40 Years Ago, Men Walked on the Moon. Now We’re Remembering.
Several web-based events celebrate the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11, and we also have an interview with Michael Collins...
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Tag Archives: NASA
NASA is looking for public input for its Von Braun Collection
NASA is seeking public input into a presentation of the notes and works of Werher von Braun, and offering a slew of activities to celebrate Apollo 11's 40th anniversary...
Read more [...] NASA’s next Mars rover has a name
NASA has chosen a name suggested by a12-year-old Kansas student for the next Mars rover—to be launched in 2011—after a contest with more than...
Read more [...] ISS componenet Node 3 to be called Tranquility, despite Stephen Colbert
NASA asked the public to name the newest International Space Station component, and despite a campaign by Stephen Colbert to use his name, the public and NASA chose to honor the Apollo 11 mission with the name Tranquility...
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Help NASA name the next Mars rover
NASA is soliciting votes on the name of its next Mars rover, which is scheduled to launch in 2011...
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A review of Laugh Lines by Ben Bova
Ben Bova writes comic social commentary like he knows what he's doing… because he does. This is a good selection from a quarter-century's output...
Read more [...] Applications due for 2009 Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop
A NASA-funded educational program will send a dozen writers to Wyoming for a week to learn astronomy...
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Help name the newest Space Station component
NASA is soliciting votes for the name of Node 3, scheduled to be attached to the International Space Station late this year...
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Rocket scientist Konrad Dannenberg dies
German-born US rocket scientist Konrad Dannenberg (1912-2009) worked on the V-2 during World War II, and then played a role in the development of the US spaceflight program...
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Satellites crash in orbit
A dead Russian communications satellite and a live Iridium satellite crashed into each other at an altitude of nearly 500 miles...
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Students: name NASA’s newest lunar housing facility
NASA is asking students to help name their newest design, an inflatable habitat that may house astronauts on the Moon...
Read more [...] Chinese spacewalk, listen to the astronauts, and send your name into space
Three space news stories: China has launched its third manned mission, intending to walk in space; NASA has opened up the phone lines to listen in on the ISS; and NASA's Glory satellite...
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Ashes of James Doohan and Gordon Cooper again fail to reach space
The cremated remains of actor Doohan and astronaut Cooper, along with 206 others, as well as three satellites, were lost in the failure of SpaceX's Falcon 1 on 2 August...
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NASA announces art, essay contest winners
As part of NASA's 50th anniversary commemorations, the space organization recently sponsored student art and essay contests. Winners include...
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NASA, Walt Disney, and Buzz Lightyear in joint education initiative
NASA's Toys in Space program will be launching a Buzz Lightyear action figure aboard the space shuttle Discovery on 31 May to kickoff a new educational partnership with Disney...
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