Buzz Be a part of the Buzz Register or log in Site Navigation Site Navigation Blog Topics Future Earth Weighing the evidence Archive Features Experimonth : Identity Object of the Month Scientist on the Spot Changing Seasons Browse Images Browse Tags Links Community Latest comments Contribute Buzz points Scientists Teachers Community Guidelines Member Gallery Exhibit Buzz kiosks About Where is Science Buzz Awards Credits Your feedback will help us improve this website Copyright Information Privacy Help Science links Monday Phenology Roundup : December 19, 2011 by tcnaturalist on Dec . 20th , 2011 Twin Cities Naturalist Courtesy Twin Cities Naturalist The solstice is less than a week away and things are changing outdoors . Check out this week's Phenology Roundup and podcast where

  • Undergraduate Research Scholarship Application Now Open–Apply by February 6, 2012

    Updated: 2011-12-05 19:34:13
    The California Space Grant Consortium (CaSGC) is pleased to announce its 2011-2012 Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) for Juniors and Seniors attending CaSGC affiliate member institutions. Scholarships: Up to twenty $1,500 scholarships will be awarded to California college and university students studying Science, Technology, Engineering or Math. Application Submission Period: December 5, 2011 – February [...]

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