January 16, 2013
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently played host to a unique competition for high school students in the United...
October 29, 2012
On Sunday afternoon, a SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down off the California coast with almost 2000 pounds of cargo—including...
October 17, 2012
Robots in space got a lot of attention over the past few weeks—and for good reason. Aboard the International Space Station,...
October 3, 2012
This year, wildfires during the summer season were particularly brutal. The average fire size in August was higher than it has...
August 27, 2012
One Giant Leap… This last weekend the world saw the passing of a giant. Neil Armstrong was the first human to set foot on...
August 7, 2012
On Friday, August 3rd, NASA announced the selection of three competing proposals that will be funded to develop an initial...
July 24, 2012
As the first American female astronaut, Dr. Sally Kristen Ride – a Stanford-educated physicist – has earned a special place...
July 16, 2012
Best Wishes to Mark Uhran As Assistant Associate Administrator for the International Space Station Division, Mark Uhran oversaw...
June 21, 2012
Our first the ISS National Lab/PGA STEM Summer Camp was a huge success! Middle-school students from five different schools in...
June 18, 2012
Right now, six people are living and working on-board the International Space Station (ISS) while it orbits approximately 200...
June 6, 2012
As I pointed out in the first part of this essay (which also appears on this web site) the International Space Station is an...
May 22, 2012
At 2:44 CDT this morning, SpaceX became the first private company to launch its own spacecraft towards the International Space...
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