Keithâs 11 Nov 2025 note: 75% – 3/4 of the people on this planet have never seen humans walk on another world. We’re suddenly in a race to go back […]
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Posted inArtemis, Exploration, News
Beauty Encountered During Ice World Exploration
Keith’s note: Dale Andersen is back from the first of two Astrobiology expeditions to Lake Untersee, Antarctica in 2026. This excerpt and photo captures the awesome beauty that accompanies forays […]
Posted inAstronauts, Columbia, Exploration, News
Honoring Space Explorers As We Continue Their Quest
Keith’s note (from 2003): “We were here to erect a memorial to Columbia astronaut Michael Anderson. These memorials take the form of an inukshuk, a stone sculpture in rough human […]
Posted inApollo, Artemis, Exploration, History, Moon, News
Echoes Of Exploration
Keith’s note: Last week I posted a quick Photoshop (No A.I.) montage on social media using NASA pics of Artemis II / Apollo 8 crews. Space nerds hammered me online […]
Posted inExploration, News, Space & Planetary Science
SPHEREx Gets Sylvia A. Earle Award For Exploration Excellence
Keith’s note: The Explorers Club has issued its annual ECAD award. Among them is the enormously cool Sylvia A. Earle Award For Exploration Excellence which is going to the NASA […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Setting Up Base Camp In Antarctica
Keith’s note: Astrobiologist Dale Andersen and his research team are settling in at their base camp on the shore of Lake Untersee, Antarctica. How they go about this expedition is […]
Posted inAstrobiology, Exploration, ISS News, News, Videos
Imagery From An Antarctic Traverse – And Crew 11
Keith’s note: Dale Andersen and his astrobiology research team departed the Ultima ice airstrip where they arrived the other day – and drove their snowmobiles south to their research base […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Icy Traverse To Lake Untersee, Antarctica (update)
Keith’s note: Today’s overland traverse from Ultima air strip, southward, to Lake Untersee, was done by snowmobiles pulling sledges packed with gear and supplies. Dale has been doing research in […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Astrobiology In Antarctica Field Report: Arrival And Traverse Preps
“Hi Keith, We arrived 6pm UTC Tuesday evening to a bright, sunny windless day with air temps just over freezing. Our flight down was nice and he aircraft should return […]
Posted inAstronauts, Congress, Culture, Exploration, News
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