Marc Boucher
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Posted Remembering Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia to NASA Watch
NASA Day of Remembrance at Kennedy Space Center Jan. 29, NASA "NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., will pay tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, as well as other NASA colleagues, during the agency's... -
Posted RASC Issues Green Laser Pointer Usage Information to SpaceRef Canada
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada issued the following information for its members. Over the last decade the striking ethereal glow of Green Laser Pointers (GLPs) has become a familiar sight at astronomy education and public outreach (EPO) events, from... -
Posted Mars Rover Spirit Becomes a Stationary Research Platform to NASA Watch
Now A Stationary Research Platform, NASA's Mars Rover Spirit Starts a New Chapter in Red Planet Scientific Studies, NASA "After six years of unprecedented exploration of the Red Planet, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit no longer will be a fully... -
Posted NASA Must Change and it Must Change Now to NASA Watch
Culture Change at NASA, Wayne Hale's Blog "According to the creation myth, in the beginning, NASA was full of young, cocky, innovative, hard charging folks who got us to the moon inside a decade. They were brash, confident, and did... -
Posted NASA MODIS Image of Sea Ice in the St. Lawrence River to SpaceRef Canada
Sea ice fills the mouth of the St. Lawrence River in this image, captured by the MODIS on the Aqua satellite on January 17, 2010. The St. Lawrence River carries water from the Great Lakes out into the Gulf of... -
Posted NASA STS-130 Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test to SpaceRef
If a recognizable person appears in this video, use for commercial purposes may infringe a right of privacy or publicity. It may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by NASA employees of a commercial product, process or... -
Posted This Week At NASA for the Week Ending January 22, 2010 to SpaceRef
"This Week at NASA" looks at the upcoming SDO Mission and keeps going and going with the Mars Opportunity Rover. Updates on STS-130 and Expedition 23.... -
Posted NASA Edge Experience Aviation to SpaceRef
NASA EDGE visits Experience Aviation with Barrington Irving. Jacky interviews Barrington while Blair and Franklin try to compete in their flight simulators.... -
Posted Life in Space - Preparing for Expedition 23 on the International Space Station to SpaceRef
On April 2, Skvortsov, Kornienko, and Caldwell Dyson will launch to the station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. They will dock to the space station on April 4, joining Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace... -
Posted Sizing Up The Sun - Solar Dynamics Observatory to SpaceRef
SDO Mission scientists participated in a briefing to discuss the upcoming launch and science of an unprecedented mission to study the sun and its dynamic behavior. The briefing on the Solar Dynamics Observatory mission took place in Washington and the... -
Posted The Future of NASA - A Congressional Research Service Report to NASA Watch
The Future of NASA: Space Policy Issues Facing Congress, Congressional Research Service (PDF) "Summary of Major Issues for Congress - Is there a national consensus for human exploration beyond Earth orbit, despite the inherent risks and the substantial cost? -... -
Posted What if Twitter was Down for Several Days? Perhaps it's Time for a new Internet Protocol to Nano2Sol by Marc Boucher
Anil Dash has an opinion piece today on CNN which basically says don't let a service like Twitter or Facebook be the only game in town. And he has a point.... -
Posted Commercial Spaceflight Federation Takes Aim at ASAP's Report to NASA Watch
Commercial Spaceflight Federation Responds to the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel's Report, Commercial Spaceflight Federation "Despite the ASAP Report's contention that commercial vehicles are "nothing more than unsubstantiated claims," the demonstrated track records of commercial vehicles and numerous upcoming manifested cargo... -
Posted NASA - 2009 Tied For Second Hottest Year Ever Recorded to SpaceRef
Scientists at the Goddard Institute for Space Science found that 2009 was tied as the second hottest year ever recorded.... -
Posted SpaceX Refutes Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel to NASA Watch
Musk refutes report slamming safety standards, Spaceflight Now "A commercial space pioneer and a former astronaut are answering claims by an independent advisory panel that private companies do not meet NASA human-rating standards and last year's presidential review of the... -
Posted NASA Satellite Image of Port-Au-Prince to SpaceRef
NASA's Earth Observing-1 satellite captured this image of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on the morning of Jan. 15, 2010. The image shows the densely built and densely populated capital city. Satellite images like this one, when compared with similar images taken before... -
Posted European Space Agency 2010 Preview to SpaceRef
After a record breaking year for ESA in 2009, 2010 will be another great year with several launches in different domains. In February the third Earth Explorer, Cryosat, will be launched from Baikonur and will contribute to our better understanding... -
Posted NASA EDGE - Orion Sims (Part 3 of 3) to SpaceRef
Whether youre working on Orion Feng Shui or docking with the ISS, NASA EDGE explores the latest in Orion Simulators at Lockheed Martin and NASA.... -
Posted NASA Edge - Orion Sims (Part 2 of 3) to SpaceRef
Whether youre working on Orion Feng Shui or docking with the ISS, NASA EDGE explores the latest in Orion Simulators at Lockheed Martin and NASA.... -
Posted NASA Edge - Orion Sims (Part 1 of 3) to SpaceRef
Whether youre working on Orion Feng Shui or docking with the ISS, NASA EDGE explores the latest in Orion Simulators at Lockheed Martin and NASA.... -
Posted NASA Edge @ Solar Dynamics Observatory to SpaceRef
It isn't safe to stare at the Sun for you or the NASA EDGE Team, but SDO will be able to do just that with ease 24/7.... -
Posted NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-130 Rollout to SpaceRef
Space shuttle Endeavour rolls from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, beginning the final phase of preparations before the upcoming STS-130 mission.... -
Posted International Space Station Spacewalk - Expedition 22 to SpaceRef
Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 22 Flight Engineers Oleg Kotov and Max Suraev conducted a 5 hour, 44 minute spacewalk Jan. 14 to outfit the new Russian Poisk module for future dockings by Russian spacecraft at the orbiting laboratory.... -
Posted Astronomy - What's Up for January 2010? to SpaceRef
This month, Mars grows closer, bigger and brighter as it reaches opposition to the Sun on Jan. 29th Look for the red planet rising in the east after sunset. Its the brightest object in the eastern sky!... -
Posted Dan Durda Takes A Simulated Ride on SpaceShipTwo in NASTAR's Centrifuge to SpaceRef
Dr. Dan Durda took two rides in a centrifuge located at The NASTAR Center as part of a suborbital scientist training program held on 12 & 13 January 2010. On these runs he is being put through simulated rides aboard... -
Posted Internal camera: Dan Durda Takes A Simulated Ride on SpaceShipTwo in NASTAR's Centrifuge to SpaceRef
Dr. Dan Durda took two rides in a centrifuge located at The NASTAR Center as part of a suborbital scientist training program held on 12 & 13 January 2010. On these runs he is being put through simulated rides aboard... -
Posted Alan Stern Takes Two Simulated Rides on SpaceShipTwo in NASTAR's Centrifuge - Flight 2 to SpaceRef
Dr. Alan Stern took two rides in a centrifuge located at The NASTAR Center as part of a suborbital scientist training program held on 12 & 13 January 2010. On these runs he is being put through simulated rides aboard... -
Posted RADARSAT-2 Image of City of Port-au-Prince, Haiti to SpaceRef Canada
The Canadian Space Agency has released the following RADARSAT-2 image showing specific locations in and around the capital city Port-au-Prince. The epicenter of the quake was just 15 kilometers from the capital and only 10 kilometers deep.... -
Posted Canadian Technology Tested at Upcoming PISCES Field Tests in Hawaii to SpaceRef Canada
The lower slopes of Hawaii's Mauna Kea with its volcanic soil and which resembles the surfaces of the moon and Mars will be the location for upcoming field tests of a variety of technology with representation from NASA, the German... -
Posted Tweet! Tweet! Tweeting from Space to SpaceRef
Expedition 22 Commander Jeff Williams is joined by astronauts T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi on the International Space Station to discuss their "tweeting" from orbit, how using Twitter helps them keep everyone back on Earth informed of station activities, and...
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