Nov 19, 2012 | Blog, Education Station, Mars, NASA, Space and Science
NASA’s next mission to Mars is the spacecraft known as the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN for short. MAVEN is set for launch in November 2013. As a Mars orbiter, MAVEN will be the first mission devoted to understanding the Martian atmosphere, with a...
Nov 19, 2012 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Nov 19, 2012 | Canadian Space Agency, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, Roscosmos, Space Research
U. S., Japanese and Russian astronauts descended safely to Earth late Sunday, touching down aboard their Soyuz spacecraft in wintry northern Kazakhstan after a 127 day mission to the International Space Station The capsule carrying Sunita Williams, of...
Nov 18, 2012 | Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Space Research
NASA’s Johnson Space Center, in Houston,Texas, and Glenn Research Center, in Cleveland, Ohio, will begin the New Year with new directors. Ellen Ochoa, a former astronaut, moves up from deputy director of NASA Johnson to replace Mike Coats, after seven years at...
Nov 16, 2012 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Nov 15, 2012 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Exploration, Planet Earth, Space and Science
NASA’s prolific Kepler alien planet hunter has received a potential four-year extension to continue its search for Earth-like worlds circling within the habitable zones of distant stars. The Kepler space telescope’s just ending 3 1/2 year prime mission has...
Nov 15, 2012 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Nov 14, 2012 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Nov 13, 2012 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Canadian Space Agency, Education, Exploration, International Space Station, NASA
Just days before she is scheduled to return to Earth after a four month mission, International Space Station commander Suni Williams will join with fellow NASA astronaut Kevin Ford on Thursday to host a live two-way event with middle and high school students...
Nov 13, 2012 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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