by JimPlaxco | Jan 2, 2019 | Space Exploration, Space Science
The new year opened with another first for the U.S. space program – the successful flyby by New Horizons of the Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) Ultima Thule. At the time of the flyby, New Horizons was some 6.5 billion kilometers from the Sun and 6.6 billion kilometers...
by JimPlaxco | Dec 29, 2018 | ISDC
Shortly before Christmas I received an email from Madhu Thangavelu, chair of the Moon Development and Settlement programming track for the 2019 International Space Development Conference (ISDC). The email was a call for the submission of abstracts (presentation...
by JimPlaxco | Nov 25, 2018 | Space Ambassadors
Earlier this year I was made a member of the NSS Space Ambassadors program. For those unfamiliar with this program: A Space Ambassador is an NSS member who wishes to educate the general public about the importance of space exploration and the exciting progress being...
