by Pamela | Sep 6, 2008 | Personal
The other day I had one of our first year graduate students ask me what I know about NASA. “I know some people on some of the science missions,” I said, and I asked him why he was asking. Truth be told, he, like so many other bright, athletic minds, wants...
by Pamela | Jun 14, 2008 | Personal
Earlier this morning the space Shuttle Discovery landed down in Florida. This particular mission carried the JAXA’s Japanese Experiment Module (“Kibo” which means hope), to the International Space Station. This new addition to the ISS brings...
by Pamela | Jun 16, 2007 | Space Craft
One of the things that NASA and the Russian Federal Space Agency have each proven over and over again is that astro/cosmonauts are the best construction workers in and off this world. In my mind, there is only one reason for us to send people into space for...
by Pamela | Mar 28, 2007 | Minor Planets, Space Craft
On Monday, March 26, a Chilean flight to New Zealand was almost struck by falling bits of space something. The pilot of the flight noted he could see burning up materials both in front and behind the flight. (Information obtained from numerous news sources). Some...
by Pamela | Jan 6, 2014 | Space Craft
One of the great things about working on Astronomy Cast is that sometimes I get to learn about things that I just didn’t fully appreciate in the past. Today I’m preparing for an episode on amateur/community spacecraft. I knew this was something that was...
