Blog Archives

News Release From NASA

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Pam Hoffman

JPL/NASA News News release: 2012-307 Oct. 2, 2012 NASA Hosts Teleconference About Mars Curiosity Rover Progress The full version of this story with accompanying images is at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-307&cid=release_2012-307 PASADENA, Calif. — NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. … Continue reading →

More Galleries | 1 Comment

HamSats Part 1

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Pam Hoffman

This gallery contains 1 photo.

Ham Radio Operators have a long history of involvement with all kinds of things including space exploration. “Amateur radio (also called ham radio) is the use of designated radio frequency spectrum for purposes of private recreation, non-commercial exchange of messages, … Continue reading →

More Galleries | Comments Off

Access to ISS

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Pam Hoffman

This gallery contains 1 photo.

My friend, Rich Newell, asked me a question the other day and, while there is in fact a tie-in for Everyday Spacers, this is slightly off topic, and I will delve into an answer. I just realized that other people … Continue reading →

More Galleries | Comments Off

SpaceHack Part 3

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Pam Hoffman

This gallery contains 1 photo.

The final three categories education, open source and contests, concludes our visit to SpaceHack.org for now, on Everyday Spacer. While these aren’t as similar to each other as the first two were, most of the contests have past and only … Continue reading →

More Galleries | Comments Off

SpaceHack Part 2

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Pam Hoffman

This gallery contains 1 photo.

Let’s delve into some of the categories on SpaceHack.org. It seems like the first two, data analysis and distributed computing, are somewhat similar. The first gets people involved while the second involves their computers. Data Analysis… If you like counting … Continue reading →

More Galleries | 2 Comments

SpaceHack Part 1

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Pam Hoffman

This gallery contains 1 photo.

Lookie What I Found: Space Hack I was wondering if there was anything out there similar to Everyday Spacer. I have been looking and so far, this is the first thing I’ve found. If you know of any others PLEASE … Continue reading →

More Galleries | 2 Comments

Launch Something From Earth Into Space!

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Pam Hoffman

This gallery contains 1 photo.

I found a really fun story yesterday on Facebook [thank you Roger Weiss!] about a kid who launched a weather balloon into space from his driveway recently. He even got it back: ” The balloon, which landed on August 25, … Continue reading →

More Galleries | 4 Comments

Discover a Comet

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Pam Hoffman

This gallery contains 1 photo.

Did you know that regular people all over the world discover comets? I only thought of it because a new comet, C/2012 S1, has been discovered recently and it could be pretty spectacular in November 2013. The most important thing … Continue reading →

More Galleries | 5 Comments

Give a Presentation!

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Pam Hoffman

This gallery contains 1 photo.

Want to learn a space topic fast? Commit to giving a speech about it before a live audience. Be sure to give yourself enough lead time because you will have to gather and organize new (to you) information and practice … Continue reading →

More Galleries | 1 Comment

Go See Rockets, etc. Launch

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Pam Hoffman

This gallery contains 2 photos.

Few events in life are more exciting than watching a rocket launch from a safe, close distance, not just distant Rocket Contrails like I mentioned before. I mean watching the vehicle leave the ground from 3-10 miles away or so! … Continue reading →

More Galleries | 2 Comments