It's official! I'm in orbit around #asteroid Bennu — now the smallest body ever orbited by a spacecraft. My snug path around the asteroid also sets a new record for […]
2018
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Pale Blue Dot 2.0?
Question: "Can @NASANewHorizons reproduce the famous "Pale Blue dot" image? @AlanStern: Yes we think we can but there is a risk of burning the cameras out – permanently – so […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
New Horizons Flyby Of Ultima Thule
Media Briefings, Online Coverage of Ultima Thule Flyby “NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is on track to perform the farthest flyby in history, when it zips past a Kuiper Belt object […]
Posted inAstronomy
Space Scientists Have More Impact Than You Think
The Most Famous Person To Die In 2018, According To Data Science, Huffington Post “What this graph doesn’t tell us, however, is who specifically was the most famous person to […]
Posted inPersonnel News
Nancy Grace Roman
Nancy Grace Roman, astronomer celebrated as ‘mother’ of Hubble, dies at 93, Washington Post “Undeterred by the barriers to women in the sciences, Dr. Roman found a professional home at […]
Posted inShutdown
Shutdown: NASA Employees Ordered Not To Do Any Space Exploration
Planning for a Government Shutdown, NASA “During the Shutdown Furlough, you will be in a nonpay, nonduty status. During this time, you will not be permitted to serve NASA as […]
Posted inApollo
Shutdowns And History (Update)
If the #Apollo8 mission had happened during a #GovernmentShutdown there would not have been any Christmas Eve broadcast from the Moon by @NASA#UltimaThule #UltimaFlyby pic.twitter.com/vUnEzR05wd — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) December […]
Posted inCommercialization
Life Imitates Art: Building Big Spaceships In The Desert
Stainless Steel Starship pic.twitter.com/rRoiEKKrYc — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 24, 2018 Looks like @ElonMusk is building a "stainless steel starship" in the desert …. pic.twitter.com/haWSfsQJQl — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) December […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Why Did JPL Shut Down Half Of A Website? (Update)
Keith’s 9:30 am ET note: Apparently the NASA Deep Space Network Now website only operates with human intervention – NASA civil servant intervention, to be specific. If you visit the […]
Posted inCommercialization
Space Frontier Act Passes Senate But Fails In The House
Keith’s update: S. 3277 failed passage on the House on a 239 -137 vote under a suspension of the rules wherein debate is limited, no amendments allowed, and a 2/3 […]