• NASA Spacecraft Burns for Home, Then Comet

    Updated: 2010-05-31 20:27:58
    NASA's Deep Impact/Epoxi spacecraft has successfully performed a trajectory correction maneuver to refine its orbit prior to an upcoming Earth flyby June 27.

  • Masten Space Systems Achieves First-Ever VTVL Midair Engine Relight Milestone on Path to Space

    Updated: 2010-05-31 20:27:58
    Masten Space Systems Achieves First-Ever VTVL Midair Engine Relight Milestone on Path to Space

  • Experts gather as volcanic dust settles

    Updated: 2010-05-31 20:27:58
    Following the eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajoekull volcano that spewed huge amounts of ash and grounded numerous flights, more than 50 experts from around the world gathered at a workshop organised by ESA and EUMETSAT.

  • NASA Solicitation: Franklin Small Satellite Subsystem Technologies and the Edison Small Satellite Demonstration Missions Program

    Updated: 2010-05-31 20:27:58
    NASA Solicitation: Franklin Small Satellite Subsystem Technologies and the Edison Small Satellite Demonstration Missions Program

  • Small Near-Earth Object Probably a Rocket Part

    Updated: 2010-05-31 20:27:58
    Scientists at NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office at NASA JPL have determined that a small object that safely passed Earth on May 21 is more than likely an upper-stage of a rocket that carried a spacecraft on an interplanetary trajectory.

  • NASA Solicitation: Recovery: Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences

    Updated: 2010-05-31 20:27:58
    NASA Solicitation: Recovery: Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences

  • New Education Website and Educational Materials Available at NASA.gov

    Updated: 2010-05-31 20:27:58
    New Education Website and Educational Materials Available at NASA.gov

  • GAO Reports on Status of Earth Observation Strategy

    Updated: 2010-05-31 20:27:58
    The Government Accountability Office (GAO), released a report, ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES: Strategy Needed to Sustain Critical Climate and Space Weather Measurements, related to the country's weather satellite systems.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/spaceref/jext/~4/8SQ4j0D9GEQ" height="1" width="1"/

  • The Cape Week in Review by the Cape Insider

    Updated: 2010-05-31 14:43:27
    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 The Cape Week in Review by the Cape Insider By Jason Rhian on May 31, 2010 10:43 AM No Comments In The Cape Week in Review , one chapter in history was closed , while a new one opened . While the space shuttle Atlantis returned home from her final planned mission the private commercial space firm , SpaceX rescheduled the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket and the U.S . Air Force launched the first GPS IIF satellite . With 3 videos Atlantis arrives home after final mission

  • Technoarchaeology In Action

    Updated: 2010-05-30 04:55:15
    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 Technoarchaeology In Action By Keith Cowing on May 30, 2010 12:55 AM 1 Comment From Obsolete Technology , New Science NOVA , PBS Today , an engineer named Dennis Wingo is working to resurrect that data . He co-leads the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project--which , as the name implies , is working to pry all that old data off of the tapes . So far , he's been successful , thanks to a combination of skill and pure luck . Wingo's team located one of the only NASA computer

  • Dennis Wingo at Maker Fair: McMoon's - Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project

    Updated: 2010-05-30 03:48:34
    : 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 Dennis Wingo at Maker Fair : McMoon's Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project By Keith Cowing on May 29, 2010 11:48 PM 1 Comment We took 40 year old data tapes , tape drives that had been in a garage for 30 years , found elderly engineers , and reverse-engineered ancient technology to provide enhanced imagery from the five Lunar Orbiter missions in a fashion and resolution inconceivable at the time that the missions were conducted . Tags LOIRP video wingo Article Tools

  • Video: Masten's Xombie In-Air Engine Restart

    Updated: 2010-05-30 03:21:13
    "A view from the ground of Masten Space Systems' first in-air engine relight on May 26, 2010. The test was a complete success and is another step forward in our test program."

  • Keith Cowing at Maker Faire: Hacking NASA

    Updated: 2010-05-29 04:20:52
    : 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 Keith Cowing at Maker Faire : Hacking NASA By Keith Cowing on May 29, 2010 12:20 AM 2 Comments Keith Cowing talks about the kind of hacks made famous by the Apollo 13 mission , instances where the crew had to improvise using materials at hand . He discusses the following : Skylab Rescue the umbrella used to replace solar insulation and boating tools bought at a local marina Syncom Rescue tools made out of plastic and duct tape Apollo 13 CO2 removal , use of LEM engine ,

  • Google Releases Top 1000 Sites - NASA Makes the Cut

    Updated: 2010-05-28 23:58:13
    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 Google Releases Top 1000 Sites NASA Makes the Cut By Marc Boucher on May 28, 2010 7:58 PM 2 Comments Marc's : note In an effort to help advertisers Google has released a list of their top 1000 sites world wide . The list ranks sites based on category , unique visitors , reach and page views . NASA comes in ranked 604. Interestingly Goddard's web site came out tops for NASA subdomains with JPL a distant second . No other dedicated space site made the list including

  • First-Ever NASA Ice Team HD Footage Release

    Updated: 2010-05-28 21:33:12
    NASA Releases First-Ever High-Def Footage Of Shuttle Ice Team, NASA (With video) "NASA has released the first-ever up close, high-definition video of Kennedy Space Center's Final Inspection Team walkdown in the final hours before a space shuttle launch. The footage was shot on May 14 at Kennedy's Launch Pad 39A during the countdown for shuttle Atlantis' STS-132 mission."

  • LIVE - Delta IV Launch

    Updated: 2010-05-28 02:38:13
    Marc's note: Tonight we're testing out our new live launch mission status center for the Delta IV launch of the Air Force's Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF SV-1 satellite. Enter Mission Status Center

  • Delta IV Launched

    Updated: 2010-05-28 00:20:12
    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 Delta IV Launched By Marc Boucher on May 28, 2010 8:20 AM No Comments Delta 4 Blast Off with Advanced new GPS Satellite Marks 50th Anniversary of Delta Program Ken Kremer Special to NASA Watch with video A Delta 4 rocket roared into space on Thursday night May 27 at 11:00 PM EDT carrying the first in powerful new series of Global Positioning System satellites for the US Air Force . The GPS IIF SV-1 satellite launched from Pad 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in

  • NASA spacecraft penetrates mysteries of martian ice cap

    Updated: 2010-05-28 00:00:00
    Layers of ice record a history of accumulation, erosion, and wind transport. From that, scientists can determine a history of climate that's more detailed than anybody expected.

  • NASA Joins World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

    Updated: 2010-05-27 18:56:34
    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 Joins World Wide Web Consortium W3C By Keith Cowing on May 27, 2010 2:56 PM No Comments NASA Joins Web Consortium to Help Improve Universal Access NASA announced Thursday it has joined the World Wide Web Consortium W3C The consortium is an international organization that develops protocols , standards and guidelines to ensure universal Web access . Standards will play a key role in making NASA's content more accessible on the Internet and in the implementation of our

  • News: LightSail: Firming Up the Spacecraft Design

    Updated: 2010-05-27 05:00:00
    LightSail: Firming Up the Spacecraft Design (from Planetary News)

  • NASA's Swift survey finds "smoking gun" of black hole activation

    Updated: 2010-05-27 00:00:00
    Galaxy mergers appear to feed black holes, causing them to give off as much as 10 billion times the Sun's energy.

  • News: Atlantis Returns Home After Final Planned Mission

    Updated: 2010-05-26 05:00:00
    Atlantis Returns Home After Final Planned Mission (from Planetary News)

  • STEREO, SOHO spacecraft catch comet diving into the Sun

    Updated: 2010-05-25 00:00:00
    Sun-grazing comets, composed of dust, rock and ice, are seldom tracked close to the Sun because their brightness is overwhelmed by the solar disk.

  • Press Release: Planetary Society Joins Forces with Space and Science Organizations to Support NASA 2011 Budget Proposal

    Updated: 2010-05-20 05:00:00
    On the Planetary Society web site: Planetary Society Joins Forces with Space and Science Organizations to Support NASA 2011 Budget Proposal

  • News: Space Shuttle Atlantis Lifts Off

    Updated: 2010-05-14 05:00:00
    Space Shuttle Atlantis Lifts Off (from Planetary News)

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