It’s not a secret that human deep space exploration is the ultimate goal for both NASA and the commercial space industry. Like all exploration missions, there are years of preparation to ensure that everything is ready to go and will run as smooth as possible. One of the many things that need to be accounted […]
Elon Musk Has Updated SpaceX’s Plans for Colonizing Mars. Here’s What We Know
September 29, 2017
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk took the stage at the International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australia to give an update on how the company will one day colonize Mars. Here’s what we know: 1. The new version of the Big Fucking Rocket (BFR) or Interplanetary Transport System is slightly smaller than what SpaceX originally […]
They feasted on pineapple and mangos. Then they had an egg frittata. The crew of four men and two women spent 8 months below the summit of the Big Island’s Mauna Loa. Why? Because they were a part of a study that would allow NASA to understand the psychological impact of a long-term space mission […]
Did you know that there are 3,610 exoplanets, in 2,704 planetary systems and 610 multiple planetary systems according to Schneider, J. “Interactive Extra-solar Planets Catalog”, The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia? An exoplanet is a planet outside of our solar system that orbits a star, and we have thousands of them. Before 1992, we didn’t even know […]
Alyssa Carson is blazing her path to the red planet “Always follow your dream and don’t let anyone take it from you.” — Alyssa Carson Alyssa Carson wants you to know she’s going to be one of the first people on Mars. Since she was 3 watching the Backyardigans make the trip it’s been her dream. Codenamed […]
What if You Could Fly? Flying has always been a dream. People have written books and made movies of people floating in mid-air, and with the right materials, people in the past have made “wings” so they can float with the wind. These believers created the illusion for themselves and others of flight. Otto Lilienthal, […]
For many years, scientists and dreamers have fantasized what space life would be like. On planets, in a space ship, anywhere really. They imagine how we would live, how humans would, in any way, be able to survive. Elon Musk shares his own fantasies and how he will make Mars thrive with life, “It would […]
This week, Star Letters announced the launch of a new program: Reaching For The Stars: Star Letters Youth Program. The goal of our program is to help inspire children to look up and consider careers in the STEM fields to further advance humanity’s progress into space. We firmly believe that children are our future and […]
While I have always been fascinated with space, my first love is history. As I was doing research for this article, I stumbled upon a situation that reminded me of an interesting part of astronomy history that I will share briefly with you. During the Renaissance, everyone believed that Earth was stationary at the center […]
Today’s Star Letter is from Robin Seemangal. *** NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Florida’s space coast is called the gateway to the stars. That’s where I am writing this Star Letter and I hope it finds you well. It’s early in the morning, just after sunrise. I’m sitting on the grass in front of the […]
