NASA's Regolith Excavation Challenge is scheduled for Aug. 2-3, 2008, on the campus of the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. Teams will try to use a roving excavator to move simulate lunar soil into a bin within 30 minutes.

07/24/08

Researchers using a fleet of five NASA satellites have discovered that explosions of magnetic energy a third of the way to the moon power substorms that cause sudden brightenings and rapid movements of the aurora borealis, called the Northern Lights.

07/24/08

Researchers using a fleet of five NASA satellites have discovered that explosions of magnetic energy a third of the way to the moon power substorms that cause sudden brightenings and rapid movements of the aurora borealis, called the Northern Lights.

07/23/08

NASA and industry engineers have successfully completed the first drop test of a drogue parachute for the Ares I rocket.

07/23/08

NASA and Internet Archive, a non-profit digital library based in San Francisco, made available the most comprehensive compilation ever of NASA's vast collection of photographs, historic film and video Thursday.

07/23/08

Researchers using a fleet of five NASA satellites have discovered that explosions of magnetic energy a third of the way to the moon power substorms that cause sudden brightenings and rapid movements of the aurora borealis, called the Northern Lights.

07/22/08

On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) hosted NASA Administrator Michael Griffin and Secretary of Agriculture Edward T. Schafer during the signing of a memorandum of understanding to enable the USDA's Agricultural Research Service to conduct plant related research on the International Space Station.

07/21/08

NASA satellites, aircraft, and research know-how have created a wealth of cutting-edge tools to help firefighters battle wildfires. These tools also have helped scientists understand the impact of fires and smoke on Earth's climate and ecosystems.

07/21/08

Software used to define safety margins for spacecraft re-entries and detect planets outside our solar system are co-winners of the 2007 Software of the Year Award.

07/21/08

• NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft has created a video of the moon transiting (passing in front of) Earth as seen from the spacecraft's point of view 31 million miles (50 million kilometers) away. Quick Time version is available at:
  http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/epoxi_transit.html
  YouTube version is available at:
  http://www.universetoday.com/2008/07/17/an-alien-view-of-the-moon-transiting-earth/
• On-line video from the Dayton 2008 SDR Forum can be found at:
  http://www.hamsdr.com/dnld.aspx. Scroll down the list to the links labeled "Dayton_2008_Video".
• If you like some ideas about what Satellites were like in the past, here is a link to a great puplication. I remember always having it around my shack to show people about various types and operating of satellites.
  See: http://www.amsat-dl.org/pic/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=7527
• Full programme at the AMSAT-UK Space Colloquium: AMSAT-UK will be holding their 23rd International Space Colloquium at the University of Surrey, Guildford, from Friday 25th until Sunday 27th July. On Friday, in addition to the main lecture programme there will be a special Beginners Workshop to show newcomers how to use the many amateur satellites that are available. RSGB Amateur Radio Manager Carlos Eavis G0AKI will be giving a presentation about the plans for a brand new GB4FUN Radio Communications demonstration vehicle on Saturday 26th July. On Sunday morning, the IARU Satellite Adviser Hans, ZS6AKV, will chair the IARU Satellite Forum, which will be attended by the RSGB Microwave Manager Murray Niman, G6JYB. He will be available for questions on the papers relating to amateur satellite operation beingpresented by the RSGB to the IARU Region 1 conference at Cavtat in November. The event is open to all Radio Amateurs and SWL's. It is planned to broadcast some of the proceedings live via the internet at http://www.batc.tv [Thanks Ian, G3ZHI]