Keith’s note: Astrobiologist Dale Andersen is heading back in Antarctica at Lake Untersee in January-February 2026 for another field season of research. After a 5-6 hr flight from Cape Town, […]
Exploration
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Critics vs Heroes
Keith’s note: Good Morning NASA. Critics wallow in the mud. Heroes live above the sky and reach for the stars. You rock Mark Kelly. Turn up the volume. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ydz5-ecdpg
Posted inAstrobiology, Exploration, News
Astrobiology In Antarctica Field Report
Keith’s note: Astrobiologist Dale Andersen will be back in Antarctica at Lake Untersee from early January through the end of February 2026 for another field season of research, leading an […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Tricorder Tech For Everyone: NASA’s STELLA Open Science Instrument
Keith’s note: NASA has just authored a paper on a new way for people with a wide variety of interests to use – and build – sensor technology that is […]
Posted inApollo, Artemis, Exploration, News
Exploration Runs In Cycles On- and Offworld
Keith’s note: On this date (3 January 1958) Sir Edmund Hillary’s team reached Earth’s South Pole – the first time humans had gone overland in 50 years after Amundsen/Scott. Now […]
Posted inActivism, Artemis, Culture, Education, Exploration, News
Hope vs Fear; Dreams vs Threats
Keith’s note: Playing with memes – prompted by other memes. Much of the what is being pumped out on social media by the Administration and its agencies seems to be […]
Posted inArtemis, Exploration, News, Policy
Artemis Accords Five-Year Anniversary Celebration 🖖
Keith’s note: there will be a “Artemis Accords Five-Year Anniversary Celebration” here in Washington DC on Thursday, December 11th, 8:00 am – 10:30 am ET Hosted by the Meridian International […]
Posted inAstrobiology, Astronauts, Exploration, News, Space & Planetary Science, Space Life Science
New Academy Report: Science On Mars
Keith’s note: according to a press release from the National Academies of Science “A new report “A Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars“ from the National Academies of […]
Posted inApollo, Artemis, Culture, Exploration, Moon, News, TrumpSpace
Far Too Many Americans Think Apollo Landings Were Faked
Keith’s note: It looks like a lot of Americans still believe in a bunch of conspiracies (surprise surprise) including the whole Apollo Moon landing thing. NASA will launch Artemis II […]
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NASA Has Active Interstellar Missions. Who Knew.
Keith’s note: A preprint was posted on Wednesday 3 Dec 2025 titled “Voyager 1 Data Reveals Signatures of the Local Gas and Cosmic-Ray Source Distributions“ which refers to “recent Voyager […]