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9 Feb 2012
- 03:31 UTC Lunar Networks LROC: Outcrops in Laplace A Debris flows and outcrops exposed in the walls of Laplace A crater, offset from Sinus Iridum. Illumination from southwest over a field of view (FOV) approximately 525 meters across, down-slope ...
- 02:56 UTC HobbySpace RLV Spac... Briefs: Operating Dawn; NRC orbital debris report A reader points me to an interesting article by Marc Rayman, JPL project system engineer for the Dawn Mission, about various details of how they operate the vehicle as it ...
- 01:59 UTC AmericaSpace NASA Officials to Discuss Fiscal Year 2013 Budget NASA Administrator Charles Bolden responds to a reporter's question during an overview briefing on NASA's fiscal year 2012 budget, Feb. 14, 2011, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Photo Credit: NASA ...
- 01:25 UTC Parabolic Arc NASA Seeks Green Space Fuel Alternatives WASHINGTON (NASA PR) — NASA is seeking technology demonstration proposals for green propellant alternatives to the highly toxic fuel hydrazine. As NASA works with American companies to open a new ...
- 00:50 UTC Cosmic Log Mars orbiter spies on past probes Color pictures taken from Martian orbit feature the landing spots for two of NASA's dearly departed probes on the Red Planet. Can you spot the Spirit rover's landing platform in ...
- 00:42 UTC Cosmos Magazine New galaxy caught in close encounter A unique dwarf galaxy has been caught interacting with a larger, companion galaxy first the first time, 12.4 million light years away from Earth. read more
8 Feb 2012
- 23:47 UTC The Planetary Socie... In memory of Susan Niebur Planetary scientist Susan Niebur passed away on February 6, 2012, of inflammatory breast cancer. While I did not know Susan very well personally, I knew her professionally as a staunch ...
- 23:41 UTC NASA Blueshift [Sara's blog] The Helix Nebula in New Light… Again! Credit: NASA, ESA, C.R. O’Dell (Vanderbilt University), and M. Meixner, P. McCullough The Helix Nebula is an iconic astronomical object – it’s been imaged again and again, by a variety ...
- 23:35 UTC SPACE.com Galactic Black Hole Eats Asteroids For Breakfast – Really X-Ray flares recorded by the Chandra Observatory suggest asteroids and comets are being violently torn apart by the super-massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.
- 23:18 UTC Orbiting Frog Teaching Waves with Google Earth Teaching Waves with Google Earth: This funky little posting to the arXiv shows you a compact little way to teach people about waves using Google Earth. There’s really nice about ...
- 23:06 UTC Discovery News - Sp... Hungry Black Hole Snacking on Asteroids? A massive swarm of asteroids may be getting swallowed by the black hole.
- 22:54 UTC SPACE.com TV's Stephen Colbert Stars in NASA Video for Space Fans Space fan Colbert salutes NASA with the Vulcan hand sign.
- 22:44 UTC AmericaSpace “The Guy That Sank to the Bottom”: The Falls and Rise of ... On STS-110 in April 2002, Jerry Ross became the first person to record a seventh space flight. He is seen here with a montage of his crew patches, shaped into ...
- 22:41 UTC Astrobiology The Astronomical First Cross-Quarter and Tu b’Shvat – The... Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Holidays that have been celebrated since ancient times tend to have astronomical relevance. Many people in modern times are aware of this when it ...
- 22:36 UTC Universe Today Spirit Lander – 1st Color Image from Mars Orbit The Lander platform for NASA’s Spirit rover has been photographed in stunning high resolution color for the first time from Mars orbit – just over 8 years after the now ...
- 22:35 UTC SpaceRef NASA Science Engineering Mathematics and Aerospace Academ... NASA Science Engineering Mathematics and Aerospace Academy SEMAA Continuation
- 22:34 UTC SpaceRef NASA Research & Development Sources Sought for Airworthin... NASA Research & Development Sources Sought for Airworthiness Certification Case Study for Unmanned Aircraft Systems
- 22:31 UTC SpaceRef Media Advisory: ILS Proton to Launch SES-4 for SES Media Advisory: ILS Proton to Launch SES-4 for SES
- 22:30 UTC SpaceRef NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 8 February 2012 After wakeup this morning (~1:00am EST), FE-1 Shkaplerov performed the routine inspection of the SM (Service Module) PSS Caution & Warning panel as part of regular Daily Morning Inspection.
- 22:21 UTC Universe Today NASA Showcases ‘Spinoff’ Technologies Contrary to popular belief, Tang, Velcro and Teflon (along with the zero-gravity “space” pen) aren’t derived from NASA technology. NASA has, however, developed numerous technologies over the years, which are ...
- 22:19 UTC SPACE.com A Penny for Mars: US Coin Riding NASA Rover to Red Planet The Mars penny will help NASA's Curiosity rover check its cameras, scientists say.
- 22:12 UTC In the Dark Sonnet No. 29 When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries And look upon myself and curse my ...
- 22:06 UTC SpaceRef Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity ... Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 8 February 2012 Update
- 22:06 UTC SpaceRef Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity ... Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 8 February 2012 Update
- 22:06 UTC Astrocast.TV Blog VLT Takes Most Detailed Infrared Image of the Carina Nebu... ESO’s Very Large Telescope has delivered the most detailed infrared image of the Carina Nebula stellar nursery taken so far. Many previously hidden features, scattered across a spectacular celestial landscape ...
- 21:51 UTC SPACE.com VLT Takes Most Detailed Infrared Image of the Carina Nebu... ESO’s Very Large Telescope has delivered the most detailed infrared image of the Carina Nebula stellar nursery taken so far.
- 21:49 UTC Popular Astronomy Live Webcast: Seeing the Invisible Universe Keck Observatory: On Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, Keck Observatory will be hosting a live webcast of an astronomy talk by Dr. Tom Soifer of Caltech. The title of the talk ...
- 21:39 UTC The Night Sky Guy Easy Views of Mysterious Green Planet Skywatchers on February 9th will be treated to a especially close conjunction between the planets Venus and Uranus. The second planet from the Sun will act as wonderful guidepost to ...
- 21:34 UTC Laurel's Pluto Blog Please Sign Petition for New Horizons Stamp Please sign the petition at this site in support of a postage stamp honoring the New Horizons mission. You do not have to be an American citizen to sign; anyone ...
- 21:18 UTC Astro Bob Earth from afar – tales of the Blue Marble Have you ever taken a portrait of yourself and a friend holding a camera at the end of your arm? Who hasn’t these days? It has to be the numero ...
- 21:15 UTC SpaceRef NASA Officials to Discuss Fiscal Year 2013 Budget NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will brief reporters about the agency's fiscal year 2013 budget at 2 p.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 13.
- 21:15 UTC SpaceRef NASA Officials to Discuss Fiscal Year 2013 Budget NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will brief reporters about the agency's fiscal year 2013 budget at 2 p.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 13.
- 21:04 UTC AmericaSpace Visiting the “Three Sisters” Discovery, Atlantis & Endeav... Click here to view the video on YouTube. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – Starting at 5 a.m. EDT, my day began early. I drove across the state Kennedy Space Center, I ...
- 21:00 UTC Imagine the Univers... Featured Scientist: Dr. Joanne Hill Joanne "Joe" Hill was born in the UK, in Leicester, about 100 miles north of London. She grew up in a small village of 100 houses, and as a child ...
- 20:56 UTC SPACE.com NASA Satellites Show How Our Icy World Is Melting For the first time satellite data provides a comprehensive picture of melting ice.
- 20:54 UTC SPACE.com Must-See Close Encounters of the Planet Kind Occur This W... The moon will shine with venus, Saturn and the bright star Spica, while Mars makes a late-night appearance.
- 20:54 UTC AmericaSpace NASA Seeks Proposals For Green Propellant Technology Demo... Artist's image of a satellite in orbit. Satellites run off a highly toxic fuel called hydrazine. NASA proposals for green propellant alternatives to the highly toxic fuel. Image credit: NASA ...
- 20:52 UTC Cosmic Log Research shows you'll want to tweet this post This is a blog post about the sexy social media technology Twitter. It mentions Justin Bieber. You'll want to tweet it. At least, my editors hope you do. My job ...
- 20:49 UTC HobbySpace RLV Spac... Interviews: Alan Stern, Jeff Krukin, John Kelly, Naveen J... A couple of recent Space Show interviews: /-- Dr. Alan Stern, Tuesday, 2-7-12 - Thespaceshow's Blog /-- Jeff Krukin Jeff Krukin, Monday, 2-6-12 - Thespaceshow's Blog In the third segment ...
- 20:19 UTC SpaceRef Infrared Sounder on NASA's Suomi NPP Starts its Mission A powerful new infrared instrument, flying on NASA's newest polar-orbiting satellite, designed to give scientists more refined information about Earth's atmosphere and improve weather forecasts and our understanding of climate, ...
- 20:19 UTC SpaceRef Infrared Sounder on NASA's Suomi NPP Starts its Mission A powerful new infrared instrument, flying on NASA's newest polar-orbiting satellite, designed to give scientists more refined information about Earth's atmosphere and improve weather forecasts and our understanding of climate, ...
- 20:19 UTC Universe Today Ancient Antarctic Ice Sampled In Lake Vostok Drill Sealed off for millions of years beneath an almost impenetrable layer of ice, Lake Vostok has kept a vast archive of ancient history waiting for just the right moment to ...
- 20:10 UTC HobbySpace RLV Spac... Astrogenetix & NASA sign agreement for ISS research missi... Bob Citron founded SpaceHab, which later became Astrotech. One of the divisions of Astrotech is Astrogenetix, which has done some impressive work in vaccine development based on microgravity research. Here's ...
- 20:03 UTC SpaceRef NASA Seeks Proposals for Green Propellant Technology Demo... NASA is seeking technology demonstration proposals for green propellant alternatives to the highly toxic fuel hydrazine.
- 20:03 UTC SpaceRef NASA Seeks Proposals for Green Propellant Technology Demo... NASA is seeking technology demonstration proposals for green propellant alternatives to the highly toxic fuel hydrazine.
- 20:02 UTC Popular Astronomy NASA Mission Takes Stock of Earths Melting Land Ice NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: A new comprehensive University of Colorado-led study used gravity data from NASA's Grace mission to calculate how much Earth's melting land ice is ...
- 19:57 UTC SpaceRef SpaceX to Launch AsiaSat 6 and AsiaSat 8 in 2014 SpaceX and AsiaSat, the leading regional satellite operator in Asia, today announced an agreement to launch two AsiaSat communications satellites using SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket in 2014.
- 19:57 UTC SpaceRef SpaceX to Launch AsiaSat 6 and AsiaSat 8 in 2014 SpaceX and AsiaSat, the leading regional satellite operator in Asia, today announced an agreement to launch two AsiaSat communications satellites using SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket in 2014.
- 19:52 UTC Our Stellar Neighbo... Ross 806 AB Star typeg A: M3 Vg B: M V Distance from Earthg 67 lyStar Service No.g NAAgeg A: NAg B: NADiameter/Mass/Temp (xSol)g A: NA; NA; NAg B: NA; NA; NABrightness (xSol)g ...
- 19:51 UTC SpaceRef Subaru Telescope Captures Images of 'Stealth Merger' of D... Scientists have conducted research that reveals a "stealth merger" of dwarf galaxies, where an in-falling satellite galaxy is nearly undetectable by conventional means yet has a substantial influence on its ...