Lou Dobbs, Space.com founder, former CNN and Fox host, dies at 78

Lou Dobbs, Space.com founder, dies at 78 | Space Quiz! What threatens the potential for complex organic molecules to persist on the surfaces of Europa and Enceladus? | This Week In Space: Apollo 11 and Looking Ahead Created for ceo.studentlike.spuniv@blogger.com |  Web Version July 22, 2024 CONNECT WITH SPACE.COM       Something amazing every day. SIGN UP ⋅   WEBSITE   The Launchpad Lou Dobbs, Space.com founder, dies at 78 (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images) Lou Dobbs, the distinguished political pundit, bestselling author, radio host and popular broadcast fixture on CNN and Fox Business News has died at the age of 78. Dobbs helped launch Space.com in 1999, served as Space.com's first CEO and one of its majority shareholders until 2001 when he stepped down from his post and returned to CNN. Full Story: Space (7/19)  Space Quiz! What threatens the potential for complex organic molecules to persist on the surfaces of Europa and Enceladus? Learn the answer here! Ice storms Radiation Amonia showers Heat This Week In Space: Apollo 11 and Looking Ahead (TWiS) On Episode 120 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik dive into the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, discussing the mission's highlights, challenges, and historical significance. They also cover recent space news, including Elon Musk's plans to move SpaceX's headquarters to Texas, the Falcon 9 upper stage failure, and the cancellation of NASA's VIPER rover mission. Looking ahead, the hosts speculate on the future of the Artemis program and the political landscape's influence on space exploration. Full Story: Space (7/19)  Skywatching The moon meets Saturn, shooting stars and more this week (Oscar Gutierrez Zozulia via Getty Images) From a close encounter between Saturn and the moon to the Southern Delta-Aquariids and a good view of the Northern Crown, there is much to see this week (July 22 to July 28) using just your naked eye. Full Story: Space (7/22)  Spaceflight NASA delays ISS spacewalks to investigate spacesuit leak (NASA) NASA says its next spacewalk will be delayed indefinitely until engineers understand more about what caused a coolant leak on June 24. Tracy Dyson, a NASA astronaut, had a brief spacesuit leak a month ago while still in the hatch of the International Space Station (ISS). She and Mike Barrett had just opened the door for a 6.5-hour spacewalk for maintenance activities, when showers of ice particles erupted from a spacesuit connection to the ISS. The spacewalk was suspended, but the astronauts were never in any danger, NASA has emphasized. Full Story: Space (7/19)  Science & Astronomy Cassini saw secrets in the seas of Saturn's moon Titan (NASA/Robert Lea) NASA's Cassini-Huygens spacecraft may have dramatically ended its 20-year mission to explore Saturn's neighborhood seven years ago, when it plunged to into the gas giant, but it is still delivering the scientific goods. Full Story: Space (7/22)  SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew shows off new SpaceX spacesuits (Polaris Program / John Kraus) SpaceX's privately-funded crewed mission, Polaris Dawn, is moving toward a launch sometime this summer. The four-person crew, which includes the mission's funder, billionaire philanthropist Jared Isaacman, recently completed acceptance testing for SpaceX's new extravehicular activity (EVA) spacesuits, which they will wear as they become the first private citizens to perform a spacewalk on orbit. Full Story: Space (7/19)  Search for Life Signs of life could survive on moons Enceladus and Europa (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing: Kevin M. Gill CC BY 3.0) Scientists have long theorized that both Enceladus, one of Saturn's 146 known moons, and Europa, one of Jupiter's four large Galilean moons among its total 95 moons, could host vast liquid water oceans that harbor life. If this is the case, then complex organic molecules like amino acids and nucleic acids, the building blocks of life as we know it, could serve as "biosignatures" of life on the worlds. Full Story: Space (7/21)  Star Trek 'Star Trek' novel calls back familiar movie character (Pocket Books) New York Times bestselling novelist Greg Cox is a household name within the Trekkie literary community who’s penned dozens of "Star Trek" universe novels and short stories over the years. Now he's back with "Star Trek: The Original Series: Lost to Eternity," a new 400-page trifecta of "Star Trek" movie-era tales arriving July 23, 2024, tied together with the common theme of an ancient extraterrestrial civilization and the reappearance of a fan favorite character from "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home." Full Story: Space (7/21)    Sign Up  |    Update Profile  |    Unsubscribe Privacy Policy  |    Cookies Policy  |    Terms and Conditions CONTACT US: FEEDBACK  |    ADVERTISE Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036