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Russian Crowdfunded Satellite May Soon Become Brightest “Star” in the Sky

7 Mar , 2016 by Bob King

A group of Russian engineering students hope to use crowdfunding to build and launch what may be the brightest satellite in the sky.

Africa’s First Mission to the Moon Announced

25 Nov , 2014 by Matt Williams

Africa is home to 7 out of 10 of the world’s fastest-growing economies. It’s population is also the “youngest” in the world, with 50% of the population being 19 years old or younger. And amongst these young people are scores of innovators and entrepreneurs who are looking to bring homegrown innovation to their continent and […]

Beam a Message to Mars and Support Space Research and Exploration

19 Aug , 2014 by Nancy Atkinson

A new project from Uwingu to help address funding shortages for researchers, scientists, educators and students allows people from Earth to give a global “shout?out” to planet Mars. The project is called “Beam Me to Mars,” and it celebrates the 50th anniversary of the launch of f NASA’s Mariner 4 mission, the first successful mission […]

Contact With 36-Year Old Spacecraft Results in Dancing, Hugs. Now Comes Even Bigger Challenge

4 Jun , 2014 by Nancy Atkinson

What is it like to make contact with a 36-year old dormant spacecraft? “The intellectual side of you systematically goes through all the procedures but you really end up doing a happy dance when it actually works,” Keith Cowing told Universe Today. Cowing, most notably from NASA Watch.com, and businessman Dennis Wingo are leading a […]

Uwingu Hopes to Raise $10 million for Scientists and Educators with Mars Crater Naming Venture

26 Feb , 2014 by Nancy Atkinson

The latest out-of-the-box idea to help address funding shortages for researchers, scientists, educators and students goes to Mars. Uwingu has launched an update to their web site with a new project that gives people the opportunity to name over 550,000 craters on Mars. The company hopes to raise over $10M for helping to fund space […]

Here’s Your Chance To Fund A New Asteroid Search

21 Oct , 2013 by Elizabeth Howell

The crowdfunding campaign is off to a slow start, but the PHASST-1 telescope still has more than a month to reach its $88,816 (€65,000) goal of deploying telescopes devoted to searching for near-Earth asteroids. The Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Search & Tracking Telescope, as the acronym stands for, will begin with two telescopes: an f/1 Baker-Nunn camera near […]

‘Space Selfie’ Telescope Could Hunt Alien Planets … If It Raises A Cool $2M

11 Jun , 2013 by Elizabeth Howell

A crowdfunded telescope — best known for offering “space selfies” for backers as an incentive to send money — is now considering a search for alien planets. Planetary Resources Inc. (the proposed asteroid miners) announced a new “stretch goal” for its asteroid-hunting Arkyd-100 telescope. If the company can raise $2 million — double its original goal […]

Golden Spike Still Needs Your Help to Get to the Moon

9 Apr , 2013 by Jason Major

Last December the Golden Spike Company announced its plans to enable private-sector lunar exploration missions which would be feasible, profitable, and possible — even without government funding. Comprised of veteran space program executives, managers, and engineers, Golden Spike intends to stand on the shoulders of current space technology to develop lunar transportation systems that can be used […]

Lunar Exploration Company Offers the Public a Chance to Participate

13 Feb , 2013 by Nancy Atkinson

Last December, when a private space exploration company named Golden Spike announced they are working to offer human expeditions to the Moon by 2020, they also said wanted to bring public along as an integral part of the company’s mission. Since their initial announcement, the Golden Spike team says they’ve been inundated with emails, letters […]

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