Join us for Space Apps 2015 “NASA and other space agencies around the world are preparing for the next International Space Apps Challenge. The International Space Apps Challenge is an international mass…
Month: September 2014
Creating Digital Badges for NASA Education
Penn State to build digital education credentials for NASA, Penn State “Penn State will be receiving a $500,000 subcontract from Texas State University, the recipient of a larger grant from NASA to…
Applying Citizen Science Tools to Astronomy
Citizen Scientists Probe Early Galaxies, Sky and Telescope “Now, astronomers using data collected by Galaxy Zoo — a crowd-sourced astronomy project that invites the public to analyze fuzzy images of distant galaxies…
ISEE-3 Reboot Project Featured on VOA
Citizen-Scientists Take Control of Old Satellite, VOA “For the first time, the American space agency has given control of one of its spacecraft to a team of citizen-scientists. The satellite was launched…
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ISEE-3 is in Safe Mode
Figure 1: ISEE-3 Post Flyby Trajectory (Courtesy of Mike Loucks www.see.com) Since the lunar flyby on August 10th the ISEE-3 Reboot team has continued to work with Google Creative Lab to bring…
Comparing Propulsion System Schematics
Had a deja vu moment last night when I saw this this schematic of #MarsOrbiter prop system. We're related! #ISEE3 pic.twitter.com/uRQjLajqhF — ISEE3 Reboot Project (@ISEE3Reboot) September 24, 2014
NASA Lists ISEE-3 Reboot as 2nd Largest Space Crowdfunded Effort
Emerging Space: The Evolving Landscape of 21st Century American Spaceflight, PDF, NASA Office of the Chief Technologist “Crowdfunding offers space organizations avenues for fundraising outside traditional institutional methods. Sites like Kickstarter.com, Rockethub.com,…
New NASA Citizen Science Website
NASA Launches New Citizen Science Website; Opens Challenge to Participate in Future Mars Missions “NASA announced Saturday the opening of registration for its Mars Balance Mass Challenge and the launch of its…
ISEE-3 Stuff at Arecibo
@Astro_Ron from @SEGrants is visting @NAICobservatory and saw this #ISEE3 -related item and sent us this pic pic.twitter.com/x22PopUrW0 — ISEE3 Reboot Project (@ISEE3Reboot) September 21, 2014
ISEE-3 Reboot Project at Maker Faire New York
Keith Cowing gives a great preso on #ISEE3 despite projector glitches. A 1978 NASA spacecraft was easier to control. pic.twitter.com/jZNxyTF3Bk — Joshua Shinavier (@joshsh) September 20, 2014 Watching @KeithCowing talk about his…
Citizen Science and Astronomy
Commons at the Intersection of Peer Production, Citizen Science, and Big Data: Galaxy Zoo “The knowledge commons research framework is applied to a case of commons governance grounded in research in modern…