Kentucky Space

Spacevidcast broadcasting International Space Development Conference

Spacevidcast, which seems to be everywhere these days, is broadcasting the International Space Development Conference. The agenda is here and a running stream of tweets, here. The conference runs through Sunday.

Wayne

TED Video: Could Enceladus harbor life?

In a very brief return engagement, planetary scientist Carolyn Porco tells the audience at this year's TED that the particular heated chemistry of the Saturn moon Enceladus could be an indication that the the small moon with the big geology could harbor life.

Wayne

Kentucky Space clean room under construction

Kentucky Space student Twyman Clements passed along these pictures of the clean room under construction on the campus of the University of Kentucky, part of a developing space infrastructure in the commonwealth. Thanks Ty! 

Wayne

Masten hover video posted

Masten Space Systems has posted some brief video of its latest tethered hover test (via HobbySpace)

Wayne

Hubble mission video, photolog

The Boston Globe has many, many terrific photos of the Hubble Servicing mission. Thanks for pointing them out, Tyler! Embedded below is some HD video of the crew during release of the newly outfitted Hubble, following what by all accounts has been a fantastically successful mission.

Wayne

Pharmasat launch a success

Designed as a micro science laboratory to learn more about how yeast responds to an antifungal treatment in space, Pharmasat was successfully launched last evening. Mission managers twittered the story.

Wayne

Image Credit: NASA/ARC/Christopher Beasley.

Wired video: CubeSats make space more accessible

It looks like PharmaSat will be launched tonight. CubeSats are also featured in this video at Wired. Enjoy

New Dutch entrant into Google Lunar X Prize

A Dutch entrant, White Label, has announced its entry into the Google Lunar X-Prize.

Wayne

RazakSAT, Falcon-1 flight moved to mid-July

Based on this Malaysian story, space journalist Jeff Foust is reporting that the Falcon 1 launch of RazakSAT has been moved to mid-July.

Wayne

Tweeting from Space

This idea shamelessly stolen from The Launch Pad, which talks about Internet access from orbit. Though it won't come from orbit, personally I can't wait to tweet this message.

Wayne