Earth Day 2013 – NASA
Here is the latest update from all the NASA facilities and projects. It also includes NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver tour of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission control room and was briefed on Goddard Earth...
Category: Manned Space Flight
Antares And NASA Updates
The latest update from NASA including an update on the postponed launch of the Antares rocket and the Orion capsule. The Antares liftoff was again postponed yesterday due to high winds.
Russia to Invest Over $50 Billion In Space
Putin announces plans to invest over $50b over the next 7 years in space exploration. The translation of the speech is below the second video. httpv://youtu.be/9AiMqlmtGn0 “Dear colleagues, let me wish you a great...
NASA’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget
President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget request for NASA is a $17.7 billion investment in space exploration. An interesting video that looks at where this budget will be spent. The space budget is far...
Latest News From NASA – 8th April 2013
Here is the latest from NASA, including news of the new Antares rocket launcher, the experimental results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer aboard the ISS and its mission to detect ‘dark matter’. Also includes...
Soyuz Launches to Space Station – 28th March 2013
NASA Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy and his Expedition 35/36 crewmates, lift off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on March 28, U.S. time. The expedited flight had the crew arriving at the ISS even...
Future Of Space Travel
The future of space exploration is discussed by NASA astronaut Greg Johnson. Ofcourse this will involve the colonisation of the Moon and eventually Mars. New technologies are discussed as well as technology spinoffs such...
Skylon Space Plane
A small British company, Reaction Engines, have developed a new engine system that will be able to power and aircraft into space and back again. This will dramatically slash the price of getting into...
NASA Update – 8th March 2013
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – A weekly update on news from NASA. The new crew for the ISS prepare for launch at the end of March. Also a look...
SpaceX Dragon Arrives At ISS – 3rd March 2013
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – The SpaceX Dragon arrived at the Internartional Space Station last Sunday, three days after liftoff. A great video of the Dragon being captured by...
NASA Future Missions And Budget – 2013
– ” For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – NASA’s budget is at its lowest for 4 years. This is forcing NASA to juggle with priorities and projects. This is inspite of...
SpaceX Mission Launch – March 1st 2013
“For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Launch of the second SpaceX mission to resupply the ISS which happened on Friday. They appeared to have a problem with the capsule which was...
The Nazi Secret Space Program
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – A look at some of the space and rocket work that the Nazis were involved with prior to the end of the WW2. Including...
ISS Tour By Sunita Williams
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – ISS commander Sunita Williams gives us a tour fo the Space Station just before her return back to Earth last November. The tour includes...
Captain Kirk Talks To Countryman on Station
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Captain Kirk (William Shatner) talks to Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency who is aboard the ISS. Kirk asks some interesting questions regarding the...
Soviet Manned Lunar Landing – An Orbiter Video by Timm Humphreys
– “For You TO Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Here’s a video which shows what may have happened had the Soviet Union not cancelled its ‘Man on The Moon’ mission due to technical...
Expandable Habitats To Be Tested on ISS
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver announced Wednesday a newly planned addition to the International Space Station that will use the orbiting laboratory to test...
