There are few instances in history that compare to the moments NASA provided the world during the Apollo program.
On December 3, 1941, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, then one of the largest newspapers in Hawaii, published an article with a headline that read “HOUSE VOTES ANTI-STRIKE BILL.” The article was referring to legislation about labor unions that was under consideration in Congress.
Jeff Bezos’s Grandiose, But Completely Possible, Vision of Space Colonization
By Glynn Cosker
Contributor, In Space News
At a recent media event in Washington, D.C., Amazon founder Jeff Bezos revealed some more details about his new rocket company, Blue Origin, and revealed a prototype of a new lunar landing vehicle. However, that did not make the headlines – something else did.
Would immortality be worth it? Traveling centuries into the future via time dilation is that everyone you knew would obviously be long dead when you return.
The APUS chapter of Women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) recently hosted a presentation by AMU alumna Major Eleanor Morgan, who spoke about her background and professional career path. She also offered some advice to those in the audience who might be interested in pursuing a STEM career.
Last week at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Colonel Kevin Kick, Dr. Nicole Drumhiller and Dr. Michelle Watts were on a mission to gather feedback on what leaders in academia, industry and the military want to see in education.
Since the idea of a region of space in which nothing can escape, even light, was first postulated by Einstein’s general relativity, it remained a mathematical concept.
In 1983, President Ronald Reagan proposed a new Cold War initiative designed to protect the United States from a nuclear attack by the Soviet Union. The anti-ballistic missile system was called the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), but it quickly gained the nickname “Star Wars” after the popular science-fiction films.
Two astronauts performed NASA’s third spacewalk in as many weeks outside of the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday.
The 35th annual Space Symposium takes place in Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 8 through April 11, 2019.