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19 Apr 2013, 9:00 am
“Beyond low Earth orbit of the station, where are the next destinations for our astronauts to explore? [read post]
26 Feb 2017, 5:39 pm
The finding, published Feb. 23, 2017 in the journal Nature, is important because it provides the first hard proof for what scientists call the “chaotic solar system,” a theory proposed in 1989 to account for small variations in the present conditions of the solar system. [read post]
13 May 2016, 2:29 pm
"Exactly how and where planets form is an outstanding question in planetary science," said the study's lead author, Sean Mills, a graduate student in astronomy & astrophysics at the University of Chicago. [read post]
19 Apr 2010, 1:59 pm
Ryan Faith, President Obama’s Vision for Space Exploration, The Space Review Periodicals Orbital Debris Quarterly News (April 2010) Blogs India to Re-Test Ballistic Missile Defense Shield – MDAA State Department Legal Advisor Defends Drone Attacks – Got GEOINT? [read post]
10 Jun 2011, 5:34 am
So what are the implications of a gap in data from polar-orbiting weather satellites? [read post]
12 Apr 2011, 7:47 pm
Ted Poe (R-TX), noting the four states that received orbiters all voted for Barack Obama for president in 2008. [read post]
19 Jan 2012, 2:30 pm
"Launched in September 2011, Ebb and Flow will be placed in a near-polar, near-circular orbit with an altitude of about 34 miles (55 kilometers). [read post]
6 Oct 2020, 7:15 am
Unlike geostationary satellites, low earth orbits satellites are constantly moving in their orbits with respect to the earth’s surface. [read post]
24 Jun 2011, 12:57 pm
Blount with the blog faculty Source – Red Orbit News: Download full size image NASA Recovers Stolen Moon Dust From Apollo 11 Mission Posted on: Friday, 24 June 2011, 13:25 CDT NASA has recovered moon dust that was stolen from the space agency after the 1969 Apollo 11 mission just before it was about to be sold at auction. [read post]
8 Nov 2010, 6:51 am
Blount with the blog faculty Source – Discovery News: Commercial Space Travel Rules of the Road Irene Klotz By Irene Klotz Fri Nov 5, 2010 07:00 AM ET Fast-forward 10 years and in addition to flying cars and unmanned aircraft, there are suborbital rocket rides launching from New Mexico, astronauts getting ready for a taxi ride to the space station, and people living in privately owned outposts in orbit. [read post]
11 Mar 2008, 8:08 am
SOME SERIOUS global warming: "If nature is left to its own devices, about 7.59 billion years from now Earth will be dragged from its orbit by an engorged red Sun and spiral to a rapid vaporous death. [read post]
17 Nov 2008, 10:15 pm
[www.freepatentsonline.com]This patent from HP teaches a more efficient quantum information processing system involving conversion of the physical representation of the quantum state (e.g. photon number, polarization, time bin, or orbital angular momentum) at different stages of the processing. [read post]
15 Feb 2009, 9:34 am
After a corporate spin-off, such as when Kraft left the Philip Morris orbit, Catalent emerged from Cardinal Health, or Cendant broke itself into pieces, a spanking new law department enters the world (See my post of March 2, 2008: spin-off; and April 9, 2006: mentions Tyco, Cendant and Wendy's.). [read post]
27 Jun 2019, 10:00 am
In 2008, there were 150 Earth observation satellites in orbit; by now there are 768. [read post]
27 Sep 2008, 2:59 pm
"A Chinese astronaut orbiting the earth slipped out of the Shenzhou VII spacecraft Saturday afternoon and performed the nationâ € ™s first spacewalk, establishing another milestone in Chinaâ € ™s space program. [read post]
12 Jul 2022, 4:52 pm
Orbiting far beyond Earth’s moon, Webb’s sensitive instruments will detect infrared radiation from Solar System planets, exoplanets, stars, nebulae, and galaxies. [read post]
3 Aug 2008, 1:31 pm
Bottom line is in this statement from Elon Musk: "It was obviously a big disappointment not to reach orbit on this flight. [read post]
29 Jun 2010, 3:40 am
“Since 2003, there have been seven hearings before the Science and Technology Committee or its subcommittees on the subject of the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) program,” the hearing charter notes. [read post]
25 Dec 2007, 4:20 am
MERRY CHRISTMAS: Space-based solar energy for Palau: In September, American entrepreneur Kevin Reed proposed at the 58th International Astronautical Congress in Hyderabad, India, that Palau's uninhabited Helen Island would be an ideal spot for a small demonstration project, a 260-foot-diameter "rectifying antenna," or rectenna, to take in 1 megawatt of power transmitted earthward by a satellite orbiting 300 miles above Earth. [read post]
22 Jul 2010, 5:17 am
“Thursday, the House Science Committee is due to mark up a bill that would slash the $6 billion Barack Obama had planned for the commercial crew initiative (investing in companies to develop a space taxi service for taking astronauts into orbit) by about 96 percent, to $250 million. [read post]
