We’ve seen Google launching their Nexus S phone into space with balloons before and here’s another cool fact that Nexus S was used for brains for robots at NASA. Apparently, NASA scientists say that Android is easier to use and easily implemented into their space testing programs due to its open-source nature.
This is quite true, Android is becoming more than just a phone or tablet, it can be used for many embedded projects.
The STS-134 / ULF6 – AMS is scheduled to launch on May 16, 2011 at 8:56 AM Eastern by NASA.
What is this mission’s mission?
The AMS-02 experiment is a state-of-the-art particle physics detector being constructed, tested and operated by an international team composed of 56 institutes from 16 countries and organized under United States Department of Energy (DOE) sponsorship. The JSC project office oversees and directs the overall payload integration activities and ensures that the payload is safe and ready for launch on the
Here’s astronaut who is tweeting from space.(@Astro_TJ) Cool. I’ve been twittering a lot too, perhaps why some blog posts are missing. I’ve been forcing myself to blog more though so watch out for that. 🙂
Expedition 22 Flight Engineer T.J. Creamer made first use of the new system Friday, when he posted the first unassisted update to his Twitter account, @Astro_TJ, from the sp
Here’s a rather “fun” video of rocket launch in China video-ed by a man in a consumer airplane. I hope they make sure there’s no airplanes around the next time they launch a rocket.
What is the rocket failed to reach space and ricochet into that very plane the man is taking video from?
Definitely something to think about, it’s called safety.
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv5J5cBwwFc
But yes, it’s rather cool to see the rocket from an airplane for sheezy.
Here’s a rather interesting way to launch your own personal satellite into orbit using Interorbital System’s TubeSat Personal Satellite Kit. For a price of $8,000, you get a basketball-sized tube and launch to 192 miles above earth into “low orbit”. You could easily do space imaginary of earth, videos, and anything you can fit in the TubeSat. They won’t stay in orbit for more than couple months and will burn up (due to the lower earth orbit) but still, this could be a fun way to test your space technology.
For one, I can see myself equippin
Here’s a cool pic of a real rocket launch, close-up by a photographer who setup a sound-activated camera. His camera lens was destroyed but the picture was salvaged. And yes, picture is worth a thousand words for sure.
I just got pinged from @SpaceAstro on my Twitter feed, NASA’s Expedition 21 is like launching launched as I write this blog post, take a look on NASA TV if you care for big launches!
I took some quick screenshots of the Expedition 21 taking off for those of you who missed it.
(This is right after it launched, looks cool, doesn’t it?)
(After awhile, I think
Check out the new spacesuits (on the right) that NASA has been working on. It definitely looks more like a body builder now when you wear one.
NASA just awarded its future spacesuit contract to Oceaneering International. The US firm must now design, test, and produce two suits — the default suit (pictured after the break) worn on-board for launch and landing and a second, more versatile, cheese-proof suit worn during space walks and upon the surface of the moon.
Yey, let’s see if Sergey can take himself to space soon with his $5 Million investment.
A new investor is likely to occupy one of the two available seats on Space Adventures’ 2011 flight: Sergey Brin, a co-founder of Google. He made a $5 million investment in the company that will serve as a deposit on a future flight.
Space Adventures plans to announce the flight and Mr. Brin’s participation in a news conference Wednesday morning at the Explorers Club in New York.
