Senate Appropriators Press NASA Chief on Exploration Plans
Senate appropriators sparred with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on Monday over the agency’s commitment to the 2010 NASA Authorization Act, the bi-partisan Congressional blue print agreed to by President Obama that aims for a new heavy lift rocket and crew...Call by Private Spaceship Company: Pilot-Astronauts, Please Apply!
The call is out for astronaut-pilots to fly passengers on suborbital treks. Credit: Virgin Galactic Wanted: Pilot-Astronauts! The call is out from the private spaceliner group, Virgin Galactic, regarding its need for pilot-astronauts. Bankrolled by the UK’s Sir...CSExtra – Monday, April 11, 2011
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. Monday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space-related...Book Review: Starman – The Truth Behind the Legend of Yuri Gagarin
Credit: Walker & Company Starman – The Truth Behind the Legend of Yuri Gagarin by Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony; Walker & Company, New York; $16.00 (Paperback); May 1, 2011. Despite the historic nature of the first voyage of a human in Earth orbit five...Supercomputer Sleuthing Suggests Solution to Celestial Mystery
For decades, the origins of brief energetic cosmic blasts called Short Gamma Ray Bursts have puzzled the experts. The bright flashes, which have been observed every one to two days, were first detected in the late 1960s by a class of military satellites designed to...Global Celebration of Human Spaceflight
Credit: Yuri’s Night An around-the-globe salute to human spaceflight is set for next week, April 12th. That date — 50 years ago — marks the first flight of a human into Earth orbit, the then Soviet Union’s cosmonaut – Yuri Gagarin, back on April 12,...CSExtra – Friday, April 8, 2011
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 offers the latest reporting on space-related activities from...CSExtra – Thursday, April 7, 2011
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 and commentary on space related...U. S., Russian Astronauts Reach Space Station Aboard Soyuz Spacecraft
A Soyuz capsule with a three-man U. S. and Russian crew docked smoothly with the International Space Station late Wednesday. The linkup at 7:09 p.m., EDT, delivered cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyaev and Andrey Borisenko as well as Ron Garan of NASA to the orbiting...Space Talk
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