House Members Issue Bi-Partisan Call for Human Exploration Strategy Using Space Launch System, Orion
A bi-partisan letter from 32 members of the U.S. House urges the White House to structure a “safe, focused and expeditious return of American astronauts to deep space exploration on an American rocket launched from American soil.” The lawmakers, led by...CSExtra – Top Space News for Monday, January 20, 2014
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. Today’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related...Space Station Astronauts Welcome Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus Supply Capsule
The six person crew of the International Space Station eagerly greeted the first Orbital Science Corp’s re-supply mission flown under the terms of an eight-flight $1.9 billion Commercial Resupply Services agreement early Sunday. The astronauts opened the supply...NASA’s Mission Control Restores Space Station Cooling Systems Following Christmas Eve Spacewalk
NASA’s Mission Control focused Christmas Day activities on restoring thermal control systems aboard the six person International Space Station to normal operations. Those efforts were to be followed by a return of powered equipment throughout the six...Curiosity Mars Rover: Mountain Viewing
NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars is busy surveying its surroundings. The rover is driving from a flatter area where it worked for several months after landing in 2012 to the slopes of a mountain 3 miles (5 kilometers) high, Mount Sharp. Pressing forward, Curiosity is...Multi-national Space Station Crew Safe on Earth
U.S., European and Russian astronauts descended safely to Earth late Sunday, ending a 166 day mission to the International Space Station that drew to a close with a celebration of the 2014 Winter Games scheduled for Sochi, Russia. The Russian Soyuz spacecraft...Orbital Sciences Poised to Become 2nd Commercial Space Station Resupply Service
The Orbital Sciences Corps’ Cygnus re-supply capsule departed the International Space Station early Tuesday, lining up the Dulles, Va., based company to become the International Space Station’s second U. S. commercial re-supply service. SpaceX, of Hawthorne, Calif.,...Subcommittee on Research and Technology Hearing – Methamphetamine Addiction: Using Science to Explore Solutions
Methamphetamine Addiction: Using Science to Explore SolutionsNeil Armstrong Rembered at NASA’s Johnson Space Center
Family, friends and those who worked along side Neil Armstrong paid tribute to the Apollo 11 commander at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Thursday and dedicated a native Live Oak to his memory. The first human to step to the surface of another...Space Talk
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