DIY Space: Citizens in Space

Are you a citizen scientist with a satellite payload idea? Then this might be the program for you: Citizens in Space. Citizens in Space would like you to develop an actual experiment, one in which you’ll be surprised by the outcome, no matter what the outcome is. They’d like you to keep the payload experiment within […]

DIY Space: Rebrick’s LEGO Friends in Space

Okay, so this isn’t building a “real” space craft, but it involves LEGOs and it involves the idea of space. Rebrick would like fans and owners of LEGO Friends, the very, uh, young and feminine (?), version of the LEGO franchise, to build something spacey. Then those same fans should upload pictures of their creations, to […]

DIY Space: Launchbox Kits

For this particular kit we’re heading to Australia. Launchbox wants to “build and launch an Australian satellite.” A way the start-up is trying to do this is by providing rocket payload kits for people and schools to buy. You could hop on the STEM bandwagon by buying one of the kits, and feel as if you’ve contributed […]

DIY Space: Personal Satellite Kits

For this DIY project things are a bit pricey–as in thousands of dollars pricey. If you’re one of those lucky few who happens to have that kind of money sitting around, then perhaps these two kits are meant for you. The kits are available online from Interorbital Systems (IOS). If you buy one or two, the rest […]

DIY Space: Help NASA with Zooniverse

NASA is experiencing too much of a good thing with its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) satellite. The team is apparently overwhelmed with the number of images one of the satellite’s payloads is producing (why this problem wasn’t anticipated, I don’t know). But you can help with this problem. First, a little about the LRO. The […]