To the Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins Museum will this issue be laid to rest.Despite all the evidence that anyone with an inkling of technical training can review and accept… Read More
Courtesy of the Space Fellowship:The International Space Station (ISS) is about to make a remarkable series of flybys over the United States. Beginning this 4th of July weekend, the station… Read More
Courtesy of Mike Fabio of the X Prize Foundation, we have yet another map for space geeks like us.View #FFD Google Lunar X PRIZE Fan Map in a larger mapYou have to be logged into your google… Read More
Japan's Lunar Probe Kayuga officially ended its mission to our Moon at 1825 GMT.Launched 14 Sept 2007, Kayuga was a 17 month long exploration of the Moon's surface. Officially named SELENE… Read More
Japan's Lunar Probe Kayuga (Selene) is set to execute the final part of it's mission:Crashing into the surface of the Moon. Kayuga's orbit is decaying and set to intersect the lunar surface… Read More
Especially worrying since everyone else is stepping up in the manned spaceflight department - China even has a Mars probe in the pipeline for later this year.From Space.com:Move called a &ls&hell…Read More
NASA launches the twin STEREO probes in search of remnants of the collision that produced the Moon.Some scientists believe that the Moon was created when the Earth was hit by a Mars sized ob… Read More
On the single stage to orbit (SSTO) development front, British scientist Alan Bond, formerly of the HOTOL concept and now classified RB545 air-breathing rocket engine that was to be mated to… Read More
Carnival of Space #88 is live.Of interest is this link to a electric space drive simulator.A little history for you here outlining a lunar lander mission proposed right after the 1st anniver… Read More
The C1XS X-ray camera, jointly developed by the UK's STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has successfully detected its first X-ray signatur… Read More
Though I missed it live on TV, I understand NASA's new lunar rover made an appearance during the parade. Take a look at those tweels. They were tested here.NASA's Chariot rover was showing… Read More
SpaceX has completed integration of their Falcon 9 vehicle at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral and have raised it to a vertical position in preparation for a demonstration flight… Read More
In this episode of On Orbit we have Space Based Solar Power (SPSP), Great Britain's lunar probe, a status update on the Dawn probe, SpaceX at it again,In the Space Review, we have the 1st ar… Read More
Just so that all interested parties know, I have not let the blog die. I took thanksgiving week off and I have finals this week and the next. I will try to post small updates here and ther… Read More
Bulletin: Please visit www.thespaceshow.com/newsletterfinal.htm for complete information for this week's Space Show programs, contact information, listener participation instructions, future… Read More
Lunar Analog Field Demonstrations of In-Situ Resource Utilization & Human Robotic Systems hosted by PISCES, the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems, a joint U.S. … Read More
From the Planetary Society BlogJAXA (Japanese Space Agency) has completed the primary mission of the lunar probe Kayuga. Since the craft is still operational, JAXA plans to continue operati… Read More
Schmitt's comments have sparked dialogue and he's not the only one that feels the way he does about the Planetary Society's position. This will be updated as I see more responses.I wrote a… Read More