by Emily Carney | Dec 17, 2017 | Astronauts, Skylab Space Station, space books, Space Science, Technology, This Space Available
This year, the space community lost many notables, including Gene Cernan, Dick Gordon, and Paul Weitz (pictured aboard Skylab). NASA photo, June 1973: “Astronaut Paul J. Weitz, Skylab 2 pilot, mans the control and display console of the Apollo Telescope Mount...
by Emily Carney | May 14, 2017 | Astronauts, Skylab Space Station, Space Shuttle, Technology, This Space Available
“An overhead view of the Skylab space station cluster in Earth orbit as photographed from the Skylab 4 Command and Service Modules (CSM) during the final fly-around by the CSM before returning home.” Feb. 8, 1974 NASA photo “All things must pass away.”...
by Emily Carney | Mar 9, 2017 | Skylab Space Station, Space Shuttle, Technology, This Space Available
From Dec. 5, 1973: “Scientist-astronaut Edward G. Gibson, Skylab 4 science pilot, stands at the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) console in the Multiple Docking Adapter (MDA) of the Skylab space station cluster in Earth orbit.” The computer interface is at...
by National Space Society | Dec 16, 2013 | Space, Space Solar Power, Technology
BYU engineers have teamed up with a world-renowned origami expert to solve one of space exploration’s greatest (and most ironic) problems: lack of space. Working with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a team of mechanical engineering students and faculty have designed...
by National Space Society | Feb 4, 2013 | European Space Agency (ESA), Technology
31 January 2013. Copyright European Space Agency (ESA). Reproduced with permission. Setting up a lunar base could be made much simpler by using a 3D printer to build it from local materials. Industrial partners including renowned architects Foster + Partners have...
by National Space Society | Jul 13, 2012 | NASA, Space Policy, Technology
(Washington, DC) — On July 12 the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology’s Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held a hearing entitled, “Spurring Economic Growth and Competitiveness through NASA Derived Technologies.” The purpose of the hearing was...
by National Space Society | Sep 17, 2011 | NASA, Space Solar Power, Technology
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 seeks to provide external power on demand for aerospace vehicles and other applications. The...
by National Space Society | Aug 17, 2011 | NSS Website Updates, Space Transportation, Technology
by John K. Strickland, Jr. August 5, 2011, was a highly significant date in the history of the space program. On that date, NASA announced contracts awarded to four aerospace companies to define demonstration missions to test the capabilities of cryogenic propellant...