Dec 16, 2010 | International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Space Research
American, Russian and European astronauts began a five month journey to the International Space Station on Wednesday, lifting off aboard a Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA’s Catherine “Cady” Coleman, a 50-year-old...
Dec 15, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Multimedia, NASA, Space Shuttle
An extraordinary and must-see You Tube video is Ascent, a 45-minute tour-de-force that brings to sharp focus the intricacies of a shuttle liftoff. Created at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, the video was produced by space agency aerospace engineer,...
Dec 15, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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Dec 14, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research, The Sun
See the Sun like never before – and no shades needed! A new software tool is available from the European Space Agency (ESA), allowing online lookers to view the entire library of imagery from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). SOHO is a project of...
Dec 14, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science, The Sun
Launched back in 1977, the 33-year odyssey of NASA’s Voyager 1continues, chalking up another milestone. The spacecraft has reached a distant point at the edge of our solar system where there is no outward motion of solar wind. Voyager 1 has crossed into an area where...
Dec 14, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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Dec 14, 2010 | Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research, Uncategorized
Soon, NASA will have its first chief science officer in five years. Waleed Abdalati, director of the University of Colorado’s Earth Science and Observation Center, will take the NASA post, effective Jan. 3. Abdalati, a 10-year NASA veteran will serve as a top...
Dec 13, 2010 | Blog
Aerojet’s Glenn Mahone and Northrop Grumman’s Lon Rains to steer the Coalition’s Public Affairs Team The Coalition for Space Exploration (Coalition) today announced veteran aerospace communicators Glenn Mahone of Aerojet and Lon Rains of Northrop Grumman will lead the...
Dec 13, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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Dec 10, 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 look at the latest reporting and commentary of space...