September 2013

Spot the Space Station

September 19th, 2013|Categories: News, Photography|Tags: , , , |

Have you ever looked up on a clear night sky and wonder where the ISS might be? If so, there’s a website for that. NASA has made it easier for observers to sign up for email alerts or text messages whenever the space station may be visible overhead. Because of [...]

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June 2013

New class of NASA astronauts picked for training

June 8th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |

BY SPACEFLIGHT NOW NASA has selected eight new candidates -- four men and four women -- to join the ranks of its astronaut corps. for missions to the International Space Station and beyond. Picked from the second-highest number of applicants in any previous rounds of astronaut selections, the space agency [...]

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It’s Time to Tackle Interstellar Spaceflight, Experts Say

June 6th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: , |

From Yahoo.com courtesty of Space.com If humanity is serious about traveling to other star star systems in the foreseeable future, it needs to get the ball rolling now, say experts who have organized an upcoming conference on the subject. Pulling off our species' first interstellar spaceflight will require many decades of hard [...]

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