Aug 14, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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. Saturday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting on a new National Research Council...
Aug 14, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Cooperation, Kids Space, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research
A new report by the National Research Council identifies the highest-priority research activities for astronomy and astrophysics in the next decade that will “set the nation firmly on the path to answering profound questions about the cosmos.” It’s called a decadal...
Aug 14, 2010 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, Space and Science, Space Research
Einstein@Home has become one of the world’s most popular volunteer computing projects. What makes it even more impressive is this week’s report of an unusual pulsar discovered through the network computing effort. Einstein@home, launched in 2005, was one of the first...
Aug 13, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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. Friday’s CSExtra finds new reports taking note of recent weather extremes and...
Aug 12, 2010 | International Space Station, NASA, Uncategorized
NASA astronauts Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson will float outside the International Space Station for a third time on Monday in a bid to wrap up repairs to the orbiting laboratory’s external cooling system. Half of the system that circulates ammonia coolant...
Aug 12, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Cooperation, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research, Why Space
What does a Canadian mine more than a mile underground have to do with dark matter in the universe? This month, scientists are putting in place a bubble chamber in the Canadian mine – part of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) in Ontario, Canada. Scientists...
Aug 12, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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. Thursday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting on NASA’s efforts to recover...
Aug 11, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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. Wednesday’s CSExtra offers reporting on two major developments, spacewalking...
Aug 10, 2010 | International Space Station, NASA
The International Space Station’s mission management team signed off Tuesday on two new spacewalks by NASA astronauts Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson in their bid to recover a vital external cooling system. The first of the two six to seven hour excursions is...