Two American aerospace heroes are to meet at week’s end at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. The first human to step onto the Moon, Neil Armstrong, will present the Neil Armstrong Medal of Excellence to Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, captain of the US Airways airliner that, just after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport on Jan. [...]

Credit: LiftPort Group   It is not science fiction. It’s a way to colonize space using today’s technologies and materials. That’s the view of advocates for planting a space elevator on the Moon. The concept would consist of a ribbon made of very strong and very light material — carbon nanotubes being a material of [...]

Credit: White House   Thousands of middle school students and teachers are to be engaged with NASA through its Summer of Innovation initiative, to be kicked off on June 10. The effort is focused on stimulating math and science-based education programs. NASA’s goal is to increase the number of future scientists, mathematicians, and engineers, with [...]

Titan Through Time will be a 2 1/2 day (Tuesday-Thursday) workshop hosted at NASA/GSFC in Maryland, aimed at bringing together the planetary research community to share recent topical results and to debate about Titan’s formation, evolution and fate. This workshop is open to everyone who has an interest in Titan, including those studying it experimentally [...]

Dr. Jones will report on the design and cost of a starship, with emphasis on life support systems. He will describe a multigenerational interstellar voyage to colonize a new planet. Nuclear propulsion is required. The mission is more feasible if a small crew travels slowly and lands with minimal equipment. Growing food is about as [...]