• Space Stories: More Water on Mars, Senators Want Mars Sample Returned to Earth, and the ESA Considers Mission to Enceladus

    Here are some recent stories of interest. —Euronews: “Photos from NASA’s Curiosity Rover Suggest Mars had More Water for Longer Than Previously Thought“ Scientists say Mars may have had more water and stayed wet for longer than they had previously estimated based on photos from NASA’s Curiosity rover. An international team of researchers led by Imperial…

  • Television: Space Shuttle Columbia Special on CNN

    NASA’s Space Shuttle Columbia had its maiden flight on April 12, 1981 and continued to fly for another 22 years until its final disastrous flight in February 2003. More than 20 years after this tragedy, CNN is retelling the story in a special four-episode program titled Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight that premieres on…

  • Another Safe Docking to the International Space Station

    Earlier today, the two cosmonauts and one astronaut that launched on the Russian Soyuz MS-25 mission over the weekend safely attached themselves to the International Space Station. The station is now hosting a crew of 10. Both cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya (of Belarus) from this latest mission will return to Earth in…

  • The Total Solar Eclipse: Some Reminders

    On April 8, should you be outside staring at the Total Solar Eclipse, you may want to take a few precautions so that you can witness future eclipses as well. In other words, protect your eyes! NASA has provided a few tips related to photographing the eclipse. Please keep all of this in mind. For…

  • A Day in Astronomy: Birth of Wernher von Braun

    On this day in 1912, German-American aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun was born in Wyrzysk, which was part of Germany at the time and later became a Polish city. His full name was Wernher Magnus Maximilian, Freiherr von Braun. Mr. Braun is best remembered for his part in the construction of Nazi Germany’s V-2 rockets as…

  • New Crew Heads to the International Space Station

    Earlier today, a Russian Soyuz rocket launched into space to bring three new crew members to the International Space Station (ISS). The passengers on today’s delayed flight are cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Marina Vasilevskaya as well as NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson. They are expected to board the ISS on Monday. Astronaut Dyson, who plans to…

  • Space Quote: Space Jobs are in Demand, and Demanding

    “You’re doing this cool thing…You’re also going to be like really worked to death.” -Comment by Griffin Rahn, who is earning his aerospace master’s degree at Georgia Tech, in a Fortune article titled “NASA is Struggling to Compete with Bezos, Musk and Their 6-figure Salaries for Starting Aerospace Engineers at Blue Origin and SpaceX.” The…

  • Pic of the Week: Tightly Bound Herbig-Haro 46/47

    This week’s image, released last year, is from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). It shows two forming stars in what is called Herbig-Haro 46/47. Here is a full explanation of what you are seeing from NASA: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured a tightly bound pair of actively forming stars, known as Herbig-Haro…

  • Television: 3 Body Problem Premiering on Netflix

    We live in a time where we have plenty of science fiction options on television and at the theaters. Be it the Apple TV+ remake of Issac Asimov’s Foundation, the current showing of Frank Herbert’s Dune: Part Two at theaters, or the ongoing television series spinning more Star Wars and Star Trek tales. And now,…

  • Space Stories: Starliner Preparing for Flight, New Volcano on Mars, and Questions About Dark Matter

    Here are some recent stories of interest. —Space.com: “New NASA Astronauts ‘Thrilled’ to See 1st Boeing Starliner Crew Launch in May“ A new spacecraft will at last launch its first crew in May, and a fresh group of NASA astronauts say they’re excited to support it. NASA’s newest astronaut group graduated from basic training on March…