Dec 20, 2010 | Education, Exploration, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science, The Moon, The Sun
North America is in for a celestial treat late Monday and early Tuesday, Dec. 20-21, as the moon enters a full eclipse. The overnight event starts at 12:29 a.m., EST, which is 5:29 UTC. That’s when the Earth’s shadow begins to fall across the lunar...
Dec 20, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
To subscribe to CSExtra via RSS feed click here. If you would prefer to receive CSExtra in e-mail format, e-mail us at Info@space.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. Monday’s CSExtra offers a round up of space activities from around the world that...
Dec 17, 2010 | Education, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Newsroom, The Moon, Why Space
Let your fingers do the moonwalking – and pick the U.S. Postal Office’s Moon Landing stamp! The federal post office agency wants help on selecting an iconic stamp to represent the USA in an upcoming international gallery being built – and on the list is the classic...
Dec 17, 2010 | International Cooperation, International Space Station, NASA, Space and Science
A multi-national crew of astronauts docked with the International Space Station on Friday, restoring the number of men and woman living aboard the orbiting laboratory to six. NASA’s Catherine Coleman, Dmitry Kondratyev of Russia and European Space Agency...
Dec 17, 2010 | International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
NASA will spend a couple of weeks assessing the results of shuttle Discovery’s tanking test on Friday at the Kennedy Space Center, the latest round of troubleshooting intended to explain the formation of small cracks on the spacecraft’s external fuel tank...
Dec 17, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, NASA, Our Solar System
In just about 90 days, NASA’s MESSENGER will execute a 15-minute maneuver. That propulsion burn – slated for March 18, 2011– will nudge the spacecraft into orbit about Mercury – the first craft ever to do so. Once in orbit, MESSENGER will start a one-year...
Dec 17, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
To subscribe to CSExtra via RSS feed click here. If you would prefer to receive CSExtra in e-mail format, e-mail us at Info@space.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. Friday’s CSExtra offers a roundup of headline making activities from across the...
Dec 16, 2010 | Commercial Space, Why Space
Aerospace products and services continue to represent an financial beacon for the United States, where they are responsible for more than 600,000 jobs. However, like many sectors, gains have been slowed by a sluggish global economy, according to a new report from...
Dec 16, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Space and Science
Dive in on data gleaned by NASA’s Kepler mission – on the lookout for planets beyond our own solar system – and help professional astronomers in their search for Earth-like planet. Web users around the globe can join a new online citizen science project. The effort is...
Dec 16, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
To subscribe to CSExtra via RSS feed click here. If you would prefer to receive CSExtra in e-mail format, e-mail us at Info@space.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. Thursday’s CSExtra features the latest reporting of space activities from around...