September 2011

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John Young looking superfly in 1972 following Apollo 16. Photo from Retro Space Images on Facebook. Okay, NASA announced several new prospective launch vehicles this

A Joint Study Group Report between the U.S.-based Council on Foreign Relations and the Aspen Institute India recommends that “relevant U.S. and Indian government agencies

NASA has selected two game-changing space technology projects for development. The larger of the two awards has gone to NASA’s “Ride the Light” concept which

High definition versions of this video are available on the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory website.

NASA announced the following on their website September 14 (no costs were provided): NASA is ready to move forward with the development of the Space

Joe Kerwin makes a perfect sphere of water out of a straw in Skylab, 1973. NASA photo. I was linked in a blog post by

  GRAIL and its Delta II launch vehicle at LC-17B on September 8, 2011. Photo credit: NASA/Ken Thornsley. So, I am up and it is

“Oh thank you, I seriously thought I was going to jail over my taxes. Now I can go back to my normal everyday activities, which

In 1968, these three goobers spent a week pretending they were in space. But why? Read on. NASA portraits. From left, Joe Kerwin, Vance Brand,

Deke Slayton talks to Alan Shepard during Al’s 1961 suborbital flight like a boss. Life magazine photo. First, the good news: I have an awesome

Gus Grissom’s facial expression above sums up my reaction to the newly-released Apollo 18 movie. 1959 photo from Life magazine. Yes, I did pay $10

Wang Xiji of the China Academy of Sciences, speaking at the China Energy Environment Summit on August 28, described a study on space solar power

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