Daily Show talks a little about the “Space Race”

Jon Stewart had a decent clip on the Daily Show last night about China’s landing on the moon and the whole “space race” meme the media is trying to gin up. Have fun–here’s the clip–“Space Race 1957:” http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-december-16-2013/space-race-1957

China’s Long March to the Moon

Looks like China just did what they said they were going to do. They just launched a autonomous rover, the Jade Rabbit, to the moon. You can go to NBC news here for more information. The Chinese are moving quickly. Video of their preparations about five hours prior to launch. Related articles China to […]

Cubesats galore

I’m sure everyone has read, seen, or heard about the latest feat regarding cubesats this November: 29 cubesats were deployed from one rocket launched in the US; and another 33 cubesats were deployed from a rocket launched by the Russians. The US launch was done courtesy of Orbital Sciences from Wallops Island, in Virginia using […]

Interesting stories about the teams that are pursuing XPRIZE

Fresh from Twitter, and the Google Lunar XPRIZE website, here are a few interesting posts. The posts contain stories and videos of five different teams and their activities as they pursue the Google Lunar XPRIZE. For those who don’t know what this particular prize is–here’s the explanation straight from their “Prize Details” page: The Google […]

Start the day with “Good Morning Moon”

Phil Plait (The Bad Astronomer) is a writer whose work I enjoy reading and he just twittered his posting of Ms. Marian Call singing “Good Morning Moon.” It’s space-related in that they filmed this at Noordwijk’s Space Expo, the visitors center for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) European Space Research and Technology Center (ESTEC) in the […]