Oct 26, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science
If a medium-sized asteroid smacked into deep ocean waters here on Earth, what are the consequences? Elisabetta Pierazzo, a senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute (PSI) in Tucson, has some bad news. An asteroid crashing into the deep ocean could have...
Oct 26, 2010 | International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
NASA on Monday gave the shuttle Discovery and a crew of six astronauts the green light for a Nov. 1 launching of the 26-year-old orbiter’s final flight, an 11-day mission to the International Space Station. The shuttle’s crew has trained to deliver a new...
Oct 26, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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Oct 24, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Book Reviews, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Space Race, Space Research, Space Tourism
Space Commerce – The Inside Story By The People Who Are Making It Happen by Langdon Morris and Kenneth J. Cox, Editors, An Aerospace Technology Working Group Book; $27.95; 2010. Here’s a very readable and informative look at giving space the business! That is, how...
Oct 24, 2010 | Benefits of Space Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Mars, Planet Earth, Space Research, The Moon
Well Rob Ambrose, who leads NASA’s Robonaut 2 project, has been asking people that question for 20 years. And with good reason, Robonaut 2, a joint project between NASA and General Motors, to develop a humanoid suitable for space travel, is headed for the...
Oct 23, 2010 | Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Kids Space, NASA, Space Race, Space Tourism, Spaceports
SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico – An amazing day here at Spaceport America as the New Mexico Spaceport Authority dedicated the nearly two-mile long runway – a specially-built runway to bolster the future of public space travel to the edge of space. During the...
Oct 22, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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Oct 22, 2010 | International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Uncategorized
The U. S.-led International Space Station is on the brink of achieving a pair of momentous milestones. On Saturday, the 15-nation station partnership will set a new record for a continuous human presence in space, snapping the 3,644 days logged by Russia’s...
Oct 21, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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Oct 20, 2010 | Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, Space Tourism, Spaceports
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Leading space entrepreneurs have gathered here to assess the political and economic climate for personal and commercial spaceflight. Meanwhile, construction crews are at work at a neighboring but remote site – busily completing Spaceport...