Category Archives: NASA

Tuesday / 28 July 2015

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Hawai`i MoonRIDERS Receive US$35K Grant

 7282015. PISCES Receiving Grant For MoonRIDERS (Research Investigating Dust Expulsion Removal Systems) Project To Advance Space Exploration & Cultivate 21st Century Workforce STEM Skills For Hawaii Students; Kealakehe High, ‘Iolani High, NASA & PISCES Developing Lunar Experimental Electrodynamic Dust Shield (EDS) To Repel Particles Via Low Electric Current; Preparations In Process For Early 2017 Launch On GLXP Lander

Credit: PISCES, Kealakehe High School, ‘Iolani

Weekend Edition
Fri-Mon / 24-27 July 2015

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New Moon Plan For “Evolvable Lunar Architecture” & Campaign 2016 Considerations

7242015Paul Spudis (TR) Of LPI Supports Refining Lunar Water Into Rocket Fuel To Assist Deep Space Exploration; Spudis Raises Concerns On Projected Cost & Quasi-Commercial Lunar Authority Proposing NASA Base To Protect American Interest; Charles Miller (TL) NexGen President & Study’s Principal Investigator Outlines Feasibility Of Returning To Moon By Leveraging Commercial Partnerships; Paper Opens Discussions & Considerations With Upcoming Presidential Elections

Credit: NASA, National Press Club, Lunar and Planetary Institute

Wednesday / 22 July 2015

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Public-Private Partnerships To Return Humans To The Moon

7222015Preparations For Crewed Moon Missions / Lunar Base In Near Term (~5-7 Years) Possible With Innovative Cost Reducing Strategies Using Partnership Methods & Competing Commercial Service Providers; Benefits Of Lunar Structures / Commercial Mining To Export Propellant To Lunar Orbit As Economic Development For Extended Space Travel & Deep Space Exploration

Credit: NASA

Weekend Edition
Fri-Mon / 17-20 July 2015

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SpaceDay 2015

7172015Apollo@50 Considerations, Preparation Energized By New Horizons / Pluto Galaxy Enterprise; Apollo 11 / Armstrong / Aldrin Touchdown Stands As Signature Event Of 20th Century & Points To American / Global Potential For 21st Century Solar System Challenges & Competence; New Horizons New Solar System 3-Zone Confirmation; NASA (JPL) Transformers For Lunar Extreme Environment At Moon South Pole Shackleton Crater; India SpaceWeek Observances At Regional Science Centre-Tirupati To Generate Space Interest & Awareness With Science Director A. Jayaraman (BR)

Credit: NASA, NARL

Friday / 17 July 2015

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Space Week, Moon Landing Celebrations Highlight This Weekend

Space Week Kick Off

Moonworker Buzz Aldrin ShareSpace Foundation Launch Gala To Be Hosted By John Travolta 18 July At Kennedy Space Center FL – Launch Site Of Human Moon Missions; Moon Day 2015 Sponsored By Frontiers Of Flight Museum, Moon Society, NSS Of North Texas Will Feature Space Traveler Anousheh Ansari, Moon Academy Classes, Lunar Lectures; USS Hornet Museum In Alameda CA Holding Apollo Splashdown Anniversary Celebration; National Museum Of The U.S. Air Force Commemorating Apollo Missions In Dayton OH 

Credit: NASA, ShareSpace Foundation, Frontiers of Flight Museum, Moon Society, NSS of North Texas, USS Hornet Museum

Wednesday / 15 July 2015

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USA NASA / India ISRO
Partnerships Strengthen

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Richard Verma, U.S. Ambassador To India States Positive Relationship Of ISRO & NASA For Chandrayaan Mission / Moon Surface Exploration “From Outer Space To Cyberspace, We’re In It Together”; ISRO Charting Other Planetary Opportunities For Mars, Venus & Return To Moon With Chandrayaan-II Expected NET 2016; Recurring Successful ISRO PSLV Program Bolsters Future Launches Including GSLV-MKII

Credit: NASA, ISRO, United States Dept. of State

Tuesday / 14 July 2015

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Astrobotic Progressing
Notwithstanding SpaceX Setback

7142015Cooperation With NASA For Lunar CATALYST Program Providing Confidence In Astrobotic Technology Inc Ability For Precise Future Lunar Landings; Astrobotic Software Tested With NASA Core Flight Software, Modeling & Simulation Technology; GLXP Contender Moon Launch On SpaceX Falcon 9 May Experience Delays, Astrobotic Awaiting Further Details From The Investigation; NASA Administrator Charles Bolden Reiterates Spaceflight Challenges & Success Of Previous Six SpaceX Launches

Credit:  NASA, Astrobotic, SpaceX

Weekend Edition
Fri-Mon / 10-13 July 2015

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Cislunar Communication Making Advances

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NASA Successful Lunar Laser Communications Demonstration (LLCD) Paving Way For Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) 2017 Launch As Payload On Space Systems Loral (SSL) Commercial Satellite; LLCD Which Utilizes Laser vs. Radio Frequency (RF) Has Many Benefits Including: Quick Data Transmission 10-100x Faster Than RF, High Bandwidths & Less Mass / Power

Credit: NASA

Friday / 26 June 2015

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Lunar & Planetary Institute Hosting Dual Summer Intern Programs

2015 LPI Summer Intern Programs

 LPI 2015 Student Education Program ‘Exploration Science’ Running 26 May – 31 Jul Focusing On Orion EM-1 & EM-2 Moon Missions Planned For ~2018-2021 & Concepts For Human-Assisted Lunar Surface / Asteroid Sample Return Missions ~2028; Students In ‘Planetary Science’ Program 1 Jun – 7 Aug Working One-On-One With LPI Or Johnson Space Center Scientists On Cutting Edge Lunar & Planetary Research Projects; Experts Include (TL-R) Paul Spudis, Walter Kiefer, David Kring, Allan Treiman

Credit: LPI, NASA, SSERVI, CLSE, ISECG

Friday / 19 June 2015

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LADEE Data Indicate Permanent Asymmetrical Dust Cloud Around Moon LADEE

Moon May Have Permanent Cloud Layer Formed By High-Speed Comet Dust Particles On Eccentric Orbits According To University Of Colorado Study Of NASA LADEE Mission Which Recorded 140,000 Impacts Over 80 Days; Lead Author Mihaly Horányi States Moon May Have 120kg Of Dust In Atmosphere At Any Given Time, Other Bodies With Thin Atmosphere Expected To Have Same Phenomenon; Evidence Also Recorded From Apollo Astronaut Observations From Surface & Of Lunar Terminator

Credit: NASA, University of Colorado – Boulder