Jul 31, 2011 | Asteroid Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Kids Space, Our Solar System
The saga behind the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Hayabusa asteroid probe is headed for another landing, this time on the silver screen. In fact, a trio of movies is on tap focused on the space probe’s seven year journey to asteroid Itokowa and its...
Jul 30, 2011 | Asteroid Exploration, Commercial Space, Constellation Program, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Mars, The Moon
Americans disagree with the decision to retire NASA’s space shuttle program and fear the U. S. will fall behind rival nations in the exploration of space, according to a late July poll by IBOPE Zogby. The majority of those surveyed also believe the U. S. needs...
Jul 29, 2011 | Blog, Education Station, European Space Agency, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space and Science
When NASA’s mega-Mars rover, Curiosity, lands in August 2012, its target zone is Gale Crater. The robot will touch down at the foot of a layered mountain inside the crater that spans 96 miles (154 kilometers) in diameter. This geological feature also holds a mountain...
Jul 29, 2011 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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Jul 28, 2011 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Space Research
Kavya Manyapu is a Boeing 777 aircraft engineer. While airplane travel is one thing…a space trek to Mars is on her mind too. Manyapu recently spent two weeks in a desert environment with limited water and food supplies. She took part in an Analogue Mars Habitat...
Jul 28, 2011 | Asteroid Exploration, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
NASA’s Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, or MPCV, is moving forward as the space agency’s deep space vehicle for human exploration. At the Lockheed Martin Waterton facility near Denver, Colorado, work is underway to integrate the Crew Module and the tower-like Launch...
Jul 28, 2011 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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Jul 28, 2011 | Commercial Space, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
The next NASA astronauts assigned to live and work on the International Space Station will be prepared for the arrivals of two U. S. commercial re-supply capsules that are taking over the cargo duties once handled by the space shuttle. The Space X Dragon could be...
Jul 27, 2011 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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Jul 27, 2011 | International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Uncategorized
NASA safety chief Bryan O’Connor, a former astronaut, announced his retirement on Tuesday, the first high ranking space agency official to depart in the aftermath of the shuttle program’s retirement. The two time shuttle commander and pilot will depart...