It’s difficult to say exactly why this confluence of events occurred, but space exploration’s really good media week continues Friday evening at 8 p.m. EDT with the global premier of National Geographic’s “Live from Space” broadcast event. Over the course of the two hour show, which will include video from a single 90 minute orbit, […]
Although they are not going up on the next flight, a GenCorp press release details the plan for qualifying and installing entirely new batteries for the International Space Station. As the largest solar power platform in orbit, generating up to 90 kilowatts of power, the International Space Station itself is a living laboratory for testing […]
Some good news regarding ISS comes up in a Spacepolicyonline report of a briefing yesterday provided by Bill Gerstenmaier, Head of NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations(HEO) Mission Directorate to a NASA Advisory Council Subcommittee. In looking ahead to what comes after ISS, Gerstenmair observed: ““I don’t think there’ll be another government-sponsored space station.”” Instead, “He […]
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