CosmoQuest Workshop at AGU: Impacting Broader Audiences with your Research
Will you be heading to the American Geophysical Union fall meeting in San Francisco? Do you want your science communication be be more effective and educational? Want to learn how to share your information and engage with the public on social media more effectively?...
Carnival of Space #486
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Leedjia Svec at the Stylish STEM blog. Click here to read Carnival of Space #486. And if you’re interested in looking back, here’s an archive to all the past Carnivals of Space. If you’ve got a space-related blog, you should...
OSIRIS-REx Tech Finding Stone Age Structures On Earth
The OSIRIS-REx mission, launched in September to visit the Asteroid Bennu and grab a sample to return to Earth, is already far away from us. But the same tech that is vital to OSIRIS-REx's mission is already helping scientists back on Earth discover the history of...
Carnival of Space #485
This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Allen Versfeld at his Urban Astronomer blog. Check out this week's sampling of space-related stories from our colleagues and friends! Click here to read Carnival of Space #485. And if you’re interested in looking back, here’s...
Carnival of Space #484
This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Pamela Hoffman at the Everyday Spacer blog. Check out this week's sampling of space-related stories from our colleagues and friends! Click here to read Carnival of Space #484. And if you’re interested in looking back, here’s...
Thanksgiving in SPAAAACCCCEEE!!!
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving in the United States, and although our astronauts in the International Space Station are working up their with their peers from multiple countries, missing time with families can be hard. So NASA tries to make sure that there are ways to...
Margaret Hamilton, Apollo Software Engineer, Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
Today, President Barak Obama awarded 21 extraordinary Americans the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation’s highest civilian honor. This award is presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of...
Mercury is Alive and Shrinking!
Ever since the MESSENGER probe arrived at Mercury, we have learned some new and interesting things about the planet that appears to live a hellish existence closest to our Sun. For example, the NASA spacecraft images revealed previously undetected landforms that...
ESA’s New Mars Orbiter Prepares for First Science
The ExoMars orbiter is preparing to make its first scientific observations at Mars during two orbits of the planet starting next week. The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), a joint endeavor between ESA and Roscosmos, arrived at Mars on 19 October. It entered orbit, as planned,...
GOES-R Ready for Launch Saturday, Nov. 19
The newest of NOAA's next generation of geostationary weather satellites is ready to go into orbit. GOES-R is scheduled to launch on November 19, 2016 at 5:42 p.m. EST. The satellite will launch from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,...
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