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March 18, 2013

NASA Launches Exploration Design Challenge

Gives K-12 Students An Opportunity To Influence Human Spaceflight

NASA unveiled an Exploration Design Challenge on Monday to give students from kindergarten through 12th grade the opportunity to play a unique role in the future of human spaceflight. The innovative educational opportunity was announced in a special event at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

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NASA Salutes Exploration At Space Week Texas 2013 In State Capital

Public And Invitation-Only Events Planned

NASA is heading back to Austin for a week-long salute to space exploration featuring educational and interactive exhibits, inspiring speakers, astronaut appearances and legislative proclamations highlighting the International Space Station and the future. Space Week Texas is March 18-22 in Austin.

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Space Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Soliciting Applications

Two-Year Fellowships Open To Labs Carrying Out Space-Related Research

he application period for the National Space Biomedical Research Institutes's (NSBRI) Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is now open. The two-year fellowships are available in any U.S. laboratory carrying out space-related biomedical or biotechnological research. Applicants are required to submit proposals with the support of a mentor and an institution, and all proposals will be evaluated by a peer review panel.

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Hubble Finds Birth Certificate Of Oldest Known Star

It Appears To Be Older Than The Accepted Age Of The Universe

A team of astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken an important step closer to finding the birth certificate of a star that’s been around for a very long time. "We have found that this is the oldest known star with a well-determined age," said Howard Bond of Pennsylvania State University in University Park, PA, and the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD.

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Expedition 34 Crew Lands Safely

Expedition 35 Takes Over

Expedition 34 Commander Kevin Ford and Flight Engineers Evgeny Tarelkin and Oleg Novitskiy landed their Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft in the steppe of Kazakhstan, northeast of the remote town of Arkalyk Friday at an estimated time of 11:08 p.m. EST. Despite fog, low visibility and below freezing temperatures Russian recovery teams were on hand to help the crew exit the Soyuz vehicle and adjust to gravity after 144 days in space.

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Lunar Orbiter Image Project Continues Working To Restore Images

NASA Funding Depleted, Private Donations Sought

An effort to restore and enhance analog images taken during unmanned Lunar Orbiter missions in the 1960s is seeking donations from the public to continue its work. The LOIRP was started with funding by several volunteers in 2008. The original volunteer effort was followed by financial support from NASA which has now been exhausted.

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