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Carnival of Space #497
Welcome, come in to the 497th Carnival of Space! The Carnival is a community of space science and astronomy writers…
Weekly Space Hangout – November 11, 2016: Pat Ammons of Space Camp, and Bob King of “Night Sky With The Naked Eye”
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guests: Pat Ammons is Director of Communications, U.S. Space & Rocket Center, to discuss SpaceCamp.…
Space Station Back At Dusk / See Orion’s Curlicue and Five Dawn Planets
Here are some cool things to look for in the night sky this coming week including many passes of the…
NASA’s Orion Crew Module Backbone Arrives at KSC Aboard Super Guppy for Exploration Mission-1
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - Looking amazingly like a fish flying across the skies high above the Florida space coast, NASA’s…
- Astronauts
- Kennedy Space Center
- Mars
- Missions
- Moon
- Orion
- Solar System
- Space Exploration
- Space Flight
- Space Launch System (SLS)
- United Launch Alliance
Orion Gets Beefed Up, Silver-Metallic Thermal Protection Coating for Next Flight on EM-1
In the wake of NASA’s supremely successful inaugural test flight of the Orion deep space capsule on the EFT-1 mission…
Tonight’s the Night! Maps to Help You Spot Asteroid TB145
This simulation by Tom Ruen shows the trajectory of 2015 TB145 across the sky, showing tracer spheres spaced at one…
- Astronauts
- Constellation
- Kennedy Space Center
- Missions
- Moon
- NASA
- Solar System
- Space Exploration
- Space Launch System (SLS)
Mobile Launcher Upgraded to Launch NASA’s Mammoth ‘Journey to Mars’ Rocket
Looking up from beneath the enlarged exhaust hole of the Mobile Launcher to the 380 foot-tall tower astronauts will ascend…
Weekly Space Hangout – Sept 18, 2015: Planet Hunter Prof. Sara Seager
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guests: Dr. Sara Seager, whose research focuses on computer models of exoplanet atmospheres, interiors, and…
- Astronauts
- Mars
- Mars Science Laboratory
- Missions
- NASA
- Orion
- Space Exploration
- Space Flight
- Space Launch System (SLS)
- Space Station
‘One Direction’ Heads to Space in new NASA Themed Music Video – ‘Drag Me Down’
https://youtu.be/Jwgf3wmiA04 When it comes to space exploration it’s resoundingly clear that rock band ‘One Direction’ is headed in the right…
- Astronauts
- Kennedy Space Center
- Launches
- Mars
- Moon
- NASA
- Solar System
- Space Exploration
- Space Flight
- Space Launch System (SLS)
- Space Shuttle
Milestone Test Firing of NASA’s SLS Monster Rocket Engine Advances Human Path to Deep Space
During a 535-second test on August 13, 2015, operators ran the Space Launch System (SLS) RS-25 rocket engine through a…