White Walkers and Radiation: Walls of Ice Keep Them Both at Bay
This Sunday, the 6th season of Game of Thrones premiers on HBO. Eight million viewers tuned in to watch the premier of Season 5, and considering that there is yet no book to give away what […]
Darren Beyer and Casimir Bridge Featured on Popular Science Radio
This weekend Darren Beyer was interviewed by Alan Taylor of Popular Science Radio about his debut novel, science fiction thriller Casimir Bridge. The two segments of the show detailed an overview about the novel and […]
Inflatable Module Attached to Space Station
Earlier today, the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) was connected to the International Space Station (ISS). As I wrote just before it launched, it is a test for the use of inflatable spacecraft and will be […]
Visiting Nearby Stars Using Tiny Sails
What do Stephen Hawking, Mark Zuckerberg and entrepreneur Yuri Milner have in common – aside from being very rich? They want to build a bunch of tiny spaceships and sail them to nearby stars. They call […]
A Good Week for Landing Rockets
On Saturday private launch vehicle company Blue Origin launched its New Shepard rocket and capsule. The capsule released from the main rocket and reached an apogee of 64.2 miles before safely parachuting back to Earth. The […]
Sam the Stuffed Dog Takes a Ride to Space (Almost)
“Sam the Dog” is the stuffed animal mascot of English Lakes Resorts and Venues, a resort company in England that seems to manage some absolutely lovely hotels and restaurants, primarily in the Lakes District in […]
Return of the Age of the Airship
During World War I, Germany was at a disadvantage in one very important aspect of warfare: its navy was severely outclassed by Britain’s. Before the war began, H.G. Wells wrote the book The War in […]
Lost in Space: Japanese Space Telescope Suffers Mysterious Fate
On February 17th, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Hitomi Space Telescope on a mission to study highly energetic events in the cosmos by looking at x-ray emissions. It successfully got to its […]
Jupiter Strike – Our Neighbor Takes Another Hit
Two amateur astronomers in different parts of the world took video through their telescopes of a sizable object slamming into Jupiter. While reviewing footage, Austrian Gerrit Kernbauer saw a flash of light on one side […]
Inflatable Space Station Module Nears Launch
A few months ago I wrote a post on Bigelow Aerospace’s B330 inflatable space module, and how the technology could facilitate trips to Mars. Inflatable modules offer more space for less launch weight than rigid […]
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