Space Exploration by Citizens

Charting the space exploration journey by citizens, for citizens, in design and tech, stories of the successful or yet-to-succeed. A live magazine updated by www.spacetownhall.com

By galacticster

Q&A: Aleksandra Mir – Tate Etc | Tate
tate.org.uk - Tate
It is a room-size immersive graphic novel that tells a story about contemporary Space. Parts of it will be displayed across two parallel sites: Space …
Jul 26, 2017
Space in it's most accessible form
spacetownhall.com
On the 5 Oct 2015, Space Town Hall celebrated its one year old! It happened to be on the UN declared World Space Week too. It was a feast for our …
Jul 25, 2017
Copenhagen Suborbitals
copenhagensuborbitals.com
Dear readers, As you could read in our last blog, PH Spaanteknik has helped us to produce a number of prototype coaxial swirlers. We have now …
Jul 25, 2017
SatNOGS
satnogs.org
From the description above we’re sure you agree that this has the potential to be much more than a project between a few friends. This is a movement.
Jul 25, 2017
LightSail
planetary.org
Japan’s IKAROS spacecraft, launched to interplanetary space with Venus-bound Akatsuki in 2010, was the first and only spacecraft to have demonstrated …
Jul 25, 2017
The Crazy DIY Spaceflight Project That Just Might Work
WIRED - Dave Mosher
In May 2008, two men climbed into a 40-ton submarine docked at an abandoned Copenhagen shipyard. One of the men had built the 58-foot-long sub in his …
Jul 25, 2017
Sculpture
The mission to Mars, done DIY
DAZED - Mandalena Munkonge
New York artist Tom Sachs stole the show at SXSW last week, with his ingenious film about a space program – made entirely from scratch. A Space Program, made by him and long-time collaborator Van Neistat,
Jul 25, 2017
Satellites
DIY Space Programs
ieee.org - Mark Harris
NanoSatisfi keeps the price down by running 10 experiments in parallel on each ArduSat and using off-the-shelf components. The satellites have no …
Jul 25, 2017
NASA
The DIY NASA of ‘A Space Program’ Invites You to Play Along With Artist Tom Sachs
Village Voice - by Alan Scherstuhl
Less a documentary than an invitation to play, Van Neistat’s A Space Program runs viewers through the beauty of a homespun, handmade science-fiction …
Jul 25, 2017
Satellites
This Is The Tiny Spaceship That Could Take Us To Alpha Centauri
Popular Science - Dave Gershgorn
Now, the KickSat may power Yuri Milner’s $100 million Breakthrough Starshot Project When Yuri Milner sends hundreds of spaceships to Alpha Centuri to hunt for alien life, they might look a lot like something
Jul 25, 2017
NASA Is Letting Citizens Commandeer a Long-Lost Satellite
Gizmodo - Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan
Yesterday evening, NASA officially granted permission to a group of scientists and enthusiasts who want to do what NASA can't afford: Make contact …
Jul 25, 2017
11 Ways to Build Your Own Space Program
MAKE - By Matthew Reyes
The promise of space exploration has always been a promise, not from a nation to its citizens, but from the people of this planet to our fellow inhabitants. And even as government-funded space programs
Jul 25, 2017
It really is possible to get hands on with space, open sourced!
citizeninventor.com
On the 28 August 2013, we've had our second event on space: "Getting Going with Space, hands on"! The British Interplanetary Society generously …
Jul 25, 2017
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galacticster
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/cps/cps-news-publication/pluto-charon-waltz
Jul 25, 2017
Satellites in the shed? TEDGlobal announces the new DIY revolution
The Guardian - Carole Cadwalladr
Once upon a time, if you said you were doing a spot of DIY, everyone would know you'd be doing something involving wobbly ladders, pots of paint and, depending on the decade, either stripping your floors
Jul 25, 2017
Citizens In Space
citizensinspace.org
Space is not just the final frontier. It’s the citizen-science frontier. Thanks to rapid advances in technology, it’s now possible for citizen …
Jul 25, 2017
NASA’s Android-Powered Satellites Beam Down Smartphone Snaps from Orbit
petapixel.com - DL Cade
Late last month, NASA launched Orbital Sciences’ Antares rocket into space, and with it a trio of satellites powered, get this, by Android Phones. …
Jul 25, 2017
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | One giant leap for 'teddy-nauts'
bbc.co.uk
When the UK government said it was thinking of ending its long-standing ban on astronauts, surely it wasn't thinking of putting teddies in space? But pictures have been released of two British toy bears
Jul 25, 2017
Project PoSSUM | Citizen-Science Astronautics
projectpossum.org
A 501(c)(3) Astronautics Research and Education Program studying our upper-atmosphere and its role in our changing global climate For undergraduate …
Jul 25, 2017
German Hackers Are Building a DIY Space Program to Put Their Own Uncensored Internet into Space
Popular Science - Clay Dillow
There's more than one way to stick it to The Man. There's civil disobedience, subversive propaganda, political art, outright violent revolt--each possessing its own degree of difficulty and consequence.
Jul 25, 2017
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galacticster
http://spacegambit.org/
Jul 25, 2017
Pau
The curious case of curiosity: Stephanie Pau at TEDxEastEnd
www.youtube.com
Jul 25, 2017
No Space Selfie for You: ARKYD Project Fails, Will Refund $1.5M to Backers
petapixel.com - DL Cade
Planetary Resources, the company behind the ARKYD Kickstarter that promised you the chance to take a ‘space selfie’ for just $25, announced today …
Jul 25, 2017
ARKYD: A Space Telescope for Everyone
kickstarter.com - Planetary Resources
This space telescope that orbits the Earth can be controlled by you. Plus, the company is planning to form educational programs for kids.Created by …
Jul 25, 2017