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Today’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. House passes $17.9 billion NASA budget for 2015. With international effort, U.S. can lead the way to Mars by 2035. European Space Agency assures participation in key unpiloted 2017 test flight of the Space Launch System and Orion crew vehicle. Space Launch System scale model undergoes acoustic testing. NASA’s Morpheus prototype planetary lander flies autonomously at night as NASA weighs decision on further testing. Hawaii recognized for Apollo contributions. Private group makes contact with long inactive NASA solar probe. Nearly 40-year-old Voyager probes fly on far from home. New York science festival includes weekend space focus. Medical experts confront space health issues. Space sandal addresses astronaut bone, muscle losses. Environmental Impact Statement favorable to SpaceX launch complex near Brownsville. World View seeks flight patch.
NASA’s 2015 Budget
House passes FY2015 CJS appropriations bill funding NASA and NOAA
Spacepolicyonline.com (5/30): The U.S. House passes Commerce Justice Science appropriations measure early Friday, which includes $17.896 billion for NASA in 2015, or $435 million more than the White House requested.
House passes FY2015 CJS appropriations bill funding NASA and NOAA
Spacepolitics.com (5/29): A White House response to House deliberations on NASA’s budget calls for more Commercial Crew Program and space technology funding. On the first issue, the Administration urges sufficient funding to support more than one company in NASA’s bid to nurture a commercial crew transportation industry in the U.S.
Human Deep Space Exploration
NASA: Humans on Mars by 2035 is ‘primary focus’
Houston Chronicle (5/29): NASA says humans can reach Mars by 2035. The international space community must step up to make it happen, according to participants in a London mid-May conference.
Orion service module back on track for 2017
Spaceflight Insider (5/29): European Space Agency turns corner on service module development for first unpiloted NASA Space Launch System heavy lift rocket/ Orion test flight set for 2017.
NASA testing next-generation rocket in Huntsville
Associated Press via Times Daily.com (5/29): Scaled version of NASA’s Space Launch System heavy lift rocket undergoes acoustic testing at the Marshall Space Flight Center.
Morpheus completes last planned test flight at KSC
Florida Today (5/29): NASA’s prototype planetary lander for future human as well as robotic deep space missions concludes final planned test flight for 2014. Guidance issues over the final test flight landings, however, may prompt additional flights.
Big Island’s role in Apollo missions commemorated
Big Island Now (5/29): State lawmakers commemorate Hawaii’s role in NASA’s Apollo moon landings and modern U.S. exploration plans.
Unmanned Deep Space Exploration
Space buffs make contact with discarded NASA probe
Spaceflight Insider (5/29): Citizen scientists overcome obstacles to make contact with U.S. solar probe launched in 1978. Official operations were halted two decades later.
NASA’s Voyager probes still healthy after nearly 4 decades in space
Space.com (5/29): After nearly 40 years in space, NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft explore the solar system frontier.
Astronauts and space scientists invade NYC for 2014 World Science Festival
Space.com (5/29): New York City festival includes space events through the weekend. Science aboard the International Space Station and the search for extraterrestrial life are among two of the weekend topics that experts will discuss.
Low Earth Orbit
The battle against what spaceflight does to your health
Universe Today (5/29): Medical science challenged but making progress in supporting the health of astronauts exposed to months of weightlessness.
NASA testing odd-looking ‘Earth shoe’ on Space Station
Discovery.com (5/29): New experiment aboard the International Space Station will look at sandals as a counter measure to bone and muscle loss among humans exposed to long periods of weightlessness.
Commercial to Low Earth Orbit
SpaceX cleared for Texas launch site
Houston Chronicle (5/29): Required Environmental Impact Statement suggests SpaceX favors South Texas among its list of potential new commercial launch complexes.
Suborbital
World View launches emblem design contest for near-space balloon trips
Space.com (5/29): The Arizona high altitude balloon passenger company turns to crowd sourcing for a passenger flight patch.
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