by National Space Society | Jan 31, 2018 | Astronauts, International Space Station, NASA, Space Exploration, Space Science
The Twin Study propelled NASA into the genomics era of space travel. It was a ground-breaking study comparing what happened to astronaut Scott Kelly, in space, to his identical twin brother, Mark, who remained on Earth. The perfect nature versus nurture study was...
by Jim Plaxco | Nov 3, 2014 | Education, Event, Space Exploration, Space Science
NSS Enterprise in Space Orbiter Design Contest The NASA Space Shuttle Enterprise never made it to orbit. While that was the original intent, subsequent redesigns undertaken during the Enterprise testing phase made this impractical. Most tragically, another Enterprise...
by David Brandt-Erichsen | Dec 10, 2012 | Space, Space Science
This new image of the Earth at night is a composite assembled from data acquired by the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite over nine days in April 2012 and thirteen days in October 2012. It took 312 orbits and 2.5 terabytes of data to get...
by David Brandt-Erichsen | Jan 28, 2012 | NASA, Space Science
1200 x 1200 pixel 500 kilobyte version 8000 x 8000 pixel 16 megabyte version This striking “Blue Marble” image of the Earth was taken January 4th by NASA’s newest Earth-observing satellite, the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP)....
by Dave Fischer | Jan 15, 2012 | Astronomy, European Space Agency (ESA), NASA, Space Science
There is an average of more than one planet per star in the Milky Way Image Credit: NASA / ESA / ESO With the forthcoming publication in the journal Nature on 12 January, it is estimated that there are more than 100 billion planets in our Milky Way galaxy. That means...
by David Brandt-Erichsen | Jul 5, 2011 | Space Science, Space Transportation
Australia National University’s Plasma Research Laboratory has received a grant to help build its Helicon Double Layer Thruster (HDLT). If successful, the driver could be in space as early as 2013. Because of the high temperatures generated in plasma drives, the...
by David Brandt-Erichsen | May 5, 2011 | NASA, Space Science
NASA’s Gravity Probe B (GP-B) mission has confirmed two key predictions derived from Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, which the spacecraft was designed to test. The experiment, launched in 2004, used four ultra-precise gyroscopes to measure...
by Dave Fischer | Feb 11, 2011 | Commercial Spaceflight, Space Business, Space Science
Falcon 9 / Lunar Mission Image Credit: Astrobotic Technology Astrobotic Technology, Inc., a spinoff from Carnegie Mellon University, announced the signing of a contract with SpaceX to launch its Lunar XPrize mission using a Falcon 9 rocket. Astrobotic intends to...
