Keith’s note: People who engage on expeditions to risky and dangerous places on Earth regulary waive certain safety and medical regulations in order to participate. I have done it more […]
2017
Posted inEarth Science
NASA Super Pressure Balloon Lifts Off From New Zealand
NASA’s Launches Football Stadium Sized Super Balloon From New Zealand [With Video] “NASA successfully launched its football-stadium-sized, heavy-lift super pressure balloon (SPB) from Wanaka, New Zealand, at 10:50 a.m. Tuesday, […]
Posted inTrumpSpace
SpaceX Launches From New Zealand According To U.S. Ambassador Nominee
Keith’s note: New Zealand ambassador nominee Scott Brown “I’m not sure our folks understand, but a lot of launches for SpaceX go right out of New Zealand.”
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Last Cassini Flyby of Titan Completed
Cassini Completes Final and Fateful Titan Flyby “NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has had its last close brush with Saturn’s hazy moon Titan and is now beginning its final set of 22 […]
Posted inPolicy
President Trump Places a Call to the ISS
Marc’s note: At 10:00 a.m. ET President Trump, Ivanka Trump and NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins will call the ISS from the White House to speak with Commander Peggy Whitson and […]
Posted inAstrobiology
Update: Heading For AbSciCon 2017
Keith’s note: This coming week I will be at the Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon). As such my posting on NASAWatch will be somewhat limited. But Marc will be keeping an […]
Posted inVideos
Video: This Week at NASA for April 22, 2017
This Week at NASA: Expedition 51-52 Takes Flight, Earth Day and More “On April 20, Expedition 51-52 Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA and Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of the […]
Posted inISS News
Interstellar Docking
Keith’s note: You have got to watch this. Full screen. Sound turned up – footage of the docking of Soyuz with ISS using the docking sequence from the “Interstellar” soundtrack. […]
Posted inTransition
House Science Committee Take on March for Science
House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Chairman Smith Statement on the March for Science “I support the right of science supporters to gather and march this weekend. Opening new […]
Posted inAstrobiology
Second Annual Breakthrough Discuss Scientific Conference
Breakthrough Initiatives Summit on Life in the Universe and Space Exploration “Breakthrough Initiatives today announced its second annual Breakthrough Discuss scientific conference, which will bring together leading astronomers, engineers, astrobiologists […]