Monday, June 29

Asteroid Day?

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Did you know that tomorrow is Asteroid Day?  Nor did I, but you can learn more about it by visiting Asteroidday.org , which notes it is ...
Sunday, June 28

SpaceX Explosion: Maybe Low Earth Orbit is Not so Routine After All

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It appears getting supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) is becoming quite the challenge.  For the third time in about nine mo...
Saturday, June 27

The European Space Agency's PRIDE

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The European Space Agency's (ESA) unmanned Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) space shuttle/spaceplane, part of its Progra...
Monday, June 22

Another Great Image: Tethys 'Eyes' Saturn

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  My first thought when seeing the image was the earlier Star Wars film where the Death Star was rounding a targeted planet.  However, th...
Saturday, June 20

Alien Ocean: NASA's Mission to Europa

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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory released this video on NASA's planned mission to Jupiter's moon Europa.  It discusses the sp...
Thursday, June 18

Great Image: Close-up of Comet 67P

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It almost looks fake with that shadow underneath it, but this is a shot of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko taken on June 7th by the Ros...

TV: The Astronaut Wives Club

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Tonight ABC premieres its new series  The Astronaut Wives Club . The story of the families the astronauts left behind is an interesting wa...
Sunday, June 14

New NASA Video on the Hubble Space Telescope

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A new NASA video titled "Oh Planet, What Art Thou?" continues the celebration of Hubble's 25th anniversary by noting how the...

Philae is Back Online

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The Philae comet lander has started communicating again.  It has been quiet since landing on the surface of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko last...
Sunday, June 7

Kickstarter Campaign by Spock's Son

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Okay, it is a Kickstarter campaign by Leonard Nimoy's son Adam to produce a documentary about his dad.  Here is more on the Kickstarte...
Saturday, June 6

New York Times: Maintain the Russian Rocket Ban

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It is nice to see the Russian rocket ban is getting more attention these days, as in this New York Times editorial : The core problem is...