Mar 18, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Kids Space, Our Solar System, Space and Science
Arrival: MESSENGER Enters Mercury Orbit. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington NASA’s MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging mission – better known as MESSENGER – is now in orbit...
Mar 18, 2011 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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Mar 17, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research
Courtesy: UND A unique test of a planetary exploration suit is on tap to be tested at a remote military base in Antarctica. Called the NDX-1 – the suit was designed and constructed at the University of North Dakota (UND) through NASA funding provided by the North...
Mar 17, 2011 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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Mar 16, 2011 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, NASA, The Moon, Why Space
Credit: InOMN “Your Moon, My Moon, Our Moon” – that’s a credo of the International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN)! Mark your calendars as the 2011 event is on October 8th. A dedicated InOMN Internet site provides some great information and downloads to help you plan...
Mar 16, 2011 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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Mar 16, 2011 | International Space Station, NASA
A three-man, U. S. and Russian Soyuz crew descended to a wintry landing in Kazakhstan early Wednesday, ending a 159-day voyage to the International Space Station for NASA’s Scott Kelly and cosmonauts Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka. The landing, under parachute...
Mar 16, 2011 | Commercial Space, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Space Research
International Space Station astronauts Catherine Coleman and Paolo Nespoli have unpacked Robonaut 2, the experimental humanoid delivered during the shuttle Discovery’s recent mission. Robonaut 2 was unstowed on Tuesday, just before Scott Kelly, Alexander Kaleri and...
Mar 15, 2011 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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Mar 14, 2011 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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