NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft: “Moment of Truth Is About to Arrive”
NASA’s Dawn mission was launched in September 2007. The spacecraft is now approaching Vesta, a protoplanet that is currently some 143 million miles from Earth. Powered by an ion engine, Dawn will arrive at Vesta next month. Starting in September, the spacecraft will...Book Review: Martian Summer – Robot Arms, Cowboy Spacemen, and My 90 Days with the Phoenix Mars Mission
Martian Summer – Robot Arms, Cowboy Spacemen, and My 90 Days with the Phoenix Mars Mission by Andrew Kessler; Pegasus Books; New York, New York; $27.95 (Hardcover); April 2011. NASA’s Phoenix Mars lander was a milestone in red planet probing. Touching down on Mars on...CSExtra – Monday, June 13, 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. Now on orbit – the Coalition for Space Exploration’s latest Think Outside the Circle PSA....NASA-led Satellite Mission Will Study Earth’s Oceans
The Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft — a six nation collaboration for studies of the world’s oceans and their interactions with the Earth’s atmosphere and land masses, hurtled into Earth orbit on Friday, handing researchers a new global tool in the study...CSExtra – Friday, June 10, 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. Now on orbit – the Coalition for Space Exploration’s latest Think Outside the Circle PSA....New Multinational Crew docks with Space Station
A Russian Soyuz TMA-02M/27S spacecraft docked with the International Space Station late Thursday, completing a two-day transit for Cosmonaut Sergei Volkov, NASA’s Mike Fossum and Satoshi Furukawa, of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency. The linkup at 5:18...China’s Moon Orbiter – Headed For New Destination
Chinese space officials have announced that their second lunar orbiter – Chang’e-2 – has departed the Moon and is headed for deep space. Making use of leftover propellant, the spacecraft will reportedly carry out additional exploratory tasks. According to the Xinhua...Voyager Spacecraft Data Yields Surprising Find
Voyager Spacecraft Data: New Findings. Credit: NASA/JPL A new computer model of the solar system based on data gathered by NASA’s enduring Voyager space probes indicates that the edge of the solar system — the heliosheath — is not smooth. Rather, it is...NASA Hustles to Overcome Mars Science Laboratory Launch Obstacles
NASA faces significant cost and technical challenges in its bid to launch the $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory, also known as the Curiosity rover, during a 23-day window late this year, according to a new report from the agency’s independent Inspector...Space Talk
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