Learn something new with Amy’s Everyday Astronomy
To get residnets ready for the next Space Festival scheduled for Fall 2021, Insights is hosting a special edition of Nerd Nights this Friday night. The event, set for Friday September 25th @ 6:00 pm via the Zoom Meeting Platform, kicks off a new series ahead of the Insights El Paso Space Festival. Organizers will […]Read More
Thursday, the Blue Origin-led Human Landing System (HLS) National Team – comprised of Blue Origin, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Draper – delivered an engineering mockup of a crew lander vehicle that could take American astronauts to the Moon. The lander is set up in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility (SVMF), NASA Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) iconic Building 9. The full-scale engineering mockup showcases two elements […]Read More
For all of you space enthusiasts out there, here’s a question for you: Why do you think Earth needs space? Blue Origin’s non-profit, Club for the Future, is asking students around the world that very question. They are looking to have students draw or write their idea on a postcard, which will then be flown […]Read More
With the dust still settling at launch pad 39A in Florida, kids across the nation are once again dreaming of careers with NASA and SpaceX. The New Mexico Museum of Space History is here to inspire young minds in a whole new way! Although they have canceled their very popular Rocketeer Academy on campus summer […]Read More
Over one million people tuned in Wednesday to watch the first launch of American astronauts from American soil in nearly a decade. Using the hashtag “LaunchAmerica” viewers took to social media to pose their questions and leave comments for Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, veteran STS astronauts, as they sat inside the Crew Dragon atop […]Read More
Since the dawn of humanity, man has looked to the stars in wonder. Sailors have used the stars to guide their oceanic journeys, astrologers have used the stars to guide lives, and astronomers have used the stars as maps to the unknown reaches of space. Indeed, even our calendar is based on a star. As […]Read More
NITARP, the NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program, gets teachers involved in authentic astronomical research. They partner small groups of educators with a mentor professional astronomer for an original research project. The educators incorporate the experience into their classrooms and share their experience with other teachers. The program, for any interested formal and informal educators, runs […]Read More
T-minus 9 days until the first launch from American soil since the space shuttle Atlantis in 2011. I can remember the STS missions, some of which I woke up early to watch, others happened late enough that we watched them in the classroom. Unlike those other launches, this one will be done without anyone other […]Read More
While much of America is still under some type of quarantine, history is about to made in a big way. No, I’m not talking about the pandemic. I’m talking about the much anticipated, upcoming launch of American astronauts from American soil. A feat that hasn’t been accomplished since the last space shuttle mission in 2011. […]Read More
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo vehicle, VSS Unity, has completed its first glide test at Spaceport America in Southern New Mexico. “Today the Virgin Galactic team has achieved an exciting new milestone in New Mexico ” said Spaceport America’s CEO, Dan Hicks. “We are extremely happy and proud of Virgin Galactic not only for their successful glide […]Read More
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