ESA Rosetta flyby blogged live

Go here to read live updates from ESA's Rosetta last flyby of the Earth before it chases some comets around the Solar System. Enjoy!

Want to be Lunar Certified?

Well, if you are an elementary school teacher in the greater Los Angeles / Southern California area, it is possible. NASA/JPL Education Resources Center is offering a free class in Lunar Certification, which allows you to borrow actual lunar rock and soil samples as well as meteorite samples from NASA. It will be held November 12 from 4 p.m. to 6:00 p.m at the Educator Resource Center, 1460 Holt Ave., Pomona, CA 91767. RSVP by calling 909-397-4420. Enjoy!

NASA iPhone app

Have an iPhone? Interested in keeping track of NASA's activities? Go here to learn about the free iPhone app NASA has designed for space enthusiasts out there. Enjoy!

Space Engineering website

ESA has recently developed a new website, available here, describing the technologies that goes into its spacecraft. Hope you enjoy!

Jupiter / Moon conjuction tonight

Just after sunset. Go here for a skymap. I hope there are clear skies in your area!

Poor LCROSS....

It hit the location on the Moon it was supposed to, but unfortunately didn't create the plume of dust and gas the scientists were hoping for. Go here for a funny, yet sad, synopsis.

New Sunspot

Just because the Sun is in the midst of one of the deepest Solar Minima ever recorded, producing far fewer sunspots than average, does not mean it isn't producing anyway. This weekend, a very large and powerful sunspot formed in the Sun's corona. Go here for more information and some pretty pictures / movies. Enjoy!

The Future of Human Spaceflight in the US...

... may indeed be largely determined by this report. The short-term future, in any case. What do you think? I'm very interested to hear/read your opinions, so please leave them below.

The Milky Way's neighbors

In addition to M31 (Andromeda galaxy), orbiting the Milky Way are a collection of small, irregular galaxies which likely had lost gas and stars to the Milky Way's gravitational attraction when they get too close. Go here for some new, pretty pictures of one of the galaxies that may form the building blocks of the Milky Way's halo.

Virtual Spacewalks

NASA has developed a new video game, Station Spacewalk, to give you the opportunity to experience (somewhat) what it is like to float outside the International Space Station into the emptiness of space. Without, you know, actually going up in space and floating outside, unfortunately. Go here to try it out.