The schedule for The Space Show this week: 1. Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, 2-3:30 PM PDT We welcome back Dr. Haym Benaroya on the realities of engineering for a lunar base. 2. Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009 Show #1, 9:30-11AM PDT. We welcome back Dr. Eligar Sadeh regarding the recently concluded National Space Policy Conference in Washington, DC. 3. Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009 Show #2: 7-8:30 PM PDT:, We welcome back […]
The second half of Elon Musk’s interview with The Valley Girl.
NASA and contractor employees are trying to stay focused as the White House debates the fate of the Ares program.
ISRO's Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiter
Space scientists laud India’s moon mission data despite setback
Thaindian News
Top international space scientists Monday lauded India’s maiden lunar mission for the excellent quality of the data sent by Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, a senior space agency official said.
“About 50 scientists from Europe, America and India met here to review the data received from Chandrayaan during its 10-month tryst with the moon and expressed happiness at the excellent quality of its pictures, graphs and imagery,†Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) director S. Satish told IANS here.
SPACE ADVENTURES PRESS RELEASE
Guy Laliberte, founder of Cirque du Soleil and the ONE DROP Foundation, unveiled the artistic concept behind his poetic social mission, which will be carried out from the International Space Station (ISS). This is the first ever artistic and social event to originate from space.
Under the theme “Moving Stars and Earth for Water,” the poetic social mission will take place on October 9, 2009 (GMT) in 14 cities simultaneously around the world. For 120 minutes, the earth will gaze up at the stars and resonate to the rhythms of artists and world-renowned figures who will demonstrate their commitment to water and pay tribute to this vitally important natural resource.
Starchaser has completed the second phase of testing on its eco-friendly hybrid rocket engine project.
The Arianespace website has a Q&A interview with Clayton Mowry, president of the company’s North American affiliate. In the interview reproduced below, Mowry discussed the role of the Washington, DC-based company, the region’s future needs for space access, and the decision to bring Soyuz rockets to Kourou.
SPACE FLORIDA PRESS RELEASE
Space Florida, The Mars Society, NASA-Kennedy Space Center and the Florida Department of Education (DoE), have joined forces to create a competition in which Florida middle and high school students will design scientific experiments to send to the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in Utah.
JAXA promotional video discussing the H-IIB rocket and HTV freighter – set for launch on September 11, 2009.
TALIS ENTERPRISE PRESS RELEASE
September 4, 2009
(Translated from original German by Google Translate)
Talis Enterprise jet flight testing in November in Peenemünde
The company will conduct its first tests in November at the Peenemünde airport using a Czech L-39. First and foremost, these flights are used to test the suitability of the jets for scientific ZeroG flight. The first test flights are under observation of the chief engineers of the Talis Enterprise and the research team Prof. Dr. Dr. Oliver Ullrich and Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Engelmann.
ISRO's Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiter
Chandrayaan-I was ‘killed’ by heat stroke
The Times of India
The reasons for early termination of the Chandrayaan-I mission are now tumbling out and they reveal that ISRO had kept the Moon orbiter’s problems tightly under wraps.