Nov 29, 2012 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA
While the world anxiously awaits next weekβs news from the NASA Curiosity rover, the elder rover on Mars β Opportunity β continues to grind away at Red Planet science. Opportunity has begun a science campaign on some high-value surface targets. The robotβs set of...
Nov 29, 2012 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Nov 28, 2012 | Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space Research, The Moon
Turns out that you can leave home Earth without it! If youβre on the moon and in need of that needed wrench or replacement part, why not just 3-D print the item? Amit Bandyopadhyay, professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State...
Nov 28, 2012 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Nov 27, 2012 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Nov 27, 2012 | Asteroid Exploration, Exploration, International Space Station, Mars, NASA, Roscosmos, Space Research, The Moon
NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko will prepare for a one-year mission aboard the International Space Station, a move intended to help prepare human explorers for the physical and mental rigors of future deep space missions. The...
Nov 26, 2012 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Nov 26, 2012 | Benefits of Space Exploration, International Cooperation, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science
An a new directive on space policy, the U. S. Department of Defense emphases a commitment to protect U. S. space assets from external threats, while recognizing the rights of other nation’s to use space for peaceful purposes. The directive also urges greater...
Nov 26, 2012 | Exploration, Mars, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science
In a close contest, NASA edged out more than a half-dozen federal agencies in a 2012Β U. S. Office of Professional Management survey of the best places to work within the U. Β S. federal government. NASA, with a 74 percent employee satisfaction ranking, topped...
Nov 25, 2012 | Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, NASA, Space Research, Space Shuttle
Astronomers, using the Hubble Space Telescope and a natural consequence of large scale gravity, have imaged the most distant galaxy identified so far. Measured at just 600 light years across, quite small in cosmic terms, MACS0647-JD was imaged as it was just 420...