Blog Archive
Posted by Andrew Rush on 2012/04/06 11:25 CDT
Obviously the Earth ends and space begins somewhere, but today, as it has been for the entirety of humanity's manned and unmanned exploration of "up there", there is no international legal definition of space, no clear indication of where space law applies! This ambiguity is a potential source of confusion and unease for aerospace companies.
Posted by Jason Davis on 2012/01/26 05:26 CST
Before automated space observatories like SDO could send pictures and videos of solar phenomenon in real-time, humans had to do it manually, as in the case of the groundbreaking Skylab space station missions, which featured the Apollo Telescope Mount.
Expedition 30, SpaceX and Stratolaunch
Posted by Jason Davis on 2011/12/16 10:25 CST
An update on upcoming missions to the International Space Station (ISS).
One-astronaut game of baseball in the International Space Station
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2011/12/01 07:18 CST
A fun video of Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa playing baseball aboard the ISS.
SLS updates: tower crawl, engine burn and flight test
Posted by Jason Davis on 2011/11/21 02:22 CST | 1 comments
A few updates on the Space Launch System, NASA's next-generation deep exploration vehicle.
Checking in with NASA's Commercial Partners
Posted by Jason Davis on 2011/11/11 02:59 CST
Checking in with SpaceX's launch abort system progress, Boeing's CST-100 drop tests, and a recent Space, Science and Technology Committee meeting on Capitol Hill.











