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12 Mar 2011
- 10:08 UTC Space Fellowship STS-134 Update The crew members for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 mission are Commander Mark Kelly, Pilot Gregory H. Johnson and Mission Specialists Michael Fincke, Greg Chamitoff, Andrew Feustel and European Space Agency ...
- 10:06 UTC Space Fellowship Earthquake Postpones HTV Activities; Change of Command Ce... An earthquake in Japan has temporarily shut down activities at the Tsukuba Flight Control Center. Due to the evacuation of personnel, the planned hatch opening of the Kounotori2 H-II Transfer ...
- 10:04 UTC Space Fellowship Fasting for science on Space Station With almost half of the MagISStra mission behind him, ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli has not had much free time on the International Space Station. In addition to his heavy workload, ...
- 10:02 UTC PeteUplink's Univer... Saber rattling in Orion Image Credit: Caliu Location: Age... Saber rattling in Orion Image Credit: Caliu Location: Ager (Catalonia-Spain)
- 09:52 UTC PeteUplink's Univer... Mare Orientale Credit: NASA / GSFC / Arizona State Univ. ... Mare Orientale Credit: NASA / GSFC / Arizona State Univ. / Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
- 09:48 UTC PeteUplink's Univer... Alert to the Approach of Asteroid Apophis Alert to the Approach of Asteroid Apophis: On January 31, University of Hawaii at Manoa astronomers used the UH 2.2-meter telescope on Mauna Kea to take the first new images ...
- 08:05 UTC The Discovery Enter... Mars Rising - The Search for Life Today on Discovery Enterprise we will explore one of the most enduring and tantalising questions connected to the red planet. In the sixth and final instalment of the Discovery Channel's ...
- 07:10 UTC AARTScope Carnival of Space 188. Image Credit: incasinoout777 at Goodtime webshots.The inexorable subduction of the pacific plate regularly brings earthquakes to Japan. We often pause briefly to admire the readiness and civil defense response that ...
- 07:07 UTC NASA: Earth Observa... Flooding from Tsunami near Sendai, Japan The Japanese coastline near Sendai is flooded in this false-color image, taken March 12, 2011, nearly a day after a earthquake-generated tsunami inundated the coast.
- 07:01 UTC EarthSky Tonight Moon between Capella and Betelgeuse on March 12 The first quarter moon will be shining in between two brilliant stars on the night of March 12. These two are golden Capella and reddish Betelguese. The first quarter moon ...
- 06:43 UTC Laurel's Pluto Blog Happy Pluto Day: Interview with Dr. Alan Stern Kevin DrumJay AckroydAlan BoyleRobin SnelsonAlan Stern 3/13/2011 - Jay Ackroyd | Internet Radio | Blog Talk Radio
- 06:16 UTC HobbySpace Blog Discovery's orbital water show Sometimes you see great pictures taken by amateurs from the ground of the shuttle and the ISS and sometimes you see great pictures of other stuff: /-- Water dump Discovery! ...
- 06:04 UTC HobbySpace RLV Spac... Briefs: Alan Stern interview; Delta IV launch photos Alan Boyle talks with Alan Stern about Pluto, New Horizons, suborbital space science and commercial spaceflight: Here's to Pluto ... and space pioneers - Cosmic Log. === Here's a gallery ...
- 05:53 UTC One Astronomer's No... Noisy Death Panel So you think you have a niche cornered, right? I figured, how many other loud scientists can there be? But some chick comes along calling herself the “Noisy Developmental Biologist.” ...
- 05:14 UTC astropixie say something this design was a finalist in the say something poster project. i like the clever way the artist makes me think of an old cliche in a completely new way.
- 04:52 UTC Cosmic Log Here's to Pluto ... and space pioneers Few folks involved in the space effort span as wide a spectrum as Alan Stern: The 53-year-old planetary scientist is working to get himself and other researchers onto suborbital space ...
- 04:52 UTC Cosmic Log Here's to Pluto ... and space pioneers Few folks involved in the space effort span as wide a spectrum as Alan Stern: The 53-year-old planetary scientist is working to get himself and other researchers onto suborbital space ...
- 04:48 UTC Universe Today New Spy Satellite Launches on Covert Mission A Delta IV rocket blasted off Friday evening from Cape Canaveral launch Complex-37 carrying a secret payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. Called NROL-27, the mission was said to be ...
- 04:45 UTC astrobites Constraining the Energy of Cosmic Rays Ultra-high energy cosmic rays may be produced via shock acceleration. This paper presents theoretical upper limits on the energies of the cosmic rays that can be produced in this way, ...
- 03:39 UTC Fragile Oasis: Astr... Final Flight Readiness Examinations I would like to start this post out with an apology. It has been almost a month since I last updated everyone here on Fragile Oasis. I will try harder ...
- 03:06 UTC HobbySpace Blog Astronomy planet blog and 3D solar system model A couple of astronomy related sites of interest: A reader recommends Roger Longstaff's Astronomy Planet: "Daily Blog Posts about Astronomy". Check out also the Solar System Scope -"user-friendly 3D model ...
- 03:05 UTC Astrobiology Magazi... New Android More Life-Like than Star Trek s Data Scientists have developed an incredibly life-like android, dubbed Geminoid DK. such technology could eventually have applications for the future of space exploration.
- 02:47 UTC HobbySpace RLV Spac... Selling SpaceShipTwo rides big time Virtuoso Travel Network is doing a good job selling tickets for Virgin Galactic: Virgin Galactic & Virtuoso® Travel Network Soar Into the Future With Space Tourism: Virtuoso Accredited Space Agents ...
- 02:38 UTC HobbySpace RLV Spac... Interview with Henry Vanderbilt of Space Access Society The Space Show interview with Henry Vanderbilt of the Space Access Society is now available on line: Henry Vanderbilt, Friday, 3-11-11 - Thespaceshow's Blog. Don't forget the Space Access '11 ...
- 02:31 UTC HobbySpace RLV Spac... Briefs: NASA's mission isn't jobs; Continuing doofus-ness Rand Simberg explains what space isn't: Space isn't a jobs program: Let NASA focus on mission, not pork politics and landscaping - Washington Times. === Unfortunately, Congress isn't smart: Next ...
- 02:29 UTC Cosmic Log How quake prediction works (or not) Japan has spent well more than $1 billion on earthquake prediction systems, including a network of more than 1,000 GPS-based sensors scattered around the country — and the payoff came ...
- 02:07 UTC NASA Watch Gerst and the Blogosphere Bill Gerstenmaier on the DC Variable, NASA PM Challenge "Dramatic changes in information and news circulate through blogs, and social media has impacted NASA greatly. While the initial reaction may ...
- 01:58 UTC Starts With A Bang! Know, know know, kno-know, know your brightest stars! Well, don't you know I'm gonna skate right through Ain't nobody do it but me Nobody but me -The Human Beinz If you're only a casual watcher of the night ...
- 01:21 UTC Spaceports Delta IV Launch of NROL-27 Spy Satellite A United Launch Alliance Delta IV launched the National Reconnaissance Office military satellite number L-27 successfully from Cape Canaveral, Florida's launch complex 37 at 5:47 PM, March 11, 2011.
- 01:18 UTC NASA Watch House Appropriators Preview New CR Appropriations Committee Introduces Three Week Continuing Resolution - Bill will Prevent Government Shutdown, Cut $6 Billion in Spending "House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers today introduced a Continuing Resolution (CR) to ...
- 01:13 UTC Spaceports Supermoon or Solar Flare Earthquake Nexus?
- 01:10 UTC Spaceports STS-134 Endeavour Now at Launch Pad Space shuttle Endeavour began its final scheduled 3.4-mile journey to Launch Pad 39A in darkness -- leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 7:56 p.m. Eastern ...
- 00:55 UTC Space Politics Next CR cuts NASA earmarks, keeps Constellation provision House appropriators released today details of their next planned continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded for three more weeks after the current CR expires on a week from ...
- 00:36 UTC Cosmic Variance Danny Hillis on Richard Feynman One more video from TEDxCaltech. Danny Hillis is the founder of Thinking Machines, the Long Now Foundation, and Applied Minds. Touching and inspirational. See also Lenny Susskind’s reminiscences. One more ...
- 00:32 UTC NASA Watch Video: ULA Delta IV NROL-27 Launch United Launch Alliance Successfully launches Fourth NRO Mission in Six Months "A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office lifted off from Space ...
- 00:24 UTC The Flame Trench Delta IV launches reconnaissance satellite A Delta IV rocket roared from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 6:38 p.m. today, sending a reconnaissance satellite on its way toward orbit. The 21-story United Launch Alliance rocket ...
- 00:21 UTC The Space Elevator ... EuSEC - Looking for a few good teams… A couple of months ago, I posted (here and here) about the upcoming European Space Elevator Games (EuSEC). This post is just a reminder that registration is still open for ...
- 00:19 UTC NASA: Earth Observa... New posts in the Notes from the Field blog - How We Got H...
11 Mar 2011
- 23:43 UTC Astroblog March Highlights for Global-Rent-a-Scope Now Up For the telescopically inclined, I've posted my March Highlights over at my Global-Rent-a-Scope blog. There's Pluto near M25 and the Southern Pleiades.
- 23:31 UTC Planetary Images Fr... Wanted: In Digital Format...and my 2011 LPSC poster pres... I am posting this in hopes that someone will see it and know where I might find the dataset I am looking for. The image of Titan seen here is ...
- 23:29 UTC NASA: Earth Observa... Earthquake and Tsunami near Sendai, Japan On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 8.9 earthquake struck off the east coast of Honshu, Japan, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) east of Sendai. If the initial estimate is confirmed, ...
- 23:15 UTC Astroblog More on Microbes and Meteorites Over at Science in Pen and Ink Lelia Battison has an in-depth discussion of Richard Hoovers' paper on alleged "fossil" bacteria in CI1 Carbonaceous Meteorites. It is an excellent article ...
- 23:11 UTC Parabolic Arc Virtuoso Surpassed $10 Million in SpaceShipTwo Tickets Sa... Virtuoso PR — NEW YORK, March 11, 2011 — The frontrunner and innovator of space tourism, Virgin Galactic, and leading luxury travel network, Virtuoso®, continue to surge ahead in the ...
- 22:55 UTC PeteUplink's Univer... This Week @ NASA Space shuttle Discovery completed its 39... This Week @ NASA Space shuttle Discovery completed its 39th and final flight with a safe landing at the Kennedy Space Center after its 5-point-3 million-mile journey to the International ...
- 22:55 UTC Universe Today Just to be Clear: The Moon Did Not Cause the Earthquake i... We’re getting a lot of visitors to our site today, many searching for information about earthquakes, tsunamis, and the ‘SuperMoon’ phenomenon. Just to be clear, the Moon did not cause ...
- 22:16 UTC astrobites Review Article: Protoplanetary Disks and Their Evolution In a new review article, Jonathan Williams and Lucas Cieza at the Institute for Astronomy (IfA) describe the life-story of protoplanetary disks from formation from collapsing molecular clouds to the ...
- 21:55 UTC Universe Today Did Mars’ Missing Carbon Go Underground in a Wetter Age? A close look at the Wisconsin-sized Huygens Crater, above, in Mars’ southern highlands gave NASA and Arizona State University scientists some clues to announce this week as to a possible ...
- 21:52 UTC Parabolic Arc Florida Space Day to Focus on Incentives, Tax Credits Below are the initiatives that are being supported during Florida Space Day 2011, which will take place on March 16 in Tallahassee. For more information, visit www.floridaspaceday.com, Facebook at www.facebook.com/FloridaSpaceDay, ...
- 21:49 UTC Cosmic Log Did 'supermoon' cause quake? No! Some folks are claiming that today's earthquake and tsunami might be linked to the coming "supermoon" ... that is, a March 19 arrangement involving a full moon during a time ...
- 21:41 UTC Space Calendar March 14-20, 2011 / Vol 30, No 11 / Hawai`i Island, USA Inner Solar System Exploration Advancing with MESSENGER Mercury Orbital Insertion, Phobos and Deimos International Conference On March 14-16, space scientists, engineers, space exploration professionals and students from around the world ...