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Asteroid Apophis and Blue Origin – SpacePod 11.11.21

Isn’t Apophis dead yet? This is your SpacePod for November 21st, 2011 A couple of weeks ago we did a SpacePod on Asteoid 2005 yu55 and where you could see it. It sure would be a shame if we didn’t show you this little space rock. This 28 frame movie was captured by nasa’s goldstone [...]

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Asteroid Hunting and Rocket Watching – SpacePod 2011.11.07

A couple of awesome space geekery things to watch. This is your SpacePod for November 7th, 2011 It’s time to dust off those telescopes! For those of you in the Northern Hemisphere, you’ll have a great chance to see Asteroid 2005 YU 55. Measuring in at around 400 meters in diameter, or about the size [...]

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New Locations for Old Rockets – SpacePod 2011.10.31

ESA has been busy! An all new location to launch an old rocket. This is your SpacePod for October 31st, 2011. In 2004 ESA retired their medium lift Ariane IV launch vehicle leaving only the heavy lift Ariane V rocket in their lineup. For the past couple of years ESA and Roscosmos have been working [...]

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NASA | ART 50 Years of Exploration – SpacePod 2011.06.20

A traveling art exhibition featuring 73 works by some of America’s leading artists has been organized by the Smithsonian Institution to honor NASA’s 50th birthday. “NASA | ART” opened Oct. 25 at the Art League of Bonita Springs in Bonita Springs, Fla. The exhibition remained there until Jan. 19, 2009, then travel to 10 other [...]

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GPS IIF-2 Wet Dress Rehearsal – SpacePod 2011.06.09

CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. – When one thinks of rockets the image that was presented during what is known as a Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) of a Delta IV medium – does not exactly fit the mold. The WDR is conducted by United Launch Alliance (ULA) to test out the Delta’s systems prior to spacecraft integration [...]

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A tour of Atlantis and the launch pad – SpacePod 2011.06.07

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER Fla. – As the end of the shuttle program fast approaches it seems that the pace of events taking place at the space center have reached a fever pitch. Just a week after Atlantis was rolled from her OPF to the VAB and then lifted into the air and mated to the [...]

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Dr. Steve Levin talks Juno – SpacePod 2011.05.31

Right after the final launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour, we were fortunate to get a personal tour of Juno, the next NASA Spacecraft to go to Jupiter. Dr. Steve Levin sat down with us to talk about the science behind the mission and why Juno is so awesome! Juno is slated to lift off from [...]

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