Airship Ventures Zepplin Arrives at Moffett Field “The Airship Ventures’ Zeppelin ended its dramatic cross-country trek and landed at its new base location at Moffett Field on Oct. 25, 2008, at approximately 2 p.m. PDT. This airship is the first to fly over the U.S. for more than 70 years. NASA and Airship Ventures entered into an agreement to use the airship to assist with disaster response agencies, for scientific […]

Cars in Space, Oobject “Obviously the design criteria for four wheeled vehicles are somewhat different on other planets. This has yielded some of the most bizarre and fascinating vehicles ever proposed, from the giant Mobility Test Article test driven by Wernher von Braun to todays rovers which have ditched the most expensive component of all, the driver. Here are a variety of some of both classic and unusual space rovers […]

Armadillo Aerospace Wins Level One of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge “Armadillo Aerospace team leader John Carmack wore a big smile yesterday as the team earned $350,000 in prize money for winning Level One of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge in Las Cruces, New Mexico. In addition to officials from NASA and other space-industry organizations, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson was on hand to witness the victory and […]

NASA may set up R&D centre in Pune, Business Standard “While India has just entered the list of moon-mission countries, the pioneer and global leader is aerospace projects US-based National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) seems to have taken India very seriously. NASA is on the verge of taking a decision to set up its largest non-US centre near Pune, which would necessarily be a huge theme park. … The […]

NASA Internal Memo: Expenditure of NASA Education and Public Outreach Funds “We need to ensure a fully coordinated approach for Education and Public Outreach activities so that Agency efforts which have broad reach and benefit to the public are at the top of the list to receive funding. Examples of activities which were not prioritized due to a lack of coordination include: the production and distribution of public service announcements, […]

Expedition 17 Crew Lands in Kazakhstan “Commander Sergei Volkov and Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko of the 17th International Space Station crew landed on the steppes of Kazakhstan at 11:37 p.m. EDT Thursday after more than six months days in space. All three people aboard the Soyuz TMA-12 spacecraft were reported to be in good condition after their re-entry and landing. A Russian recovery team and NASA personnel reached the landing […]

NASA ARC Internal Memo: Airship’s Historic Return to Moffett Field NASA Welcomes Airship Ventures Zeppelin To Moffett Field “News media are invited to view the newest addition to Moffett Field – the first airship to fly over the U.S. for more than 70 years – on Monday, Oct. 27, 2008. This 246-foot-long Zeppelin, 50 feet longer than the Goodyear blimp, is capable of carrying up to 12 passengers and will […]

NASA Hubble Space Telescope Status Report #6 October 23, 2008 “The Hubble Space Telescope Science Instrument Control and Data Handling system was reactivated on Thursday, October 23. This should enable Wide Field Planetary Camera-2 science observations to resume on Saturday, October 25. The Advanced Camera for Surveys Solar Blind Channel science observations should resume later next week. The Independent Review Team, chaired by Wallops Flight Facility director John Campbell, and […]

Why the Moon?, PowerPoint presentation on Exploration, Opennasa.com “NASA is in the inspiration business. If you don’t know what I mean, take a trip to your local school and engage in a discussion with students. Ask them what inspires them. At the heart of most discussions, is space exploration. …. If you find this presentation helpful, please use it, pass it on to others, and share the story. As always, […]

CNN: Teachers on zero-gravity trip: “Schoolteachers take a zero-gravity flight to help inspire their students to learn about science and space.” Video below Embedded video from CNN Video