Category Archives: space missions
What a great accomplishment! The first commercial human space launch using the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and the first manned launch from US soil in 9 years, since the retiring of the Space Shuttle program. “The trampoline is working!” – Elon Musk. Congratulations to all the people involved! #nasa #SpaceX #iss #CrewDragon #Falcon9 #elonmusk NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine
This should be an inspiration to the whole world. Look what we can accomplish when we work together, every human being no matter what race, gender, sexual orientation or nationality. We have lost the conversation about our common goals and need to start talking about them again, get the media to start talking about them again, get the politicians to start talking about them again, GET ALL OF HUMANITY to start talking about them again! Never in the history of mankind has division and hate lead to anything positive. Civilizations throughout history were built on cooperation and fell with division, not only division, but complacency. We must be forever vigilant in the fight for unity and peace. #peace #unity #human #humanity #cooperation #commongoals #overvieweffect
Dawn of Private Space Science Symposium 2018 | #DPSS18
Bringing scientists, foundations, corporations, policy makers & private spacelines under one roof to chart the future of space science @ Columbia University
Also live streaming at: https://bit.ly/2J5WJi4
Dawn of Private Space Science Symposium 2017 | #DPSS17
Bringing scientists, foundations, corporations, policy makers & private spacelines under one roof to chart the future of space science @ Columbia University
Source: Dawn of Private Space Science Symposium 2017 | #DPSS17
Why a NASA spacecraft could bounce, crunch or sink on icy Europa
Sometime in the early 2030s, NASA hopes to attempt a landing on Jupiter’s moon Europa. A four-legged spacecraft would descend towards the icy surface, ready to hunt for signs of alien life in a buried ocean.
Landing on Jupiter’s moon in search of alien life won’t be easy.
Source: Why a NASA spacecraft could bounce, crunch or sink on icy Europa
John Glenn, First American to Orbit the Earth, Dies at 95
The last of NASA’s original seven astronauts to die, Glenn circled the planet three times in 1962
Source: John Glenn, First American to Orbit the Earth, Dies at 95 – Scientific American
NewSpace NYC and NY Society of Security Analysts – A New Space Age Race: Interplanetary Investments
Three observations from tonight:
1) EVERYONE wants to be a leader but most are not visionaries.
2) A few are visionaries but lack the leadership, business skills and/or chutzpah to make it happen.
3) Then there are the very few with both vision and chutzpah to make it happen. But, they are not just the Musks or Bezoses, they are the smaller pioneers, some of whom I met tonight, and they are the key for getting to and crossing the tipping point to a vibrant commercial space industry/economy.
USA Science and Engineering Festival – Home
Celebrate STEM at the largest science festival in the country! Join the 4th USA Science & Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C. April 16-17, 2016.
Source: USA Science and Engineering Festival – Home
Compromise Commercial Space Bill Passes House
Compromise Commercial Space Bill Passes House: Learn about House passage of the final version of H.R. 2262, the Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act, in November 2015, clearing the measure for the President.
Compromise Commercial Space Bill Passes House — Next Stop, the President
An artist’s impression of the Fermi Gamma ray Space Telescope (FGST) in orbit. Credit: NASA. Click for a full size image
