The main camera on the Hubble Space Telescope is working again. Following weeks of work to get the backup of the camera working (the primary one failed), NASA finally met with success.
The camera now being used is 18 years old, and had never been used before. Must have an extended warranty!
On the blog Space News, Bill Nye (the science guy, I believe) describes his confusion as to why smart people—like Neil Armstrong and John Glenn—might not be excited about the administration’s new space plan. First of all, Bill, don’t feel bad about disagreeing with Neil and John—because so does Buzz Aldrin. This is an issue [...]
Richard Branson’s new “mothership” which will carry SpaceShipTwo—and paying space tourists—into sub-orbital space—made an appearance at an Oshkosh, Wisconsin airshow. Branson is head of the private space tourism company, Virgin Galactic, which operates WhiteKnightTwo. After making a couple of passes over the crowd, the aircraft made a smooth and quiet landing on runway 18. This [...]
Virgin Galactic and Space Adventures, the two first space tourism firms, now have company. Rocketship Tours of Phoenix, Arizona will be selling flights to the edge of space aboard a craft being built by XCOR Aerospace. And the flight is a comparatively cheap $95,000. But there’s a catch. Not Quite Into Space The flights will [...]
