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Little space package brings stuff home from the ISS, no astronauts required.

3 November 2014 grant 0

SpaceNews.com has more on the “golf-club bag” we’re devising for space station return deliveries:

The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the

… Read the rest “Little space package brings stuff home from the ISS, no astronauts required.”

Science Art: STS 110 Insignia, NASA

26 October 2014 grant 0

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This was the insignia of the astronauts who built the ISS. Or a big part of it, anyway.

STS 110 was the name of the mission, the 110th flight of the Space Shuttle, or Space Transportation System.… Read the rest “Science Art: STS 110 Insignia, NASA”

Secret U.S. shuttle set to land tomorrow, after two years in space.

13 October 2014 grant 0

Sound like conspiracy theory, doesn’t it? But Space.com is reporting on the easily-forgotten OTHER space shuttle program – the Air Force’s top-secret unmanned shuttle,… Read the rest “Secret U.S. shuttle set to land tomorrow, after two years in space.”

Science Art: A space-ship might look like this, John W. Wood, 1968.

5 October 2014 grant 0

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An image from Rockets and Satellites Work Like This, as found on the marvelous Dreams of Space blog. It’s a children’s book about the then-current Space Race… Read the rest “Science Art: A space-ship might look like this, John W. Wood, 1968.”

MAVEN’s at Mars.

22 September 2014 grant 0

The skies over the Red Planet, as The New York Times and others are reporting, are getting downright crowded with satellites from Earth. The latest to set up shop – just ahead of the … Read the rest “MAVEN’s at Mars.”

India’s Mars probe ready to orbit

19 September 2014 grant 0

Nature reports on India’s preparations for their first interplanetary exploration:

Mangalyaan, known formally as the Mars Orbiter Mission, or MOM, was launched by the Indian

… Read the rest “India’s Mars probe ready to orbit”

Thanks for the rides, former Soviets – Boeing and SpaceX are taking it from here.

17 September 2014 grant 0

NASA has formally announced that two private companies will be taking our astronauts to the International Space Station:

The CST-100 and Dragon version 2 have been tapped by NASA to carry

… Read the rest “Thanks for the rides, former Soviets – Boeing and SpaceX are taking it from here.”

Best headline contender: “Russia confirms death of five geckos on space sex mission”

2 September 2014 grant 0

The Guardian brings a small tragedy happening a long, long way away vividly home with 10 well-chosen words: Russia confirms death of five geckos on space sex mission:

The federal space agency

… Read the rest “Best headline contender: “Russia confirms death of five geckos on space sex mission””

SONG: “Rosetta”

24 August 2014 grant 0

SONG: “Rosetta.” (To download: https://guildofscientifictroubadours.com/choons/grant-Rosetta2.mp3 )

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Based on “‘We’re… Read the rest “SONG: “Rosetta””

The next Mars Rover will make its own oxygen from CO2.

8 August 2014 grant 0

Scientific American reports on the technology that’ll help humans explore the Red Planet… first with fuel, then with air to breathe. The next machine to roll across Mars will… Read the rest “The next Mars Rover will make its own oxygen from CO2.”

Rosetta is orbiting a comet right now.

6 August 2014 grant 0

Orbiting a planet is not that big a deal – moons do it all the time. And everyone you’ve ever known has orbited a sun. Feh. But a comet? The little snowballs have their own weird … Read the rest “Rosetta is orbiting a comet right now.”

Science Art: NASA Satellites [Earth Science Research Spacecraft]

15 June 2014 grant 0

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Look! Look at all the birds!

I honestly can’t find where this image came from originally, but it pops up just about everywhere researchers partner with NASA to do … Read the rest “Science Art: NASA Satellites [Earth Science Research Spacecraft]”

Warp engines ready to engage.

13 June 2014 grant 0

Washington Post is ready. We’re all ready. NASA is ready. They’ve figured out a way (maybe!) to explore distant stars with warp drive:

NASA engineer and physicist Harold White

… Read the rest “Warp engines ready to engage.”

NASA delays Martian flying saucer.

12 June 2014 grant 0

Who could resist that headline? But no, AP has it right – we’re the ones with the eerie, disc-shaped craft, and we’re trying to send it to Mars:

The space agency postponed

… Read the rest “NASA delays Martian flying saucer.”

We’ve sent these germs to Mars.

20 May 2014 grant 0

And now, Nature says, we know the names of the interplanetary stowaways:

Swabs of Curiosity’s surfaces before it was launched, including its heat shield and flight system, revealed 65

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Honorary Troubadours
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  • Laura Veirs, who knows her way around a polysyllable.
  • Thomas Dolby, godfather of scientific pop.
  • Squeaky, fact-based rock about fusion containment & rocket science.
  • Cosmos II, a.k.a. Boston University astronomer Alan Marscher.
  • Dr. Fiorella Terenzi, astrophysicist who makes music from cosmic radio sources.
  • Dr. Jim Webb, astronomy professor and acoustic guitarist.
  • Artichoke, the band behind 26 Scientists, Vols. I and II.
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  • Giant Squid, doom metal about the sublime horrors of marine biology.
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