Jun 27, 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. Now on orbit – the Coalition for Space Exploration’s latest Think Outside the Circle PSA....
Jun 26, 2011 | Blog, Book Reviews, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, NASA, Planet Earth, Space Tourism
My Dream of Stars – From Daughter of Iran to Space Pioneer by Anousheh Ansari with Homer Hickam; Palgrave Macmillan; New York, New York: $16.00 (softcover); $25.00 (hardcover); 2010. This is a love story…anchored here on Earth with her soulmate, Hamid – as well...
Jun 25, 2011 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, NASA, Space and Science, The Moon, The Sun
It has been a long and loopy flight for two spacecraft. Now, after one and a half years and making more than 90 orbit maneuvers, along with numerous gravitational boosts, NASA’s ARTEMIS spacecraft have been repurposed – leaving orbit around Earth to arrive at their...
Jun 24, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research
The development of exam techniques for use on the International Space Station (ISS) is expanding the use of ultrasound on Earth. These techniques are in use by non-physician astronauts to perform ultrasound exams on their space colleagues. Why ultrasound? Ultrasound...
Jun 24, 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 space news scan offers a roundup of reporting and commentary on...
Jun 23, 2011 | Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Space Research, Spaceports
The desert landscape of New Mexico’s Spaceport America is a perfect setting for testing rockets. In fact, the father of American rocketry, Robert Goddard, found the area ideal for his trial testing of hardware. Armadillo Aerospace of Rockwall, Texas is now test flying...
Jun 23, 2011 | International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
Atlantis astronauts Chris Ferguson, Doug Hurley, Sandra Magnus and Rex Walheim wrapped up a countdown dress rehearsal at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, one of the final major milestones in their preparations to launch as soon as July 8th on the last...
Jun 23, 2011 | International Space Station, NASA, Roscosmos
An unpiloted Russian supply craft docked successfully with the International Space Station on Thursday, delivering 5,800 pounds of fuel, food, water, medical supplies and spare parts. The Progress 43 linked with the station’s aft most docking port at 12:37 p.m.,...
Jun 23, 2011 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Mars, NASA, Space and Science
NASA is readying the Mars Science Laboratory’s Curiosity rover for its sendoff to the red planet – but first things first. A new video has captured the crating up of the huge robot at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for shipment to Florida. Check out this fast-paced...
Jun 23, 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. Thursday’s space news scan offers the latest reporting and commentary on space...