Apr 22, 2011 | 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 the latest reporting on space-related activities from around the...
Apr 21, 2011 | Education, European Space Agency, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Cooperation, NASA, Space and Science
The Hubble Space Telescope, among the best known and most accomplished spacecraft ever launched, will mark its 21st birthday on Sunday. The 350 mile high observatory, which has been upgraded five times by space shuttle crews since its April 24, 1990 launching aboard...
Apr 21, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science
Atmospheric sciences professor Stephen Nesbitt, left, and graduate student Daniel Harnos analyzed passive microwave satellite data to identify telltale structural rings in tropical storms that are about to intensify into hurricanes. Photo courtesy Univ. of Illinois/L....
Apr 21, 2011 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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Apr 20, 2011 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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Apr 20, 2011 | International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
Top NASA officials on Tuesday affirmed April 29 as the launch date for shuttle Endeavour’s final mission, a 14 to 16-day flight to equip the International Space Station with the $2 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and drop off external spare parts. Launch...
Apr 19, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science, The Sun
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has been used to monitor the birth of a sunspot over a period of eight hours. Researchers at the University of Central Lancashire made use of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) to observe the growth of the sunspot. How sunspots...
Apr 19, 2011 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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Apr 19, 2011 | Commercial Space, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
NASA selected four companies on Monday for additional funding under the agency’s Commercial Spaceflight Development Program to accelerate work on multiple spacecraft capable of transporting astronauts to and from the International Space Station. The awards...
Apr 18, 2011 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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