• Vote Scheduled for Next Week on NASA Nominee Jared Isaacman

    After almost a year of rudderless leadership, NASA may be getting an administrator before the end of the calendar year. Maybe. On December 8, the Senate plans to vote on Jared Isaacman’s nomination to become NASA’s administrator. But first, Mr. Isaacman needs to attend a December 3rd nomination hearing with the Senate’s Committee on Commerce,…

  • NSS Space Settlement Contest

    The National Space Society (NSS) has announced its sixth Martine Rothblatt Space Settlement in Our Lifetime competition. To compete you only need to (1) be a student, academician, entrepreneur, or member of the broader space community – which is pretty broad – and (2) develop a business plans that will help to enable space settlement…

  • Christmas Shopping Has Started

    You may be spending the holiday weekend stuck in traffic jams at the mall, or maybe you want to find what you need online without all of the hassle. If you are going online, you might want to check out your friendly non-profit space organizations for ideas. The Mars Rover socks shown above and much…

  • Space Quote: British Satellite to Study Impact of Stars on Exoplanets

    “Mauve will open a new window on stellar activity that has previously been largely hidden from view…By observing stars in ultraviolet light, wavelengths that can’t be studied from Earth, we’ll gain a much deeper understanding of how stars behave and how their flares may impact the environment of orbiting exoplanets. Traditional ground-based telescopes just can’t…

  • Pic of the Week: New Crew Added to ISS on Thanksgiving Day

    This week’s image shows a Soyuz rocket sending a crew to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thanksgiving Day. One NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts are thankful today that they are safe and sound on the ISS. NASA astronaut Chris Williams joined Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev aboard a Soyuz rocket launched…

  • Happy Thanksgiving!

    The NASA Expedition 73 crew on the International Space Station (ISS) has recorded a Thanksgiving greeting for all of us down here looking up. So what can the astronauts expect to eat for Thanksgiving? Astronaut Mike Fincke mentioned turkey and cranberry sauce, while astronaut Zena Cardman added mashed potatoes, crab meat, salmon, lobster, and more.…

  • Television: Star Trek’s Starfleet Academy is Almost Here

    You only have to wait until January 15th for the latest Star Trek series on Paramount+, but you may want to see this most recent trailer because it sets up some of the background on the characters. Paramount+ has already shared quite a few details about Star Trek: Starfleet Academy on its site, so here…

  • Space Stories: Telescope Moving from US to Spain, Starliner will be Cargo-Only, and Moss in Space

    Here are some recent space-related stories of interest. —Sky & Telescope: “Thirty Meter Telescope Considers Move to Spain“ The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) was conceived more than two decades ago as the largest and most advanced telescope in the Northern Hemisphere. However, the telescope has encountered significant roadblocks, from funding uncertainties — now heightened by President…

  • Video: Reasons to Settle Mars

    If you are interested in the idea of settling Mars, and the book A City on Mars has not scared you away, then you should plan on tuning into the upcoming 25-part video series by the Mars Society. In a news release, the Mars Society defines the new series in this way: Created for a…

  • Movie: The Astronaut

    The recent film The Astronaut did not stay in theaters very long, but then again very few films do these days. Even so, if you are looking for something inspiring, such as a space adventure that takes us away from Earth, you will be disappointed. This astronaut is from the International Space Station, not Mars,…