Be the last person to send a message out into space in 2013, or be the first to send a message in 2014!

Happy New Years Everyone!


2013 has been a great year for #OSM and the team! We hope that we can continue to grow, and more messages can be sent into space! Sending messages into space is an amazing phenomenon experience we are lucky to part take in

Have a great New Year everyone!

The Outer Space Message Team

NASA is partnering with the billionaire-backed company Planetary Resources Inc., to launch asteroid-hunting competitions, and they want your help.

The U.S. space agency and the asteroid-mining firm are seeking to crowdsource new ideas for software  to find space rocks that could pose a threat to our planet — or at least be of interest to scientists and cosmic mineral prospectors.

The venture is the first to come out of NASA's "Asteroid Grand Challenge" which launched in the summer of 2013. The initiative seeks to detect dangerous asteroids and devise strategies to stop them from colliding with Earth as well as identify asteroids that might be interesting candidates for scientific exploration.

Gannon, Megan, ed. "NASA Teams With Asteroid-Mining Company to Crowdsource Space
     Rock Hunt." Space.com. N.p., 3 Dec. 2012. Web. 12 July 2013.

    The night sky tonight and on any clear night offers an ever-changing display of fascinating objects you can see, from stars and constellations to bright planets, often the moon, and sometimes special events like meteor showers. Observing the night sky can be done with no special equipment,  Below, find out what’s up in the night sky tonight (Planets Visible Now, Moon Phases, Observing Highlights This Month) plus other resources

Monday, Dec. 9, 10:12 a.m. EST

First Quarter Moon

The First Quarter Moon rises just after noon and sets just after midnight. It dominates the evening sky.

Tuesday, Dec. 17, 4:28 a.m. EST

Full Moon

The Full Moon of December is known as the Oak Moon, the Cold Moon, or the Long Nights Moon. It rises around sunset and sets around sunrise, the only night in the month when the moon is in the sky all night long. The rest of the month, the moon spends at least some time in the daytime sky. This will be the smallest full moon in 2013.

Wednesday, Dec. 25, 8:48 a.m. EST

Last Quarter Moon

The Last Quarter Moon rises around midnight and sets around noon. It is most easily seen just after sunrise in the southern sky.

Space.com, Staff, ed. "Night Sky: Visible Planets, Moon Phases & Events, August
     2013." Space.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 May 2013.