Space Shuttle
The history of the space shuttle began on 3 January 1972. On this day, U.S. President Richard Nixon initiated a program on the path that led to the development of a reusable space plane to the goal.
The Space Shuttle system consists of three components with an orbiter, an external fuel tank and two external solid-emerged from this. (more...)Hubble looks at rare Jupiter collision
Jupiter is due to its enormous gravitational forces such thing as a natural vacuum cleaner, the approaching comet from the outer solar system, but can also attract asteroids from the asteroid belt. And this is vital for us on earth, because otherwise these cosmic objects may, if they do not circulate in a stable orbit around the sun, are deflected into the inner solar system and Earth dangerous. (more...)Asteroid Steins seen by Rosetta: a diamond in the sky
The European probe Rosetta has successfully his overview of the Steins asteroid, whose first images were transmitted to the public on September 6 to 12 hours UT. The asteroid was described as “diamond in the sky” by Uwe Keller of the Max Planck Institute (Lindau - Germany) and responsible for the Osiris [...]
Cicatriz capture images of Jupiter
PASADENA, California, USA (AP) - Astronomers say that Jupiter was apparently beaten by a very large, possibly a comet.
Images taken by NASA shows a white, a kind of scar, in the atmosphere of the planet’s largest solar system near the south pole of the gas giant star.
The images, taken by the infrared telescope for the [...]
NASA sends space a European solar observatory built in part by the Universitat de Valencia
The Group of Astronomy and Space Sciences (GACE / IPL) of the University of Valencia took part in the construction of the IMAX, the most complex mission called ‘Sunrise’. This weekend we open a window to launch the solar observatory ‘Sunrise’, a telescope with a spectrometer / magnetógrafo to study the magnetic field of the [...]
Kibo, the other novelty of the ISS
An important module added to the International Space Station: a storage cylinder, the first element of the laboratory Kibo ( “hope” in Japanese). After delivery of the shuttle Discovery in May, the Japanese laboratory will be the size of a bus. This “pressurized logistics module” should be in service this summer and will be used [...]
Programmed to launch a new satellite service
HTML clipboard A satellite phone presented by Terre Star to the International CTIA Wireless show in Las Vegas will soon been marketed. As a regular phone, it might interest those who are currently excluded from the terrestrial networks in North America.
This follows the announcement by Terre Star and [...]
Low cost space solutions
Antrix Corporation, commercial arm of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is looking for contracts from 100 to 150 million dollars (140 to 212 million euros). The solutions offered by Antrix are highly sought after in countries such as USA, Europe, Algeria, Chile, Brazil, Argentina and the Middle East who seek space solutions at low cost. Antrix’s earnings for the year 2008-2009 [...]
4th Space Investment Summit to Provide Networking Forum for Investors & Entrepreneurs
Washington D.C., March 12, 2008 — As part of Space Investment Summit 4 (SIS-4), entrepreneurs and investors will meet on May 28, 2008 at the Capital Hilton Hotel to engage in a frank dialogue about the best investment opportunities in new space-related ventures. The summit comes at an exciting time for space-related business,
Titan, the New Middle East
Apparently Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, has hundreds of times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth. Maybe we can talk big oil into funding some trips. (That is only a half joke, because new space would certainly jump on that trip).
Mike Griffin Responds on the Cost of Exploration
In the USA Today, Mike Griffin rebuts the idea that we can’t afford to explore space:
Our great-great-grandparents accepted the challenge of their frontier. Will today’s generation do less? And if so, why? To save 15 cents per day? To save six-tenths of 1% of the federal budget? Because that is the cost to the average [...]
Why NASA? Why Private Space?
Darnell Clayton left a comment on my earlier post of the Wall Street Journals $50 billion Moon base prize idea. Basically he said: “I think it would be better via NASA, that way if something goes wrong, then we have somebody to blame ” and ” the private sector may have the passion but lack [...]
SpaceDev’s Revenue for First Quarter Fiscal 2006
SpaceDev reported their revenue and earnings for the firsts quarter of 2006 this morning. Revenue was up 290% from $1.8 million last year to $7.2 million.
Pete Worden’s ISDC Speech
I really like Pete Worden. He is the kind of guy we need at NASA. Here is his ISDC Speech. Here are a few quotes to get you excited.
And I’d like to say that when I talk about “human presence” - I really mean “settlement” of the solar system. And [...]
