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17 Feb 2011
- 03:36 UTC Space Politics Crime takes a bite out of NASA On Wednesday the full House, debating the full-year continuing resolution HR 1, voted 228-203 to approve an amendment that would transfer $298 million from NASA to the Department of Justice’s ...
- 03:30 UTC AmericaSpace Live coverage of the final flight of Discovery on America... AmericaSpace is proud to announce its plans to provide live, launch-day coverage of the final flight of space shuttle Discovery on mission STS-133 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center press site ...
- 03:22 UTC Universe Today About that Giant Planet Possibly Hiding in the Outer Sola... An old story got new legs this week as word went viral of a possible new 9th planet in our solar system – a gas giant bigger than Jupiter – ...
- 03:10 UTC The Daily Galaxy Galaxy Starbursts Triggered by Dark Matter -"An Enigma In... Most of the mass of any galaxy is expected to be "dark matter," an elusive X Factor that has yet to be detected but which astronomers believe must exist to ...
- 03:09 UTC Astrobiology Magazi... Man-Made Comet Crater NASA has released new images from the Stardust spacecraft s encounter with the comet Tempel 1. One set of images shows a new crater that was formed by the impact ...
- 03:09 UTC Astrobiology Magazi... Musical Chairs around the Periodic Table The claim of a microbe that swaps arsenic for phosphorus may be questionable, but alternative chemistries for life is still a question worth considering, say researchers.
- 03:04 UTC The Sky Above ASTROPOP by UPLB Astronomical Society From UPLB Astronomical Society: UPLB Astrosoc in partnership with SPCM 107-X Galathea Public Relations Firm presents ASTROPOP : A Gen-Info Quiz Contest February 22, 2011 at the CPC Auditorium, University ...
- 02:51 UTC HobbySpace RLV Spac... Briefs: VA commercial space bill passes; NASA vs COPS; KS... Nice to see at least one legislature in the country making a sensible move to support commercial human spaceflight: Virginia Commercial Human Space Flight Revenue Measures Passes House 89 to ...
- 02:49 UTC NASA Watch Impressive Video of Large Solar Flare Videos: Large Solar Flare and CME As Seen by the Solar Dynamics Observatory "This clip of the large X2 flare (Feb. 15, 2011) seen by Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) in ...
- 01:47 UTC One Astronomer's No... I’m not a freak, you know… Taking a tiny break from massive amounts of work, and found this: How have I never seen that before?! Fantastic. “A Bit of Fry and Laurie” is on Netflix instant ...
- 01:32 UTC Kentucky Space Video: KySat-1 Simulated Orbit The first orbital satellite from Kentucky Space, KySat-1's orbit is simulated in this video from Kentucky Space's Space Systems Lab at the University of Kentucky. KySat-1 will launch as a ...
- 01:32 UTC Kentucky Space Video: KySat-1 Simulated Orbit The first orbital satellite from Kentucky Space, KySat-1's orbit is simulated in this video from Kentucky Space's Space Systems Lab at the University of Kentucky. KySat-1 will launch as a ...
- 01:23 UTC Deep Astronomy The Hubble Deep Field in 3d In 2004, Hubble astronomers did something quite extraordinary: they pointed the most powerful telescope every build by human beings at absolutely nothing, and for no other reason than they were ...
- 01:03 UTC Spaceports Virginia Commercial Human Space Flight Revenue Measures P... On a vote of 89 to 8, the Virginia House of Delegates, followed the Senate (40 to 0), is sending to Governor Robert McDonnell a measure to earmark any human ...
- 00:50 UTC Spaceman Plotting a course for Europe's space freighter It was a big moment in every sense. When the Ariane 5 shook and lifted skyward, it marked not only the heaviest payload carried into orbit to date by Europe's ...
- 00:44 UTC Spaceports ESA: Searching for the origins The universe was born 13.7 billion years ago with the Big Bang. But what is the Big Bang and what was there before? Scientists are starting to get an answer ...
- 00:40 UTC Spaceports Cosmonauts Conduct ISS Spacewalk Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 26 Flight Engineers Dmitry Kondratyev and Oleg Skripochka conducted their second spacewalk in less than four weeks Feb. 16, 2011, to install and retrieve ...
- 00:35 UTC Spaceports KySat-1 Set to Launch Feb. 23, 2011 This is a video showing orbital simulations of KySat-1. KySat-1 is Kentucky's first orbital satellite. KySat-1 was built by Kentucky Space a consortium of the public universities in the state ...
- 00:31 UTC Spaceports Solar Flare Erruptions Mark New Cycle 24
- 00:24 UTC Spaceports ESA ATV-2 Launched by Ariane 5 From a jungle launch pad at Kourou, French Guiana on the northern coast of South America, a European Space Agency/Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket blasted off on Feb. 16, 2011, carrying ...
- 00:12 UTC Discovery News - Sp... Andromeda 'Puffed Up' with Old Stars It turns out that galactic disks may not be as neat and tidy as we once thought.
- 00:09 UTC Parabolic Arc Crime Free Mars Could Cost NASA Big Bucks The lack of crime on Mars could result in NASA getting less money this year.NASA’s $3.131 billion budget for cross-agency support would be reduced by $298 million to $2.833 billion ...
- 00:03 UTC NASA Flight Opportu... Successful fit & function test Fresh snow on the ground and surrounding hills greeted us when we arrived.Written by Dougal Maclise, Flight Opportunities Payload ManagerThe Flight Opportunities – CRuSR team passed an important milestone early ...
- 00:00 UTC Spaceports Stardust-NExT News Conference Held
16 Feb 2011
- 23:58 UTC Discovery News - Sp... Space Music: Did Walkmans Kill Manned Space Exploration? Put your earphones on and crank out some tunes. But are you becoming a spectator rather than a participant?
- 23:32 UTC Astronomy Weather B... Another Planet in Our Solar System? Two scientists, Daniel Whitmire and John Matese from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, claim a planet they call "Tyche" (which is four times the size of Jupiter) may be ...
- 23:24 UTC Discovery News - Sp... Solar Boom! Sun Unleashes Monster Flare The explosive sun we all know and love is back! And it's packing a punch.
- 23:11 UTC Parabolic Arc NASA Telecon on Nonprofit Management of International Spa... NASA PROGRAM UPDATE WASHINGTON — NASA released a final version of a cooperative agreement notice (CAN) for an independent, nonprofit research management organization to stimulate, develop and manage U.S. use ...
- 23:08 UTC The Flame Trench European Supply Ship En Route To Station A European cargo carrier is en route to the International Space Station today after a successful launch from a South American spaceport.Europe's second Automated Transfer Vehicle -- dubbed Johannes Kepler ...
- 23:07 UTC NASA: Earth Observa... Dark Side of the Sun For the first time in history, the world has a full view of the far side of the Sun and of the entire 360-degree sphere at once.
- 22:56 UTC In the Dark Ozymandias Since I posted an item about Shelley a couple of days ago I’ll use that as an excuse to post this famous poem by him.It’s a well-known piece, but not ...
- 22:46 UTC Lunar Networks Striated blocks in Aristarchus crater Field of striated boulders on the wall of Aristarchus - uphill is towards top of the field of view. LROC Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) observation M120161915, LRO orbit 2842, February ...
- 22:42 UTC HobbySpace RLV Spac... Space Access Update #121 2/16/11 The latest update from Henry Vanderbilt at the Space Access Society: Space Access Update #121 2/16/11 Copyright 2011 by Space Access Society______________________________________________________ This week, the House of Representatives is debating ...
- 22:41 UTC Universe Today Video: ATV Successfully Launches to Space Station Here’s a chance to practice your French countdown skills: watch today’s successful launch of the European Space Agency’s Automated Transfer Vehicle “Johannes” on a Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket blasted off ...
- 22:30 UTC collectSPACE.com: T... Kepler set into motion The second of the European Space Agency's unmanned cargo craft for the International Space Station, the automated transfer vehicle Johannes Kepler was launched Wednesday from the Guiana Space Center in ...
- 22:27 UTC Coalition for Space... European Cargo Craft Heads for the International Space St... . The European Space Agency’s Johannes Kepler Automated Transfer Vehicle hurtled into orbit from Kourou in French Guiana on Wednesday, initiating an eight-day trip to the International Space Station with ...
- 22:22 UTC Universe Today 50 Years of Human Spaceflight: Yuri’s Night Video Contest On April 12, 2011, everyone with the least bit of interest in space should be rockin’ the house. It’s the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s flight, the first human to ...
- 22:20 UTC The Write Stuff Launch domino effect: STS-133 launch date decision expect... Because of a one-day delay in a supply mission launch to the International Space Station, the planned launch of space shuttle Discovery on STS-133 could be delayed one day as ...
- 22:20 UTC The Planetary Socie... Some early scientific impressions of Stardust's Tempel 1 ... I've spent a day with the Stardust images from Tempel 1, and had a chat with co-investigator Jessica Sunshine, so here are a bunch of images with some preliminary scientific ...
- 22:20 UTC Mars and Me Spirit Sol 755 The plan for today is to back away from Posey and drive up onto the rim of Home Plate. If everything breaks our way, we'll be able to see over ...
- 22:15 UTC The Daily Galaxy Human Vision Traced to 600-Million Year Old Hydra (Today'... Our eyes that scan the farthest reaches of the universe had their origin in the simple hydra, a members ancient group of sea creatures that along with jellyfish, belong to ...
- 21:55 UTC The Flame Trench Ariane 5 Rocket Roars Toward Space Station An Ariane rocket is climbing away from Earth after a thundering launch from a South American spaceport, hauling a European cargo carrier on a supply run to the International Space ...
- 21:48 UTC Parabolic Arc The Space Review Looks at Commercial Crew, American Leade... In The Space Review this week…. Commercial crew and NASA’s tipping point The release this week of a new budget proposal will again stoke debate about NASA policy, including its ...
- 21:44 UTC NASA Dryden Flight ... Getting The Word Out Even folks who aren't math whizzes can have a great job at NASA!
- 21:44 UTC Bad Astronomy Astronomy Veronica anemone Things I love: astronomy, geeks, dorky humor, the scientific method. So how cool is it that alpha geek Veronica Belmont did a funny video about science with the IRrelevant Astronomy ...
- 21:36 UTC Parabolic Arc Space Foundation to Give Awards to SpaceX, Télécoms Sans ... SPACE FOUNDATION RELEASE The Space Foundation has chosen two companies to receive 2011 Space Achievement Awards, in recognition of their extraordinary accomplishments in space. SpaceX is being lauded for becoming ...
- 21:20 UTC The Flame Trench Ariane 5 Rocket Poised For 4:50 PM Launch The countdown to a second attempt to launch an Ariane 5 rocket is under way at a South American spaceport as Europe aims to send a huge cargo carrier on ...
- 21:17 UTC NASA Watch Rep. Weiner Amendment to Cut NASA Budget by $298 Million ... Keith's note: An amendment Offered to H.R. 1 "Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011" by Rep. Weiner (D-NY) Amendment No. 125. Passed on a vote of 226-204. [NASA Watch Annotations for ...
- 21:16 UTC HobbySpace Blog Team America Rocketry Challenge 2011 update Over 600 teams are competing in this year's Team America Rocketry Challenge contest, which will hold its competition finals on May 14th at Great Meadow in The Plains, Virginia, near ...
- 21:16 UTC Pillow Astronaut Killer KEPLER When I heard of the Ames event, I was excited about the Kepler scientists, having read their NASA profiles, watched their press conferences, and seen various team members speak at ...