The 50th Anniversary of the First American Spacewalk
Remembering Ed White’s historic spacewalk, 50 years later.
Continue ReadingRemembering Ed White’s historic spacewalk, 50 years later.
Continue ReadingGeekMom joins in celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope’s 25th anniversary.
Continue ReadingCan you use Pi to solve these problems from NASA’s JPL before Pi day this Saturday?
Continue ReadingThe newest mission post for an expedition to the International Space Station was revealed, and it’s a wonderful homage to Star Wars. It made me go digging, and I’ve discovered that this is no anomaly.
Continue ReadingThe new adventure series features out-of-this-world space missions and celebrity voices.
Continue ReadingEarlier today NASA successfully tested the Orion capsule, designed to take astronauts beyond low Earth orbit.
Continue ReadingThe launch was scrubbed yesterday, but we’re feeling good this time around. Watch the livestream above and see what’s happening with the launch of NASA’s next-generation space capsule.
Continue ReadingIndia made science news around the world on September 24, 2014, with the announcement that their first Mars satellite, Mangalyaan, entered orbit around the red planet.
Continue ReadingAs a writer of science fiction, as well as a former astrophysics major in college, I usually like to stay up to date on science news. Space news in particular. And when I hear the words, “manned space travel,” I tend to get very excited.
Continue ReadingNASA granted contracts to two companies for manned spaceflights to and from the International Space Station.
Continue ReadingToday NASA says it has “a major announcement” about the Commercial Crew Transportation program. Watch live at 4pm Eastern.
Continue ReadingEnjoy this amusing infographic that shows even though it would be expensive to put a base on the moon, compared to some other programs, it’s pretty reasonable.
Continue ReadingThe vidcast TMRO is the ideal way for a space geek to stay caught up on the latest news on government and private efforts to bring humanity to the stars.
Continue ReadingGeekMom finds a diverse range of Fund This campaigns to pique your interest, including an integrated space plan to launch us into the next phase of space exploration and technology, cards that help RPG players expand their experience, a gorgeous book on evolution for young children, and a guy who wants to make potato salad.
Continue ReadingStudent unmanned aircraft competitions, opportunities to launch payloads on NASA rockets, a space anniversary, and more.
Continue ReadingLearning about clouds is something we can all get involved in no matter where we live and requires no expensive equipment to get started.
Continue ReadingGo asteroid hunting with a new web app and join the ranks of citizen scientists.
Continue ReadingIn 2010, astronomer and author Jeffrey Bennett answered a call from a number he didn’t recognize. The voice on the other end told him that astronaut Alvin Drew wanted to read one of Bennett’s books from space — Drew needed a pdf.
Continue ReadingThis week littleBits announced the results of their partnership with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center when they announced the latest in their line of product kits.
Continue ReadingFifty-three years ago today, Yuri Gagarin pierced the veil of Earth’s fragile atmosphere in his Vostok 1 space capsule, becoming the first human being to enter “outer space.” His trip was barely even dipping the tip of a toe into the ocean, but what he began should always be remembered in the annals of human history. In 2001 George and Loretta Whitesides (nee Hidalgo) threw a party to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Yuri’s flight. That party has grown into a yearly event, with over 300 parties around the world being held today and this weekend.
Continue ReadingYup, we’re up to 20 planet-class bodies in the solar system.
Continue ReadingProgrammers, teachers, artists, et al., are welcome to join this NASA hackathon on April 12-13th.
Continue ReadingNASA has found an unlikely partner in the form of the evil AI that is GLaDOS from the Portal franchise of video games.
Continue ReadingThe first time I saw Endeavour was the day I found out I was pregnant. For that, the shuttle will always have a special place in my heart.
Continue ReadingOSIRIS-REx, an asteroid mission lead by professor Dante Lauretta at the University of Arizona, will carry your name into space!
Continue ReadingIt was colder in Canada than on Mars! Except wait… maybe not. Fact checking FTW.
Continue ReadingThe latest ISS re-supply mission will include a shipment of ants involved in a K-12 educational research project.
Continue ReadingLast week I published a list of top 10 things science fiction promised us that didn’t happen in 2013. So, lest you think I’m completely negative, let’s take a look at a few things that did happen in 2013…
Continue ReadingDr. Karen Nyberg returned from six months on the International Space Station to her fellow-astronaut husband and their three-year-old son.
Continue ReadingWhat does it take to run a kid’s programming track at a convention, one that keeps a multitude of kids entertained and engaged?
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