Space missions

Launch of Shuttle

StarFarmer — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:04:36 GMT

NASA must have toilet problem fixed jodoak, launch ready to go @ about 1:28 Central. Godspeed Atlantis!

Plenty of Water Found

jodoak — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:31:45 GMT

LCROSS found plenty of water:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,575012,00.html

Remember to take your water wings with you to the moon next time.

Atlantis due to launch

bogenj — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:31:21 GMT

Monday November 16, 2009

2:28 p.m. EST

payload: ISS spares

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

Examiner.com says that LCROSS mission will kill aliens

Kyle — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:59:42 GMT

http://www.examiner.com/x-2912-Seattle-Exopolitics-Examiner~y2009m6d19-NASA-moon-bombing-violates-space-law--may-cause-conflict-with-lunar-extraterrestrial-civilizations

Planning Your Next Big Vacation?

jodoak — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:25:16 GMT

Are you planning a vacation? Feel like you've been there, done that on the little ole Earth? Well don't despair do we have something for you.

Read on:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,571787,00.html

Halloween in Space

Doberman — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:33:49 GMT

The Augustine Report

bogenj — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:12:24 GMT

It appears we have no direction, no funding, no man-rated vehicle, and no solutions. In this era of huge budget deficits, solving these problems will be no easy feat.

Ares I-X

jodoak — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:57:31 GMT

Some pictures of the new Ares I-X package, moved to launch pad this week for test flight.

http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/scitech/2009/10/20/nasa-unveils-brand-new-rocket-ares-x

X-37B

jodoak — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:38:23 GMT

New secret space plane. Not to secret when it hits the news.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,569143,00.html

Are East-Coasters despised by all??? - Bigtime Rant

Starwolf — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:41:19 GMT

To add insult to injury, I came on here to post a piece of my mind. To further my dismay, the current poll was a question about if you were going to view the Lacross satellite smashing into the Lunar surface. I would have been tickled pink to put down "Yes, I am looking forward to it", but, as seems to be the trend with (anything) space oriented, I will be already at my place of work. It seems that for "East Coasters" like myself, we will either:

A) miss the show due to daylight.

B) be getting ready for work, driving to work or already be at work.

It's kind of funny that so many times NASA urges everyone to get involved because the amateur reports are "supposedly" very helpful with their reports. Why then, would they schedule something of this nature at such an odd time? Wouldn't they have had more people being able to observe & submit reports if it was at an earlier time? Do they not think that people actually have jobs/careers??? I mean, I know the recession is bad, but, most people still have jobs.

Why couldn't the time be either later at night or a few hours earlier than when currently scheduled?

It's similar to the Pennsylavania Fishing Comission always having Opening Day on the 2nd Saturday of every April. Well, sometimes, Easter falls on the following day. Yet rain or shine Opening Day stays the same. How much revenue they must lose becuase of people not wanting (or not being able) to have a weekend excursion cut down to a single day. The campgrounds are DEAD when Opening Day is followed by Easter. The vast majority of people will not go for a day trip.

I seem to recall Deep Impact also being at a time least favorable to the East Coast. Now I know that conditions favor Star Village and other places out west but, is there not a time that something like this could be viewed by "ALL" (I mean, this is NASA, and last I knew they were in the United States). Why would they not choose a time when thousands of amateurs all over the U.S.A. could view it? Why does it have to be at a time that favors only 1/2 the people who would eagerley want to get involved?

Just a rant.

Crashing the Moon??

armchairal — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:58:27 GMT

I thought I heard awhile back that someone maybe Nasa was going to crash something into the Moon's South Pole next month sometime??? May be visible here with a basic scope. Anyone else heard of this?

Yo yo de spin?

MaxKas — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:27:07 GMT

I've done alot of research and I still can't figure out how the yoyo de spin works. This may sound dumb but what is the use of the implemented weights in orbital escape? Obviously there in no drag for the rope and weights to generate so how does it reverse the spin of the spacecraft? There is a video of the phoenix lander using this technique but it's hard to tell how it exactly works. If someone could explain and or post a link of a diagram it would be appriciated.

News Flash: We have go for LCROSS Impact -NO CATACLYSMIC UPHEAVALS, BUILDINGS UPRIGHT

DrJeff — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:19:45 GMT

This is nuts! I wrote a post at Blog on the Universe yesterday that helps teachers do some lessons in advance of the LCROSS impact. An hour later my Twitter friend Heather Good at http://FoundonMars.com is telling me that there are folks running around thinking the sky is going to fall. darkness will sweep over the land, and the tides will go berserk. She asked if I could come up with a way to ease folks minds. OK. So here is what I came up with: How many rockets (Atlas V Centaur upper stages) would we need to hurl at the Moon so we change its speed by JUST 1 MPH! No big thing, since it is flying around the Earth at a speed of more than 2,000 mph. Curious? Here is the post (take a guess before you check it out): http://blogontheuniverse.org/2009/10/08/oh-no-nasa-lcross-is-going-to-hit-the-moon/ Let me know what you think!!!

LCROSS planned crash on moon

widawg — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:34:33 GMT

I am hoping to catch a glimpse of this event through my rather modest 80 X 800mm Meade telescope this coming Friday morning, but I have a stupid question. How do I determine where the south pole is on the moon?

THis Fridays Explosion on the moon...

HiItsNino — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:29:53 GMT

I heard on the news that this will be visible from earth. Does anyone know what time the event will occur? I'd like to watch it in my telescope.

LRO spots Apollo landing sites

zachsdad — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:28:22 GMT

Here's a link to the first photos of the Apollo landing sites by the LRO. Even from lunar orbit with a high res camera the artifacts are small.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/apollosites.html

Live Web 2.0 Coverage of MESSENGER M3 Flyby of Mercury Sept 29

DrJeff — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:50:06 GMT

Hi all-

We're gearing up for the MESSENGER flyby of Mercury on Sept 29. You all might be interested in PARTICIPATING in the LIVE Web 2.0 coverage. See: bit.ly/3kDn7b

Should be very cool.

No Manned Flights To The Moon

jodoak — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:52:56 GMT

Looks like the group that was put together to study the manned moon missions has put their recommendations together and it isn't very good for manned space flight past low earth orbit. At this point they are saying it is just too costly.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,547960,00.html

Has anyone seen?

CGRANT — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:54:10 GMT

Has anyone ever seen an actual rocket launch live and in person? One of the Saturn V rockets lifting off perhaps, or any other space missions lifting off? I have this on my 101 things to do, but would be curious to hear about other folks experiences.

Have Fun!!!

Shuttle Launch

StarFarmer — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:10:26 GMT

Space Shuttle to lift off shortly after 11:30 p.m. CDT tonight. Watch NASA Network on cable or sat. There currently is a 60% chance of no-go due to lightning in the area.

space missions

treasure hunter — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:02:56 GMT

Does anyone know if future missions will be completed by various nations and what are they? where to next? and why? why to Mars with 'humans' and not 'robots'? anybody know? what can we learn by 'being there' "in the flesh' that we can't from having sensor equipment?

Can anyone please explain if they believe that the future of space travel belongs (long term) to 'nanotechnology'??

Building the ISS

Kevin Bozard — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:54:49 GMT

Here's a cool animation on the building of the ISS, for those that haven't seen it.

http://i.usatoday.net/tech/graphics/iss_timeline/flash.htm

SPACE SHUTTLE

ZIVA — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:40:46 GMT

I HAVE A QUESTION WHEN WILL THE SHUTTLE BE REPLACED? I HAVE BEEN GOING TO SCHOOL TO GET MY MASTERS IN TEACHING (HEBREW CULTURE AND LANGUAGE) SO I CAN GO BACK TO ISRAEL TO TEACH SCHOOL FOR BLIND CHILDREN. BUT HAVE A SIGHTED PERSON WITH ME WHILE I TEACH CLASS. BECCA

NASA CONSTELLATION MISSION - LOST ?

J.Gordon — Tue, 19 May 2009 11:15:04 GMT

G' morning all,

Sign of the times, economically speaking may mean NASA will loose

the Constellation project, Moon return and future Mars missions. Say it is not so !

space shuttle

new to astro — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:05:27 GMT

Hello,

I am realativly new to astronomy. I am still in the learning stages of most everything about it. I have always been intrigued by the night sky, and with the shuttle missions. So I guess my question would be, why can't we use nuclear powered engines on our shuttles once they were lauched to go to places like the moon and beyond?