Blogs
Blog Archive
NASA collects round three of CCDev proposals
Posted by Jason Davis on 2012/04/13 08:15 CDT
NASA is soliciting a third round of proposals from private spaceflight companies looking to send astronauts to the International Space Station.
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.
Visiting a Solar Sail in the OC
Posted by Mat Kaplan on 2012/03/16 06:33 CDT
The city of Tustin is about an hour's drive from Planetary Society HQ in Pasadena. That's when the freeway gods are kind, which they never are. The trip I made there yesterday was well worth the trouble.
Cool stuff brewing at Honeybee Robotics
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2012/03/15 03:05 CDT
Yesterday I was treated to a little tour (little, because it's a little building) of Honeybee Robotics' office here in Pasadena. They were putting on a show for a state visit by the new NASA Chief Technology Officer Mason Peck, and had invited media. I was one of only two media who showed up, and I have to say that people who stayed away missed a cool show. Honeybee is developing some great technology for future space missions for Earth, Mars, and beyond.
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).
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.
Connect With Us
Facebook! Twitter! Google+ and more…
Continue the conversation with our online community!
