Nov 13, 2010 | International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
NASA is still striving for a second bid to launch the shuttle Discovery on her final mission during a Nov. 30 through Dec. 6 launch window, though technicians and engineers are dealing with several external fuel tank problems. A substantial leak of hydrogen from a...
Nov 12, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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Nov 11, 2010 | Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Cooperation, Space and Science
NASA faces new cost and potential political challenges over the future of the James Webb Space Telescope, the highly touted successor to the Hubble Space Telescope whose price tag has soared to $6.5 billion. A joint effort led by the U. S. with participation from...
Nov 11, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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Nov 10, 2010 | Blog, China, Education Station, Exploration, Mars, Space Race, The Moon
A number of recent space stories by Chinese news outlets underscore that country’s multi-step space exploration agenda. Early this week, Xinhua news service reported that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao attended an unveiling ceremony for pictures of the Moon’s Sinus Iridum...
Nov 10, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Events, Exploration, Kids Space, Planet Earth
Two American aerospace heroes are to meet at week’s end at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. The first human to step onto the Moon, Neil Armstrong, will present the Neil Armstrong Medal of Excellence to Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, captain of the US...
Nov 10, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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Nov 9, 2010 | Exploration, International Cooperation, NASA, Space Research, Uncategorized
Astronomers using the Fermi Gamma-ray Telescope have discovered a pair of globe-like features at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. Though their origin is unknown, the two near identical globes that extend 25,000 light years north and south of the galactic center...
Nov 9, 2010 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science
NASA’s New Horizons is more than half-way to an encounter with distant Pluto. Launched in January 2006, the spacecraft today enters its next wakeup period from hibernation. According to New Horizon’s principal investigator, Alan Stern, the main purpose of the 10-day...
Nov 9, 2010 | Education, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Uncategorized
School children seem a natural mix, when it comes to growing plants in space. The European Space Agency plans to make a little hay of its own with the pairing when Italian Paulo Naspoli heads for the International Space Station in mid-December. Students from 12 to...