Artists’ Concept of a Third Generation Chinese Station. Image Credit Xinhuan.net Following the success of Tiangong 1, China announced last year that after another round of development with the follow on Tiangong 2 station, that it is planning to open up its considerably more advanced third generation station to international astronauts. Unfortunately, an ongoing ban on […]
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 it did not take home the award for Best Picture, an honor which went to “12 Years a Slave,” and Sandra Bullock missed out on the Best Actress award, the space based movie “Gravity” enjoyed a dominating night at the Academy Awards, winning in seven categories, including Best Director for Alfonso Cuarón. NASA seems […]
Slight Spoiler Warning: Does the surprising success of the motion picture “Gravity” foretell an ominous future for the International Space Station? Leaving aside the numerous logical gaps in the movie, which to some least, are even more disconcerting in an effort which otherwise succeeds in achieving a hyper realism than they would be in a […]
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