Wednesday, October 26

A Little Break...

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After a number of years focusing on the plans for Mars, I will be taking a break from this blog. The signs are encouraging for now, and ...
Sunday, October 23

Traffic at the International Space Station

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This has been a busy weekend on the International Space Station (ISS), where the amazing has become mundane.  First, a Russian Soyuz space...
Saturday, October 22

Lander Debris Spotted on Mars

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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has identifies debris from the European Space Agrency's ExoMars lander.  NASA noted : This...
Thursday, October 20

Mars Remains an Elusiveness Goal

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What started as a hopeful week has ended badly for the European Space Agency (ESA).  It has  lost contact with its ExoMars landing craft ...
Tuesday, October 18

Chinese Astronauts Head to Space Station

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Chinese astronauts left for the space station early yesterday, but it was not the International Space Station. We don't extend "i...
Monday, October 17

ExoMars Lander on it Way to Martian Surface

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The European Space Agency's ExoMars mission just started its main mission - landing on Mars .  The lander craft left the spacecraft (...
Sunday, October 16

"My God, it's full of galaxies!"

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Scientists now believe we have underestimated the number of observable galaxies by a factor of 10. That's right, instead of 200 b...
Thursday, October 13

A Consensus Horizion Goal?

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Space News Magazine asked the two presidential candidates about the space program and Mars.  Trump provided short, noncommittal respon...
Tuesday, October 11

Obama and Mars: A Little Too Late

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"We have set a clear goal vital to the next chapter of America's story in space: sending humans to Mars by the 2030s and returni...
Monday, October 10

Musk May Be Our Only Hope for Mars

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I was reading a piece in ARS Technica about the potential pivot of a Clinton administration back to the Moon rather than Mars.   Physici...