Iran hails voyage of Fargam the space monkey, Telegraph “Iran said on Saturday that it had safely returned a monkey to Earth after blasting it into space in the second […]
2013
Posted inAstronomy
Finding Pandora and Endor
Sub-Earth-Mass Moon Orbiting a Gas Giant Primary or a High Velocity Planetary System in the Galactic Bulge “We present the first microlensing candidate for a free-floating exoplanet-exomoon system, MOA-2011-BLG-262, with […]
Posted inNews
OIG: NASA's Top Management and Performance Challenges
NASA OIG: 2013 Report on NASA’s Top Management and Performance Challenges “Looking forward to 2014, we identified the following as the top management and performance challenges facing NASA: – Considering […]
Posted inChina
The Significance of China's Moon Landing
A New Site to Explore on the Moon, Paul Spudis, Air & Space “… we are poised to investigate a new site on the Moon of considerable interest and complexity, […]
Posted inExploration
We Left The Moon 41 Years Ago Today
41 Years Ago Today Humans Left The Moon “41 years ago today, 14 December 1972, Lunar Module “Challenger” in lunar orbit before rendezvous with the Apollo 17 Command Module “America”.”
Posted inChina
Chang'e-3 Lands on the Moon and Deploys Yutu Rover
China Lands Chang’e-3 On The Moon, VOA (with CCTV Video) “Chinese state media say China has successfully landed a space probe on the moon, in the first lunar “soft landing” […]
Posted inCommercialization
Cygnus Launch To ISS Delayed
NASA Delays Cygnus Launch Due to ISS Cooling Issue “The launch has been delayed to no earlier than Thursday, Dec. 19 to enable engineers to continue their analysis of data […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
NRC Slams NASA SMD Draft Science Plan
NRC Panel Pans NASA’s Draft Science Plan “A panel of scientists from fields NASA spends $5 billion a year to address finds that the draft strategic plan fails to tackle […]
Posted inCommercialization
LC-39A: GAO Denies Blue Origin Protest; NASA Selects SpaceX To Use It
GAO Decision on Blue Origin Protest Over LC -39A “Blue Origin, LLC, of Kent, Washington, protests the actions of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in connection with its […]