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Continuing our Hubble week on SpaceVidcast.com we have our LIVE Hubble show. Where Hubble came from, where is is now and what will be happening to Hubble are all covered along with space news.

The Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) will study a diverse range of objects and phenomena, from early and distant galaxy formation to nearby planetary nebulae, and finally our own backyard — the planets and other bodies of our Solar System.

During servicing missions the Space Telescope Operations Control Room at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center becomes a very busy place.

A team at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center designs and builds the special tools and aids astronauts need when they service the Hubble Space Telescope.

The Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) will study a diverse range of objects and phenomena, from early and distant galaxy formation to nearby planetary nebulae, and finally our own backyard — the planets and other bodies of our Solar System.

X-Prize, what is it and why do we care? Because someone who wins it is gunna get us off this planet! William Pomerantz, the Director of Space projects for the X Prize Foundation joins us for a great discussion about X-Prize and what it all means. Going to the Moon: Video and [...]

Last week we did a story on the Hubble telescope and the upcoming and final servicing mission to fix it up. The James Webb Space Telescope was mentioned, but not many details were given. This video found on the NASA site shows what is new with JWST, why it is better than the Hubble and a bit of what we can expect. The telescope is still being built and it is possible it will be delayed a bit, but JWST is scheduled to fly no earlier than 2013, so we have a bit of time to admire the images from Hubble a bit longer.

The Ariane 5 launched two satellites in to orbit on August 14th, 2007. The first was the Superbird-7 for Japanese operator Space Communications Corporation (SCC) and AMC-21 for American operator SES Americom. This launch happened at the spaceport is Kourou, French Guiana with a liftoff at 8:44pm UTC.

NASA comes across yet another delay that may cause the US to not have transport into space for up to four years. And this time, the US space enthusiasts aren’t the only ones who are upset.

William Pomerants, Director of Space Projects at the X PRIZE Foundation will be joining us live this Friday, August 29th at 2:00am UTC. For those in the United States that is Thursday, Auguest 28th at 7:00pm Pacific time, 9:00pm Central time or 10:00pm Eastern time. We hope to see you there at http://www.spacevidcast.com/live

Another privatized space racer, NASA delays their robotic moon mission, and does NASA’s reliance on Russia make it weak? Plus: Who owns the moon anyway? Well, it’s all complicated and all covered in this episode of SpaceVidcast.

On August 11th, 2008 the Hubble Telescope hit the 100,000 orbit mark! Since its launch in April of 1990 the Hubble Space Telescope has been traveling at 5 miles per second with its on-board odometer racking up around 2.72 BILLION miles! That’s about 5,700 trips to the moon and back! In October of this year the STS-125 crew will be be working on the 5th and final servicing mission to Hubble. There are currently 5 spacewalks scheduled for Atlantis where astronauts will install new equipment and repair broken instruments. Once this mission is complete, NASA’s favorite telescope will need to live out the remainder of its days alone in space, with no chance of repair. This is the story of the Hubble Space Telescope, or HST.

Earlier this week NASA’s Cassini spacecraft started sending some of the most detailed and fascinating pictures home of Saturn’s sixth largest moon. Cassini recently began a two year extension of it’s original tour of our solar system’s ringed planet by taking a closer look at Enseladus. We know that Enseladus is almost entirely water ice, but many are hoping to find something more along the lines of the building blocks of life. Watch on to learn more about Cassini and see some great pics of Enseladus!

Did you know that Sweeden has a space agency and they have developed no fewer than 6 satellites? At a fraction of NASAs budget and man power, this little space agency packs a huge punch! Watch on in this second installment of Better Know a Space Agency!

Did you know that China’s space program had a huge impact on the 2008 Summer Olympics? Much of the same technology that went in to launching their rockets and putting humans in to space was used to produce the opening ceremony. Check it out!

The social network site Bebo.com has allowed its community to create a ground-breaking digital time capsule that will be beamed 120 trillion miles into space. The messages should reach it’s destination by 2029 and if there is intelligent life out there… they *may* send a return message. Or not. But don’t let that stop you.

Up until August 2nd, 2008 Obama’s campaign had talked about delaying Constellation for 5 years and funneling that money instead to a pre kindergarden program. This would have created a full decade long gap in NASAs manned space program. Obama seems to have changed his tune and is now in favor of NASAs program and has instead found other ways to pay for his education program.

A quick update on the status of the Phoenix Lander which landed on Mars May 25th, 2008. While it feels like scientists have found water on Mars 4 or 5 times now, it is officially official: Mars has water! Watch on for not only a Phoenix Lander update but the debut of Cariann in the daily episodes!

SpaceX had a rough day. After an initial abort on the launch-pad at T-0 seconds they were finally able to get the Falcon 1 rocket in the air only to have the first stage not properly jettison, which caused a total vehicle and cargo loss. No humans were aboard the craft. While this is certainly a disappointment for SpaceX I have no doubt that they will continue forging forward with Falcon 1, Falcon 9 and Dragon.