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SpaceX Launches Dragon Space Craft Aloft Falcon 9SpaceX has launched its Dragon space craft into low Earth orbit, taking another giant leap toward the day of regular, commercial flights into space. The Dragon is due to splash down in the Pacific about three hours after launch.- Landing the Orion Space CraftDuring a recent press conference on the progress of NASA's program to return people to the Moon, the subject of how to land the Orion space craft arose in the course of questioning. Will the Orion land on land or on water?
- Stardust: Space Craft Bringing Pieces of the Universe to the EarthThe Stardust space probe was first proposed as part of NASA's series of low cost Discovery probes in 1995. Its goal was to capture material from a comet and interstellar dust from beyond the Earth-Moon system and return it to Earth.
The Future of U. S. Manned Space FlightWhat will happen after the last space shuttle flies this year? When will the next American human space craft fly? The short answers are, not much and not soon.- Congressman Dave Weldon Wants to Save the Space Shuttle FleetRep. Dave Weldon, Republican from Florida, has introduced legislation that would keep the shuttle fleet flying past 2010 until such time as the Orion space craft is operational.
- Make Your Own Space ShipA few years ago, I visited the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Show. Everything was interesting, but what really attracted me was the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Exhibit. I did not expect to see it at the EAA show.
- Virgin Galactic Preparing for First Commercial Space FlightVirgin Galactic, the first commercial space venture aiming to take civilians up into space is on track to launch sometime before Christmas this year.
- NASA Space Junk to Crash to EarthOn Friday September 23rd, the UAR mission will crash to earth. What are the chances of you being hit by the debris from this falling space junk?
What is Space? How Can We Possibly Measure Something that is Not There?How can we measure empty space or have a sense that outer space is a natural vacuum? Why do we have have concepts like space time where Einstein suggest that mater and energy can deform and warp space and time?
Best Space MoviesGood space movies, in my opinion, are not just social event movies that happen to have a sequence or two of space flight. Space flight should be an integral part of the plot. Below are some of my favorites.
How Obama Space Policy Supporters Do Not Get ItBob Werb of the Space Frontier Foundation has written a piece that suggests Obama space supporters just don't understand the opposition to the Obama space policy. Instead of trying to understand, Werb chose instead to stereotype.- President Obama's Retreat from the High Friontier of SpaceThe Obama administration has published its national space policy. Despite brave verbiage about international cooperation and the encouragement of commercial space, the policy suggests a scaling back and a retreat from the high frontier of space.
Three Problems with the Obama Commercial Space InitiativeOne of the features of the Obama space policy is the plan to commercialize space travel between Earth and low Earth orbit. NASA would lease seats and cargo space on commercial space craft to send astronauts and cargo to and from the ISS.
Armstrong, Cernan Testify Against Obama Space Plan Before Senate CommitteeThe Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on the future of American human space flight, specifically examining the Obama space plan rolled out last February. Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong and Eugene Cernan were among those who provided testimony.
NASA's Bolden Defends Obama Space PlanNASA Administrator Charles Bolden spoke before the National Press Club to defend the new direction NASA has been instructed to go by the Obama administration that cancels the space exploration program and funds commercial space craft.- NASA to Propose Commercial Space InitiativeThe Wall Street Journal is reporting that starting with the FY2011 budget request for NASA, the Obama administration intends to propose a new program to encourage the development of a commercial space flight industry.
- Space Shuttle Landing DelayedThe Endeavour space shuttle landing has been delayed, with a landing in Florida cancelled for today due to bad weather. NASA managers are decided whether to divert to Edwards Air Force Base in California or try again in Florida tomorrow.
Space Shuttle Endeavour LaunchesThe space shuttle Endeavour launched from the Kennedy Space Center at 7:55 PM on Friday, November 14th, with a cargo module filled with supplies and additions to the International Space Station that will enable the crew of ISS to expand from three to six.
Richard Garriott Becomes Latest Space TouristRichard Garriott has become the latest space tourist to travel to the high frontier. Along with another American, Mike Fincke and a Russian, Yuri Lonchakov, Garriott blasted off on board a Soyuz space craft for a stay on the International Space Station.- How Not to Deal with China as a Space PowerJeffrey Manber recently published a piece in the LA Times advocating closer cooperation with China in space. He does so without actually explaining adequately why this would be a benefit to the United States.
- Narowing the Space Flight GapSometime in the fall of 2010 the space shuttle will launch on its last mission. In the early Spring of 2015, barring unforeseen delays, the Orion space craft will become operational, available to take crews and supplies to the International Space Station.
- The First Great Deep Space Expedition: Sending the Orion to an AsteroidRecently it was revealed that NASA was considering sending the Orion space craft, now under development to return human explorers to the Moon, to investigate an Earth approaching asteroid.
- How Many Computers Does it Take to Travel to Outer SpaceThe advancements in technology have allowed us to do so many new and interesting things with our abilities in space travel. Computers play such an important role in calculating, collecting and analyzing data, predicting outcomes, aiding in travel, etc...
- Cold War Space Race: US vs USSRIn this paper, the meaning of the Space Race and its accomplishments will be explored and discussed within the context of the Cold War and beyond.
- How to Make Space Exploration AffordableNASA proposed to build the follow on to the space shuttle, the Crewed Exploration Vehicle, five years after the shuttle will be retired. NASA is trying to narrow that gap. The solution may be a race to build a commercial space vehicle.
The Passing of NASA's Space Shuttle AgeThe space shuttle, once thought to be the solution to cheap access to space, will be retired in 2010 having never achieved that goal. However, cheap access to space may yet be accomplished by the private sector.- A Brief History of Private Space TravelIt's one of the delicious ironies of history that the first private space travelers were facilitated by the Soviet (then Russian) space program.
- 2007 House Budget Proposal Could End NASA Space Exploration Funded by PublicThe 2007 budget presented by the House Republican Study Committee has some good ideas to reduce the deficit. Unfortunately it also has a proposal that would sound the death knell for publicly funded human space flight in the United States.
- On the Human Exploration of SpaceForty or so years ago, astronauts had all the glory of the exploration of space. Now, robots are exploring places that currently no astronaut can go. For the past twenty five years, no human being has journeyed beyond low Earth orbit.
- Apollo 13: A True Life Space AdventureApollo 13, Ron Howard's epid telling of a true life space adventure, does not rely on blasters of aliens like other space films. That's because the events told in the movie actually happened.
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