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Many Firsts with Anousheh Ansari's Flight

Congratulations to Anousheh Ansari (photo credit: AnoushehAnsari.com) for her successful flight into orbit early this morning! While many within NASA have met the Soyuz space tourist flights with some reluctance, there …
Twenty Years After Challenger

Twenty years ago, I walked into Austin Aero with Cam, my CFII. A crisp but beautiful and sunny morning, as it was in Florida, I had been practicing under the hood (a big visor used to simulate instrument flight). I was…
Brazil's Cosmonaut Deal Shows Space Isn't Even on U.S. Political Radar

I was delighted to read that Brazil will soon be sending its first traveler into space. Brazil has had an active space program for decades, though they suffered a serious setback from a launch pad explosion a few years …
Congratulations to the Chinese for launching their second manned space mission today, Shenzhou 6. It is a significant accomplishment. There is a helpful and fairly detailed history of Chinese manned spaceflight, writte…
I didn't have much time to write Friday because of the hurricane; fortunately we were fine, as the storm veered farther east. Besides Magnificent Desolation I wanted to mention a couple of other 3-D Imax space films I …
I am happy to report that my nearly 5-year old can now write the name of our renowned space traveler pictured at left. Yes, he is no other than H - A - M. The wonder of phonics! I bet with a little practice, you can d…
Space.com has a good article about the new IMAX film Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D. Although the film was made on earth, in studios or whatever, it sounds pretty neat. Now if Houston just had a 3-D IMA…
"I don't view it as a risk at all ... Soyuz has an excellent reputation for safety and reliability.” - Greg Olsen Space.com reports that Olsen, the third paying Soyuz passenger, is not at all apprehensive about his upco…
One recurring theme as I browse the various aerospace blogrings is a lot of folks saying something like, "I plan to get a degree in engineering/science/etc., and then hopefully get a job working for NASA (i.e. if I'm rea…