LOIRP LPSC Student Poster: New Lunar Crater Search Using LROC-NAC vs LOIRP Lunar Orbiter Images “While some candidate craters were observed that appeared in LROC data but not in Lunar […]
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More Weightless Teachers Courtesy of Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman Foundation Announces 2011 Weightless Flights of Discovery Program at National Science Teachers’ Association Conference “The Northrop Grumman Foundation announced today that the Foundation is accepting teacher applications for […]
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Video: Robonaut-1: Time Lapse View: Entire flight from Liftfoff to Touchdown
“Rise to the edge of space, freefall for 50,000 feet, fly through clouds, and land gently in bushes” Educational Balloon Provides Space Shuttle Launch Images and Video From Over 110,000 […]
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NASA OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Award
NASA Announces Winners of OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Video Contest “NASA has announced the winners of the 2010 NASA OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Award. The contest encouraged students to produce short, creative […]
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HD Video From The Edge of Space – Director's Cut
Keith’s note: This is a much longer version of the previously released video – with music. If at all possible watch this at 720p resolution. As the payload slowly rotates […]
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HD Video From The Edge of Space
If you can, watch this video in HD (select the 720p option). As the payload slowly rotates you will see Discovery’s vapor trail at the Earth’s limb – twice. The […]
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Challenger Center and Coalition for Space Exploration Join Forces for Aerospace Education
Challenger Center and Coalition for Space Exploration Join Forces for Aerospace Education “Today the Challenger Center for Space Science Education (Challenger Center) joins the Coalition for Space Exploration (Coalition) as […]
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First Photos: Watching Discovery From Above The Sky
First Photo: Shuttle Discovery’s Trail Into Space As Seen from Over 70,000 Feet in a Balloon “This photo was taken from an an altitude of over 70,000 feet (still being […]
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Update: Educational Balloon Payload Recovered
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Citizen Science – Nonstop – For a Century
20-Million Milestone for 100-Year Citizen Science Project “A citizen science project running for over 100 years reached a key milestone this month when an amateur astronomer contributed the 20 millionth […]