NASA Ames to host public event for shuttle flyover

NASA Ames to host public event for shuttle flyover(Click link for Examiner.com story).

HET: Humans and robots working together...In SPACE!

NASA Ames Research Center recently released this video about the HET (Human Exploration Telerobotics) program. The goal is to develop robots that can help astronauts with tasks that are repetitive or tedious. Robot discussed in the video include Robonaut2 and SHPERES, both of which are currently being tested on the International Space Station.

Group announces private asteroid-hunting space mission

Group announces private asteroid-hunting space mission
Click on the title to go my Examiner story about this morning's press conference.

Maker Faire returns to San Mateo May 19-20

Maker Faire returns to San Mateo May 19-20

Astronomy and Space Events at Cal Day

On Saturday, April 21 UC Berkeley will hold its Annual Open House with over 300 events in including tours of the Space Sciences Laboratory. The full schedule is available at http://calday.berkeley.edu/

Here's a list of astronomy and space related events :

Touch a Meteorite!
9:00-4:00
145 McCone Hall
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2192

Why Are There Stars? New Answers to an Old Question
10:00-11:00
2 LeConte Hall
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2222

Astronomy Demonstrations and Hands-On Activities
10:00-3:30
Hearst Field Annex
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2220

Astronomy Undergraduate Lab Tour
10:00-3:30
Hearst Field Annex
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2382

Portable Planetarium Shows
10:00-3:30
Hearst Field Annex
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2219

Solar Viewing
10:00-3:30
Lawn North of Sproul Hall
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2221

The Expanding Universe: An Interview With Saul Perlmutter, 2011 Nobel Laureate
11:00-11:45
1 Pimentel Hall
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2130

Art in Science: The Intersection of Image and Research
11:00-3:00
Free Speech Movement Café Moffitt Library
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2140

Space Sciences Laboratory
11:00-5:00
Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2241

Walking Tour of Space Sciences Laboratory
11:00-5:00
Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2242

Make a Comet!
12:00-12:30
Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2247

2012 Is Not the End of the World: Astronomy and the Maya Calendar
12:00-1:00
Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2263

ChronoZoom: Visualizing the History of Everything
1:00-1:30
141 McCone Hall
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2380

Is Anybody Out There?
1:00-2:00
2 LeConte Hall
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2103

Neutron Imaging: Can You See a Flower Through a Granite Wall?
1:00-2:00
Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2246

Stardust Lab Tour
1:00-2:00
Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2243

Cool Careers in Space Science
2:00-3:00
Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2244

Stardust Lab Tour
2:00-3:00
Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2243

Two Amazing, Rare Celestial Events Visible Soon From California
2:00-3:00
105 Stanley Hall
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2104

Make a Comet!
3:00-3:30
Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2247

High-Energy Astrophysics: From Neutron Stars to Supermassive Black Holes
3:00-4:00
Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2245

Can Ice Tell Us About Past Climate and the Sun? A Cosmochemist's Perspective
4:00-5:00
Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)
http://calday.berkeley.edu/detail.php?eventID=2264

Space Enthusiasts gather at SpaceUp San Francisco

My Examiner.com article about SpaceUp San Francisco.
  Space Enthusiasts gather at SpaceUp San Francisco

Bay Area Space and Science Events for the week of 4/2/12-4/8/12

Getting ready for Day 2 of SpaceUpSF. Here's some other Space events in the Bay Area this week.
Bay Area Space and Science Events for the week of 4/2/12-4/8/12

SpaceUp San Francisco March30-April1

This weekend the SpaceUp SF unconference will be held at Citizen Space in San Francisco. It promises to be a fun two days of Space, NASA, robots, New Space, Sci-Fi, moonpies and did I mention Space?(I like Space.)It will be held at the appropriately
named Citizen Space. This Barcamp-style "unconference" is an event where they participants determine the schedule and all are encouraged to be on a panel or lead a talk. Cost for the weekend is $50 (that includes 3 meals, snacks and a T-shirt). As of this writing, tickets are still available. Register at http://spaceupsf.org/registration/

If you can't make it in person, don't panic. Spacevidcast will be streaming portions of the event here: http://www.spacevidcast.com/. I also wrote a brief article about SpaceUp SF at Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/nasa-in-oakland/spaceup-rockets-into-san-francisco-march-31-april-1

Neil deGrasse Tyson - We Stopped Dreaming (Episode 1) (Quieter music)

See what Neil deGrasse Tyson has in his Office

Since the release of The Space Chronicles Neil DeGrasse Tyson has been even more ubiquitous than usual. In the last two weeks he's been everywhere from the talk show circuit to testifying before Congress. Here he is giving Science Friday's Digital Media Producer Flora Lichtman a tour of his office.
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The Fiction to Reality Timeline

There a some problems with this, (for instance, 2001 a Space Odyssey came out in 1968 not 1976)and some of the fictional works cited probably aren't the earliest time the concepts were presented but it's pretty. Click on the image to see full-sized picture.

From: exp.lore.com

NASA events in the Bay Area for the week of 3/4/12-3/10/12 Continue reading on Examiner.com NASA events in the Bay Area for the week of 3/4/12-3/10/1

Bay Area Space and Science Events for the week of 2/5/12-2/11/12

Bay Area Space and Science Events for the week of 2/5/12-2/11/12