European Cargo Craft Heads for the International Space Station; Cosmonauts Install, Retrieve Experiments During Station Spacewalk
. The European Space Agency’s Johannes Kepler Automated Transfer Vehicle hurtled into orbit from Kourou in French Guiana on Wednesday, initiating an eight-day trip to the International Space Station with seven tons of cargo. The Ariane 5 rocket with ESA’s...CSExtra – Wednesday, February 16, 2011
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. Wednesday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space-related events...NASA Scores “Hole in One” on Stardust-NExT Mission
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Maryland/Cornell Scientists are elated given the imagery and other data relayed to Earth during NASA’s Stardust-New Exploration of Tempel 1 (Stardust-NExT) February 14 flyby of a previously visited comet. “This mission is...Fresh Photos! Tempel 1 Close-up via NASA’s Stardust-NExT mission
Comet Tempel 1 – New imagery. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell Comet Tempel 1 – New imagery. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell NASA’s Stardust-New Exploration of Tempel 1 (Stardust-NExT) has successfully flown by a previously visited comet. The spacecraft...CSExtra – Tuesday, February 15, 2011
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President Obama’s proposed budget for 2012 locks NASA spending at $18.72 billion, or 2010 levels for the next five years, while at the same time initiating a delayed transition away from the previous administration’s Constellation program with plans...Touchdown on Mars! Virtual Red Planet Explorers Begin Marswalks
Mars 500 simulated mission to the red planet. Crewmembers of a virtual interplanetary flight have “landed” on their destination planet – Mars ! The simulated touchdown and walk on Mars is a key aspect of the Mars500 mission – a simulated sojourn to Mars and back....CSExtra – Monday, February 14, 2011
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NASA’s Stardust-New Exploration of Tempel 1 (Stardust-NExT) is on target. Mission controllers report that they are pleased with final optical navigation solutions that show the predicted delivery of the spacecraft for a comet rendezvous is within a “green zone.” The...Space Talk
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