News from the Division of Planetary Sciences’ 47th Annual Meeting

News from the Division of Planetary Sciences’ 47th Annual Meeting

The Division of Planetary Sciences met in Maryland last week to discuss many of the landmark planetary science missions happening in the solar system right now. These include New Horizons’ visit to Pluto, MESSENGER’s final orbits around Mercury, and spacecraft...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, November 16, 2015

Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, November 16, 2015

Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activity from across the globe. Will humans explore beyond Mars? NASA’s advanced exploration division marks progress with the development of a habitat for deep space...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, November 16, 2015

Today’s Deep Space Extra for Friday, November 13, 2015

Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. U.S. and Soviet Cold War space vets Buzz Aldrin and Alexey Leonov reunite in Switzerland. Astronomers spot bright pulsar burst from beyond the...
The 20th anniversary of STS-74

The 20th anniversary of STS-74

On this day in 1995, STS-74 launched from the Florida coast. STS-74 was the 73rd space shuttle flight, and the second shuttle to dock with the Russian space station Mir. With a crew of five, STS-74 was notable in that it was the first joint U.S.-Russian mission to...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, November 16, 2015

Today’s Deep Space Extra for Thursday, November 12, 2015

Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA shapes a milestone driven timeline for the first planned test flight of the agency’s Space Launch System exploration rocket,...
Project HARP: The Space Gun

Project HARP: The Space Gun

Remember Project HARP? This was an experiment began in the 1960s to launch a small satellite from an artillery piece, with the ultimate goal of bringing down launch costs. While the project eventually shut down due to funding concerns, it was successful in launching...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, November 16, 2015

Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. The FAA’s George Nield offers some reasons to embrace Moon Village, a proposed far side moon settlement. Multi-national studies examine...
Orion, SLS Hardware on the Move

Orion, SLS Hardware on the Move

November is shaping up to be a busy month for Orion and Space Launch System hardware. For the first time since the space shuttle program, a human-rated flight engine was lifted into a test stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. And in Turin, Italy,...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, November 16, 2015

Today’s Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA seeks new astronaut applicants for the first time in four years. Europe has shipped its first contribution to the NASA/Lockheed Martin...