Four New Space Companies Awarded NASA Contracts

Another Clearancejobs.com post of mine about NASA’s announcement last week of their awarding four “new space” companies a few contracts. Just go there for the details: New Space Firms Awarded NASA Contracts.

DIY Space: Predict The Future of Space Exploration

Do you have a penchant for prophecy? Do your officemates hang on every word when you dole out the divination? Is your casting Kung Fu strong? Then maybe this will be an easy DIY for you. The folks at OSIRIS-REx (Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification and Security-Regolith Explorer) are asking for the public to come forecast […]

DIY Space: Print Your Own Spacecraft

Have you ever wanted to build the Kepler satellite? What about the current crowd favorite, the International Sun Earth Explorer-3 (ISEE-3)? Or maybe you appreciate textures and just want to touch things, such as the moon’s surface, space shuttle flight panels (with switches), or the surface of Chiron. Maybe you’re a visual type, who truly […]

DIY Space: Copenhagen Suborbitals

For at least $20 per year, you can support a space group that’s very active. This is not a Kickstarter project, but an active group that was founded in 2008. That group is Copenhagen Suborbitals. The Danish group’s mission is the modest goal of launching a human into space and then making sure that same […]

DIY Space: Print in Spaaaace–In 3-D

Imagine designing the most ingenious piece of 3-D printed goodness, and then having it printed–IN SPACE! If you’re an American child in one of the grades from K through 12, you might be able to make that happen. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Foundation are creating a […]