Tag Archives: Voyager

Robotic Emissaries to the Stars

Posted on May 8, 2017 by launiusr

Five spacecraft from Earth are currently moving out into the stars. After their operations cease, these spacecraft will continue to coast indefinitely. None of them will come close to any known stars, and it is unlikely they will encounter any … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Personal, Science, Space | Tagged Clyde Tombaugh, NASA, New Horizons, Pioneer, Pioneer Plaque, planetary exploration, space science, U.S. Civil Space, Voyager | 1 Comment

Wednesday’s Book Review: “Dreams of Other Worlds”

Posted on November 4, 2015 by launiusr

Dreams of Other Worlds: The Amazing Story of Unmanned Space Exploration. By Chris Impey and Holly Henry (Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2013). Pp. 450. $35. ISBN: 978-0-691-14753-6. Should scientists write history? Most of the time, I don’t think so. This … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Personal, Politics, Science, Space | Tagged Cassini, Chris Impey, Dreams of Other Worlds: The Amazing Story of Unmanned Space Exploration, Galileo, Hipparcos, Holly Henry, Magellan, Mars Exploration Rovers, Opportunity, Princeton University Press, Solar and Heliophysics Observatory (SOHO), Spirit, Spitzer Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope, Voyager, Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) | 3 Comments

Chronology of Key Space Anniversaries for 2015

Posted on January 12, 2015 by launiusr

1945—70 Years Ago 4 July—The NACA’s Pilotless Aircraft Research Division (PARD) launched from Wallops Island, Maryland, its first test vehicle, a small two-stage, solid-fuel rocket to check out the installation’s instrumentation. The group soon began serious work to learn about … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Space | Tagged 1960s, Advisory Committee on the Future of the U.S. Space Program, Akatsuki, Alexei Leonov, Apollo 13, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, Army Ballistics Missile Agency, Atlantis, Atlas, cold war, Deep Impact 1, Dragon, Echo 1, Ed White, Falcon 9, Frank Borman, Gemini III, Gemini IV, Gemini VI, Gemini VII, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Gus Grissom, Hayabusa, History, hubble space telescope, IKAROS, Intelsat 1, International Space Station, Jim Lovell, John W. Young, Luna 16, Luna 17, Lunokhod 1, Mariner 4, Mir, Moon, Moon race, NACA, NASA, National Security Council, Naval Research Laboratory, Norman E. Thagard, Pilotless Aircraft Research Division, Project Vanguard, Redstone Arsenal, science, Soyuz 9, space science, space shuttle, SpaceX, Tiros 1, Titan, Tom Stafford, Transit 1B, U.S. Civil Space, V-2, Viking, Voskhod 2, Voyager, WAC-Corporal, Wally Schirra, Wernher von Braun, White Sands Proving Grounds | 5 Comments

Redirect: “Voyager 1 Finally Leaves Solar System—for Real This Time”

Posted on September 16, 2013 by launiusr

Science writer Clara Moskowitz has a good article at Scientific American on how Voyager 1 has left the Solar System. Congratulations to the “little spacecraft that could” after 35 years of continuous operations. Check out the story here. In addition, … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Science, Space | Tagged Clara Moskowitz, History, NASA, planetary exploration, science, space science, U.S. Civil Space, Voyager, Voyager 1 | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Voyager

Robotic Emissaries to the Stars

Wednesday’s Book Review: “Dreams of Other Worlds”

Chronology of Key Space Anniversaries for 2015

Redirect: “Voyager 1 Finally Leaves Solar System—for Real This Time”

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