Feb 23, 2011 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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Feb 23, 2011 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, NASA, The Moon
Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) continues to churn out stunning images of Earth’s Moon. For two weeks in mid-December 2010, the LRO spacecraft looked straight down, so that the orbiter’s LROC Wide Angle Camera...
Feb 22, 2011 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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Feb 21, 2011 | International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
Forecasters predict generally favorable weather conditions this week as NASA prepares to launch the shuttle Discovery from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the spacecraft’s 39th and final flight. Lift off for Discovery and her crew of six astronauts is...
Feb 21, 2011 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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Feb 21, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Kids Space, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research
UN in Vienna discusses space solutions Credit: UN Experts from around the globe took part early this month in the 48th session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS). The gathering...
Feb 20, 2011 | European Space Agency, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
Shuttle Discovery’s six astronauts flew to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Sunday, where they will prepare to lift off later this week on a long-delayed assembly and supply mission to the International Space Station. The 11 to 12-day flight is set for...
Feb 18, 2011 | International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
Shuttle Discovery, after a near four-month delay to troubleshoot external fuel tank cracks, is ready to lift off for the International Space Station on Feb. 24 at 4:50 p.m., EST. NASA formally set the previously anticipated launch date and time following a Flight...
Feb 18, 2011 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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Feb 18, 2011 | Blog, Education Station, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science, The Sun
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory built and operates the MESSENGER spacecraft and manages this Discovery-class mission for NASA. Credit: NASA/JHU-APL In about a month’s time, NASA’s MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging –...