Today’s Deep Space Extra, Friday, August 21, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Could Mars be the new Jamestown? 3-D Printing emerging as a key space technology for deep space exploration. The Smithsonian Institution raises...
55 years ago today, Russian space dogs returned to Earth
On this day in 1960, the USSR accomplished another first–the recovery of two dogs from space. These became the first living organisms to return from orbit, and were a very important component of the preparation for Yuri Gagarin’s first flight. Belka and...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Thursday, August 20, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Modifications to the Mobile Launch Platform for NASA’s Space Launch System exploration rocket take shape at the agency’s Kennedy...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman is focused on human Mars exploration. NASA assembles Orion hardware at NASA’s Glenn Research Center...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Engineers from MIT challenge Mars One red planet settlement plans in open debate. NASA’s Aerospace Advisory Panel notes Space Launch...
Our Mars rovers are unstoppable
Our Mars explorers are really clocking up the miles–Opportunity recently completed a marathon on the red planet with 26.3 miles to date, and Curiosity is catching up fast with 6.2 miles on the odometer. Both missions are well past their expected end dates and...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Monday, August 17, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Donald Trump joins U.S. presidential candidates who have addressed future human space exploration. NASA’s long running Cassini mission at...
NASA’s July Orion Update
Curious about progress being made on the Orion spacecraft? Consider your curiosity sated! Check out NASA’s July Orion newsletter here. Among July’s highlights are the fairing systems test, crew module adapter tests, and astronaut/engineer sightings around...
BOOK REVIEW: How We’ll Live on Mars
New Books for Future Mars Settlers There are two new and invaluable books on Mars, both of them ideal for those ready to settle down on the Red Planet: – How We’ll Live on Mars by Stephen Petranek – The International Mars Research Station – An exciting new plan to...Space Talk
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