Clik here to view.
Voting From Space.
The two NASA astronauts, commander Sunita Williams and flight engineer Kevin Ford, onboard the International Space Station (ISS) could vote in today’s election while orbiting the Earth once every 90...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Spot the Space Station
NASA has announced a new service to help people see the International Space Station (ISS) when it passes overhead. “Spot the Station” will send an email or text message to anyone that signs up for the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chasing the Dream.
Ever since the NASA space shuttle fleet has been retired, there hasn’t been any real replacement. Now, the private Sierra Nevada Corp., based in Colorado, has plans to change the status quo. In the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Let’s Buy A Space Station!
I was just reading over on David Reneke’s excellent site about how the powers that be are going to let the International Space Station (ISS) crash into the ocean after they retire it in 2020. This...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Windows booted from the ISS.
Most of you know that I am an advocate for FOSS (free and open source software). Not that I begrudge anyone from making money, because you can still make money from FOSS, just ask Google, Apple,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Space Pizza.
No delivery needed, and its not DiGiorno. NASA has unveiled plans to print pizza in space. That right, printed pizza. I have probably mentioned once or twice on this blog how I love 3D printing. 3D...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Don’t Laz’ Me Dude!
Well in this case it isn’t such a bad thing. NASA has developed a new communications technology, the Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS). The new tech could increase data bandwidth for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Makers In Space
Doctor, mom, astronaut and maker extraordinaire are just a few words to describe Karen Nyberg. Her bio reads like your typical dream astronaut, both competent and capable. But it is her Pinterest page...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Can The Space Olympic Games Be Far Behind?
The 2014 Winter Olympics will be held in Sochi, Russia. This past Thursday, a Russian Soyuz rocket carrying an unlit Olympic torch along side the astronauts blasted off to the International Space...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy Birthday ISS.
November 20th marked the date that the first part of the International Space Station was sent into orbit. The Russian Zarya module was the first piece of the puzzle launched in 1998. The rest of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Space And Time (lapse)
There is a very interesting time lapse movie here that shows the Earth from the ISS. Although looking at it, the images seem to be real time, given the fact that the ISS orbits the Earth once every 90...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How the Crisis in the Ukraine Affects Space Science.
I normally do get involved with politics, but this is a special case. Without a reasonable resolution to the situation in the Ukraine, space could be adversely affected. If the trouble between Russia...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A New ISS Commander and a First for Japan.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata is the new commander of mission 39 of the ISS. Wakata has been a member of four NASA Space Shuttle missions and a long-duration stay on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fall Down And Go Boom!
If you hadn’t heard, yesterday an Antares rocket built by Orbital Sciences Corp. blew up during takeoff from the Virginia spaceport. First, things like this will happen until we find a better way of...
View Article
