Suitsat Readies for Operation

One of the strangest satellites in the history of the space age is about to go into orbit. Launch date: Feb. 3rd. That's when astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) will hurl an empty spacesuit overboard.

SuitSat can be heard by anyone on the ground. "All you need is an antenna (the bigger the better) and a radio receiver that you can tune to 145.990 MHz FM," says Bauer. "A police band scanner or a hand-talkie ham radio would work just fine." He encourages students, scouts, teachers and ham radio operators to tune in.

"Those that hear SuitSat should send their signal reports with a large (9x12 inch) self-addressed stamped envelope to one of the addresses listed below:"

* USA: ARRL Headquarters SuitSat QSL 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111-1494 USA
* Canada: Radio Amateurs of Canada SuitSat QSL 720 Belfast Road, Suite 217 Ottawa Ontario K1G 0Z5
* Europe: F1MOJ - Mr CANDEBAT Christophe SuitSat Europe QSL Manager 7 Rue Roger Bernard 30470 AIMARGUES FRANCE
* Japan: SuitSat Japan QSL JARL International Section Tokyo 170-8073 JAPAN
* Russia: Alexander Davydov, RN3DK Novo - Mytishchinsky prospekt 52 - 111 Mytishchi 18, Moskovskaya obl. 141018, RUSSIA
* Other countries, please use the US or Canadian address above.

"Students will get a certificate commemorating their reception. Those that receive the picture or copy the special words will get a special endorsement on their certificate."

AZSGC-Open Announcements

A great sampling of the many programs that NASA has for students.

Yuri's Night 06 | Home

April 12th marks the anniversary of the dawn of a new era. It is the 45th Anniversary of the first manned space flight. It is also our chance to look to what we can create for our planet's future - through curiosity, exploration, inspiration, and cooperation. With Yuri's Night, young people around the world are celebrating what it means to be human.

Stardust@Home - background

We are seeking volunteers to help us to search for these tiny samples of matter from the galaxy. Volunteers are critical to the success of this project. Please help us find the first samples of contemporary Stardust ever collected.

NASA - NASA TV Landing Page

Watch NASA TV for live events and mission updates!

A Mile Under Chesapeake Bay Scientists Find Evidence Of Asteroid Impact

The impact crater was formed about 35 million years ago when a rock from space struck the Earth at hypersonic speed. Scientists have only recently begun to explore the consequences from that distant event and learn how it has greatly affected the population living in southeastern Virginia today.

Fossil Galaxy Reveals Clues To Early Universe

A tiny galaxy has given astronomers a glimpse of a time when the first bright objects in the universe formed, ending the dark ages that followed the birth of the universe.

Upside Down: Space Turns CPR On Its Head

Giving a crew member on the space station cardiopulmonary resuscitation can be a daunting problem. That's because when you press down on the crewman's chest in zero gravity, you go up, up and away.

That's just one of the reasons why critical-care medicine in space requires thinking forward, said Scott Dulchavsky, associate professor of surgery at Wayne State University in Detroit, who consults to the National Aviation and Space Administration on how to care for astronauts far from earth.

The Space Review: America's new ray guns

Few issues in military technology have been subject to as much confusion, disinformation, and ignorance as the subject of lasers and other directed energy weapons. To ordinary Americans, the whole idea of beam weapons seems more like science fiction.

In fact, according to a new book by Doug Beason, The E Bomb: How America’s New Directed Energy Weapons Will Change The Way Future Wars Are Fought, published by Da Capo Press, such weapons are on the verge of being deployed (or, according to some sources, already have been.)

Out of the Cradle

An excellent blog with interviews and links galore - a great resource of information for your space needs!

The Space Review: Astronauts and Area 51: the Skylab Incident

Far out in the Nevada desert, miles from prying eyes, is a secret Air Force facility that has been known by numerous names over the years. It has been called Paradise Ranch, Watertown Strip, Area 51, Dreamland, and Groom Lake. Groom is probably the most mythologized real location that few people have ever seen. According to people with overactive imaginations, it is where the United States government keeps dead aliens, clones them, and reverse-engineers their spacecraft. It is also where NASA filmed the faked Moon landings.

This secrecy was threatened in early 1974 when the astronauts on Skylab pointed their camera out the window and took pictures of a facility that did not officially exist. They returned to Earth and their photographs quickly became a headache for NASA, the CIA, and the Department of Defense. That story has never been told before.

Space Weather Explorer: Auroras

Will we be having an Aurora tonight? Check the forcast!

Your Age On Other Worlds

Want to melt those years away? Travel to an outer planet!

Your Weight On Other Worlds

Ever wonder what you might weigh on Mars or The Moon? Here's your chance to find out!

Build a Solar System

Make a scale model of the Solar System and learn the REAL definition of "space!"

NASA to pay Russia for rocket trips - Breaking News - World - Breaking News

The United States will pay Russia $US21.8 million ($A29.19 million) per astronaut for a lift aboard a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station.

The fare is slightly more than the world's first "space tourists" forked out for a ride into space with the Russian craft.

With its shuttle fleet grounded and no other vehicles available to serve as space station rescue boats, NASA had no choice but to pay Russia for transportation or abandon the half-built orbital outpost.

Stardust Mission Status - January 5, 2006

Ten days before its historic return to Earth with the first-ever samples from a comet, NASA's Stardust spacecraft successfully performed its 18th flight path adjustment. This second-to-last scheduled maneuver puts the spacecraft on the right path to rendezvous with Earth on Jan. 15 (Universal Time), when it will release its sample return capsule.