Thursday, August 2, 2012

The KSC INSPIRE Student Unconference included a simulated launch of a Delta II rocket with students standing in for the launch team.

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

There are 36 students at the KSC INSPIRE Student Unconference!

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

When we look at the farthest visible star we are looking 4 billion years into the past—the light from that star traveling at 186,000 miles a second, has taken that many years to reach us.

Monday, July 30, 2012

If one were to capture and bottle a comet's 10,000 mile vapor trail, the amount of vapor actually present in the bottle would take up less than 1 cubic inch of space.

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Because of Pluto's irregular orbit, there are periods of times when it is closer to the sun than Neptune.

Friday, July 27, 2012

Pluto's thin atmosphere contains traces of methane, nitrogen and carbon dioxide.

Thursday, July 26, 2012

The sun would look like a bright star from Pluto, since they are so far away from each other.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Pluto has an enormous moon for its size, Charon. It is more than half the size of Pluto. It currently has five observed moons.

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

The color of Pluto is reddish-brown.

The color of Pluto is reddish-brown.

Monday, July 23, 2012

Pluto is smaller than the Earth's moon.

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Neptune is so far away that it took the space probe Voyager 2, 12 years to reach it.

Friday, July 20, 2012

Neptune is the stormiest planet. The winds there can blow up to 1,240 miles per hour, that is three times as fast as Earth's Hurricanes.

Thursday, July 19, 2012

The atmosphere of Neptune is made up of Hydrogen, Helium and Methane.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Neptune is a sea blue color due to the methane gas in its atmosphere.

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Neptune is 30 times farther from the sun as is the Earth.

Monday, July 16, 2012

Neptune has 8 known moons.

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Because of the strange way it spins, nights on some parts of Uranus can last for more than 40 years.

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Even though Neptune is further from the sun, Uranus is the coldest planet in the solar system.
Neptune is a sea blue color due to the methane gas in its atmosphere.