Spacefellowship (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Written by Nancy Atkinson If I didn’t know better, I’d swear some of the images from the STS-129 shuttle mission to the International Space Station were CGI renderings taken from a science fiction novel. Take the above image, for example of astronaut Mike Foreman working on the exterior of the ISS during the second space walk of [...]
Spacefellowship (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Written by Nancy Atkinson The weird mystery of the flyby anomaly just got even weirder. Since the early 1990’s scientists and mission controllers have noticed that some spacecraft experience unexpected changes in speed during Earth-flybys. The unexplained variation is extremely small and has occurred as either speed gained or lost, but this variant is not predicted by [...]
Spacefellowship (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Written by Nancy Atkinson Did Mars once have a vast network of river valleys – “canals” if you will – and an ocean that covered most of the planet’s northern hemisphere? A new computer-generated map of the Red Planet provides a more detailed look at the valley networks on Mars, and indicates the networks are more [...]
Colony Worlds (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... of space junk , with a video highlight that really explains how dangerous this debris can be. Nancy Atkinson from Universe Today also discusses space junk, but highlights a possible solution that may involve plasma rockets . Thanks for reading, and be sure to check out the rest of the articles from the Carnival of Space, as well as consider joining our growing ranks and embrace the...
