A Soyuz rocket launched the cargo ship towards the International Space Station on Oct. 1st, 2015. It blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying supplies and experiments for the ISS. It is scheduled to arrive about 6 hours later. Credit: NASA To source
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Hurricane Joaquin’s Intense Rain Seen By Satellite | Visualization
NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement captured data on the storm on Sept. 29th, 2014. Its showed a large of the hurricane dumping 2 to 5 inches of rain (shown in red and magenta) into the Atlantic ocean. Tall convective towers (shown in orange) are strong indication of its strengthening energy. Credit: NASA/GSFC To source
Charon in Enhanced Color
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Charon just before closest approach on July 14, 2015. The image combines blue, red and infrared images taken by the spacecraft’s Ralph/Multispectral Visual Imaging Camera (MVIC); the colors are processed to best highlight the variation of surface properties. To source
'The Martian' Wants to Mail You a Potato: Movie Offers Stamped Spuds
20th Century Fox is inviting fans of “The Martian” to mail a potato home (or to a friend) with Mark Watney stamps.Credit: 20th Century Fox/collectSPACE.com It may seem strange at first, but by the time you get done watching “The Martian,” the new movie from director Ridley Scott, you will understand why 20th Century Fox […]
Charon in Enhanced Color
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Charon just before closest approach on July 14, 2015. The image combines blue, red and infrared images taken by the spacecraft’s Ralph/Multispectral Visual Imaging Camera (MVIC); the colors are processed to best highlight the variation of surface properties. To source
Are Hot 'Super-Earths' The Remains Of 'Warm Neptunes?' | Video
Hubble Space Telescope observations of the Neptune-sized planet GJ 436b show that its extremely close host star is boiling the planet’s atmosphere away, leaving an Earth-sized rocky core, much like ‘our’ Neptune. Astronomers believe other detected hot Super-Earths could be the remains of such former ‘Warm Neptunes.’ Credit: NASA To source
'Moonspike' Kickstarter Project Aims to Crowdfund Rocket to the Moon
A team of rocketeers launched an out-of-this-world Kickstarter campaign today (Oct. 1) to raise $1 million for “Moonspike” – an ambitious project to launch the first crowdfunded rocket to the moon. The Moonspike project aims to launch a small titanium payload carrying photos and videos from project backers into space, and ultimately crash it into […]
Want To Kickstart A Moon Rocket? | 'Moonspike' Marketing Video
A small team of rocket engineers pledge to construct a 3-stage, 22 ton vehicle to carry ‘your’ images, video and other digital media to the moon. Funders will have open access insight onto every phase of the project’s development. (Full Story) [Space.com neither endorses nor denounces this project.] Credit: Moonspike To source
Making 'The Martian': Exclusive Interview with Director Sir Ridley Scott
The noted cinema director developed a love of the lonely desert planet – once he got over being terrified of “The Martian” script.Credit: Twentieth Century Fox + Dave Brody Editor’s note: This story contains spoilers on the new space epic “The Martian.” [So consider yourself warned. If anyone is going to spoil “The Martian” for […]
Listening for Alien Life: Could New Tech Detect Microbe Movements?
Inventor Dan Slater uses remote acoustic sensor (RAS) technology during a test-firing of the five-segment rocket motor headed for use on NASA’s Space Launch System booster.Credit: Sandy Slater PASADENA, California — Spacecraft may one day be able to detect alien life by listening to the sounds microbes make. Scientists are testing a new microphone technology […]
NASA Eyeing Venus, Asteroids for Next Low-Cost Robotic Mission
Artist’s concept of the VERITAS (Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography, and Spectroscopy) spacecraft, a proposed mission for NASA’s Discovery Program that would launch by the end of 2021.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA is zeroing in on Venus and asteroids as potential targets for its next low-cost robotic exploration mission or missions, which will launch by the […]
[Gender Equality Office] Updated the Summary of Childcare Support System provided by JAXA
Support systems provided by JAXA ■ Hoshinoko Nursery School Hoshinoko Nursery School is an employer-provided nursery school opened in the Tsukuba Space Center in April 2012 as part of the support provided to JAXA employees that would ensure the healthy balance between meeting the demands of work and childcare. Hoshinoko Nursery School has a maximum […]
[Gender Equality Office] Added a new schedule of networking
Opportunities for networking and interactions between female researchers and female engineers are highly useful for both groups to share tips related to their personal and professional lives. Through these events, they could also enrich their understanding of the trends in research development and in society, and thereby address issues not only in their common sector, […]