Hello everyone and welcome to another addition of the GeekDad Space Report! Last week the big news was the planned launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Atlantis rocketed off the pad on schedule and successfully docked with the International Space …
Continue ReadingWelcome to another week for the GeekDad Space Report. I have been reporting for a few weeks now on the launch of a student CubeSat payload aboard a sounding rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on the Virginia coast. I …
Continue ReadingHello all from the Hoth-like D.C. Metro area! We are all digging out here but space exploration marches on! The launch of a Progress supply ship went off on time this past week and rendezvoused with the ISS on Thursday. …
Continue ReadingGreetings all and welcome to another edition of the GeekDad Space Report. No launches this week and none from last week to report on, so lets dive right into news in the world of space. AAS Meeting This past week, …
Continue ReadingThere are only five Space Shuttle flights left on NASA’s schedule. Since 1982, astronauts have traveled into low-Earth orbit aboard the workhorse of NASA’s space program. With the exception of the Hubble repair mission earlier this year, the remaining flights …
Continue ReadingOn Monday, May 11, at 2:01 PM EDT, the space shuttle Atlantis will lift off for the final service mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. For close to twenty years, Hubble has dazzled the world with its wonderful images and …
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