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

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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
LightSail
planetary.org
LightSail® is a citizen-funded project from The Planetary Society. We're sending a small spacecraft, propelled solely by sunlight, to Earth orbit. In …
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 …
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,
Aerospace
DIY Space Programs
ieee.org
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 …
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
NASA
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 …
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
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 …
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
Citizens In Space
citizensinspace.org
The Next Frontier for Citizen Science Space is not just the final frontier. It’s the citizen-science frontier. Thanks to rapid advances in technology, …
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. …
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
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 Advanced PoSSUM …
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.
The curious case of curiosity: Stephanie Pau at TEDxEastEnd
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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 …
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 …