Students from Connetquot High School in Bohemia, New York, used astronaut imagery of Earth to compare impact craters on Earth with those on other planets. The images were provided through the Expedition…
Month: December 2014
Build Your Own Cubesat For Less Than $6,000
“Satellites have traditionally been expensive with even lower cost solutions like Cubesat costing six figure amounts, limited to those with larger budgets. The PocketQube Kit addresses these problems and widens access to…
Crowdfunding Opportunity: Starscraper: The Next Generation of Suborbital Rockets
“We are a team of passionate students at Boston University who have been working hundreds of man-hours per week for three years to make this possible. Interestingly, Boston University does not have…
NASA's Space Station Research Explorer App
Have you ever wondered about the hundreds of experiments that have been conducted on the International Space Station? The Space Station Research Explorer provides current information on ISS experiments, facilities and research…
Citizen Science Opportunity: Using Satellite Imagery to Identify Kelp Forests
“Why do we need your help? The images you’re looking at come from Landsat images taken every 16 days from 1984 to the present. When one of our project scientists first began…
Crowdfunding Opportunity: Project Spartan Spear
“Our goal is to create a fast and reliable launch vehicle that is cheaper than today’s options for delivering CubeSats into space. Current forms of transportation for CubeSats can take several years…
Weather and Environmental Satellite Crowd Sourcing: Two New Apps
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s academic partner, the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has developed two free mobile apps that bring the ability to see…
University Researchers Develop Zero-G Expresso Technology
The Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science at Portland State University (PSU) today announced another advance in the development of micro-gravity drinking cups. The new design makes possible the enjoyment of…
Crowdfunding Opportunity: DreamUp
DreamUp, powered by NanoRacks, is a nonprofit organization now providing a place for student project teams to raise required funds to fly a science experiment to the International Space Station (ISS). The…
NASA Announces Micro-g Experiment Design Teams
NASA is offering undergraduate students an opportunity to participate in a new microgravity activity called Micro-g Neutral Buoyancy Experiment Design Teams (Micro-g NExT). The deadline for proposals is Jan. 28, 2015. Micro-g…
Send Your Computer Code Into Space with Tim Peake
“Leading UK space organisations have joined forces with British ESA Astronaut Tim Peake and Raspberry Pi to offer students a chance to devise and code their own apps or experiment to run…
NASA-USGS Data App Challenge
NASA in partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is offering more than $35,000 in prizes to citizen scientists for ideas that make use of climate data to address vulnerabilities faced by…