Archive for the ‘Space’ Category

Dec

5

Hubble to get New Eyes 0

The New York Times reports that the Hubble will be serviced one more time next year. This is great news, since this mission (scheduled to take place years ago) was canceled after the Shuttle Columbia disaster. I had the chance to work on one of the instruments going up to Hubble–the Wide Field Camera 3–while [...]

Nov

1

Too Weird to Not be True 0

I can’t make this kind of stuff up, people: the CEO of Budget Hotels (yes, those hotels) is building a series of inflatable space habitats to put into orbit. Even weirder: he’s apparently already got two inflatable spacecraft up there.