by m0xtd | Aug 19, 2012 | Daily Updates
Despite a small war in Tajikistan Neil Melville PA9N and Helen Woolnough, driving their 9 year old 1.1 litre Fiat Panda, have now made it to Mongolia. On Sunday, August 19 their location was given as 46.37 N, 96.25 E. They are taking part in the Mongol Rally where...
by m0xtd | Aug 19, 2012 | Daily Updates
Ecuador’s first satellite NEE-01 Pegasus, built by the Ecuadorian Space Agency EXA, is currently planned to launch in the 1st quarter of 2013 on a DNEPR rocket from Yasny. The raw aluminum structure of the CubeSat was donated by Professor Bob Twiggs KE6QMD....
by m0xtd | Aug 18, 2012 | Daily Updates
The UK STRaND nanosat team have released this picture in which a volunteer from SSTL, Nimal Navarathinam VE3NML, finishes laying down the cells for the Earth-facing and Space-facing solar panels. STRaND stands for Surrey Training, Research and Nanosatellite...
by m0xtd | Aug 18, 2012 | Daily Updates
The JURBAN team not only hope to win the Google Lunar X-Prize by landing a robot on the Moon they also aim to inspire future generations to pursue Science, Technology Engineering and Math (STEM). Watch We are JURBAN [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw9uWc-1PQs]...
by m0xtd | Aug 17, 2012 | Daily Updates
Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI used amateur radio to speak to Scouts at Space Jam 6 in Rantoul, Illinois. The Space Jamboree Workshop is the Midwest’s largest technology oriented gathering of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Scouts from all over the United States...
by m0xtd | Aug 17, 2012 | Daily Updates
A penny-sized rocket thruster may soon power the smallest satellites in space. The device, designed by Paulo Lozano, associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT, bears little resemblance to today’s bulky satellite engines, which are laden with...
