Outer Space http://www.akgmag.com/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:00:02 -0600 By Nancy L. Young-Houser. In 2007, the International Astronautical Federation (IAF)discussed the issue of space tourism, while this coming October 9-16, 2009, its 60th Congress in Daejeon, Republic of Korea is being organized by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) and Daejeon Metropolitan City. http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_International_Astronautical_Federation__or_IAF.htm Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_International_Astronautical_Federation__or_IAF.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. We all know that washing our hands prevents germs from spreading and is the number one preventive in the health care field for disease prevention. A simple habit, only soap and water or an alcohol-based sanitizer that does not require water is used, which makes the practice excellent while in space. With infectious diseases spreading through hand-to-hand contact, NASA has... http://www.akgmag.com/article/NASA_s_Planetary_Protection_Concept.htm Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/NASA_s_Planetary_Protection_Concept.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. At the time of this writing the Kepler spacecraft is ten days into its six-year mission, about 250,000 miles away from Earth. Moving at a rapid speed of 10 million miles a year, the NASA spacecraft is carrying one of NASA's largest cameras that has ever been beyond the orbit of Earth, capable of finding Earth-like sized planets located in a habitable zone. http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Keppler_Spacecraft_NASA_s_Search_for_Earth_Sized_Planets.htm Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Keppler_Spacecraft_NASA_s_Search_for_Earth_Sized_Planets.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. After five delays, the NASA space shuttle Discovery STS-119 has finally taken off toward the International Space Station in order to fit it with a final pair of power-generating solar wings. With the recent delay involving leaking hydrogen gas which delayed last Wednesday's launch attempt, prior delays involved hydrogen gas valves inside the space shuttle's engine compartment. http://www.akgmag.com/article/Successful_Liftoff_for_Space_Shuttle_Discovery.htm Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Successful_Liftoff_for_Space_Shuttle_Discovery.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. With space debris forming a wide-spreading mass of wreckage orbiting Earth, it should come to no surprise that astronauts were forced to flee from their International Space Station onboard a Russian escape spaceship today, due to a high-speed upcoming motor traveling in space known as "space junk" or "space debris". With the crew safely back inside after a 10-minute evacuation, maybe we should look at the fact that space debris and junk are . . . http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Dangers_of_Space_Debris_and_Garbage.htm Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Dangers_of_Space_Debris_and_Garbage.htm By Nancy L. Young-Houser. NASA has announced this is the year of the International Year of Astronomy, when Galileo used his telescope in 1609 to observe the heavens for the very first time. With over 400 years of universe exploration and to celebrate Galileo's birthday on February 15, images are being released from the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the Spitzer Space Telescope across the country. http://www.akgmag.com/article/2009___The_International_Year_of_Astronomy.htm Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.akgmag.com/article/2009___The_International_Year_of_Astronomy.htm