Sun Apr 4

This Week In Space, Episode 13 (Universetoday) [space]
Discovery gets ready for launch and the STS0131 astronauts prepare for a resupply mission to the space station. The Expedition 23 crew blasts off - and breaks into song, Spirit takes a nap, NASA steps on the gas to help out with the runaway Toyota investigation and is it Saturns moon Mimas or Pac-Man?

Sun Apr 4

Only NASA Could Take A Simple Idea And Make it This Complex (Nasawatch) [nasa]
NASA Lost its Way, Paul Spudis, Air & "Although the purpose of the VSE was clear to the White House and the Congress, it became increasingly clear over time that NASA was having difficulty understanding the mission. They eventually embarked on a multi-year study to define exactly why they had been tasked to go to the Moon and

Sun Apr 4

Debut Launch of New Commercial Rocket Slips to May (MarsDrive) [launch]
SpaceX is now targeting a May 8 launch for its first Falcon 9 rocket after a slip from April

Sun Apr 4

How Should Earth Respond When Aliens Say Hello? (Space) [earth]
Scientists are studying the best ways to compose messages meant for alien eyes in case we ever do get the chance to communicate with

Sun Apr 4

Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 4 April 2010 (MarsDrive) [april]
Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 4 April

Sat Apr 3

Searching for the Grandest Asteroid Tour ( jpl.nasa.gov) [asteroid]
Orbit mechanics experts from around the world recently met to discuss methods for finding the best possible spacecraft trajectory, or flight path, for visiting a sequence of asteroids.

Sun Apr 4

Andromedas Double Nucleus – Explained at Last? (Universetoday) [explained]
In 1993, the Hubble Space Telescope snapped a close-up of the nucleus of the Andromeda galaxy, M31, and found that it isIn the 15+ years since, dozens of papers have been written about it, with titles like The stellar population of the decoupled nucleus in M 31, Accretion Processes in the Nucleus of M31,

Sun Apr 4

Hot New Stars Take Center Stage in Cosmic Photo (MarsDrive) [photo]
Hot, young stars take center stage a new image of the Orion nebula from the Spitzer Space

Sun Apr 4

New ISS Crew Members Welcomed Aboard Station (Spaceplex.com) [station]
The hatches between the Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft and the station were opened at 3:19 a.m. EDT

Sun Apr 4

Giant Radio Galaxy Supercharges Big Bang Leftovers (Space) [bang]
Gamma-rays found to emanate from radio galaxy Centaurus A by NASAs Fermi