Atlantis Looking “Go” for Friday, Weather “Not So Go”
Shuttle Atlantis is in great shape to lift off Friday on NASA’s final space shuttle mission. But the weather outlook is looking increasingly stormy, raising the possibility of a delay, space agency officials said Wednesday. The outlook improves some Saturday and...CSExtra – Wednesday, July 6, 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....Americans Support U. S. Space Leadership, Even in Difficult Economic Times
Nearly six in 10 Americans believe it is essential for the United States to lead the exploration of space, according to a new Pew Research Center poll. The survey, conducted June 15-19, also found that 55 percent of Americans believe NASA’s long running...Weather a Possible Factor for Final Shuttle Launch
Stormy weather could be a factor in the approaching lift off of orbiter Atlantis on the final shuttle flight, NASA officials said Tuesday, as the countdown for the 12-day supply mission to the International Space Station was about to get under way. Lift off from...CSExtra – Tuesday, July 5, 2011
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The Atlantis astronauts arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Monday, saying they are eager to lift off on the historic final flight of the 30-year space shuttle program. Commander Chris Ferguson, pilot Doug Hurley and mission specialists Sandy Magnus and...NASA Readies an Exploration Threesome – Bound for Jupiter, Earth’s Moon and Mars
Now in prep status, a trio of NASA interplanetary missions that will be dispatched from Florida – headed for Jupiter, Earth’s Moon and Mars. First departure in early August is the Juno spacecraft that is targeted for giant Jupiter. Following a five-year cruise to...Nostalgia, Promise of Bold New Missions Surround NASA’s Final Shuttle Flight
NASA’s final shuttle flight represents a milestone that has many who work at the space agency committed to its success, though already nostalgic about the retiring orbiters and hopeful the passage will lead the nation to embark on bold new ventures. Poised at...CSExtra – Friday, July 1, 2011
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At the very edge of the galaxy, you might encounter a spaceship drifting all on its own—the "Maikonium".
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17 August 1936 - Remembering #MargaretHamilton, the pioneering computer scientist who helped define a new era of computing and popularised the term “software engineer.”
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NASA Competition Invites Students to Help Imagine a Future Enabled by Lunar Technologies
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The Curiosity rover may have captured something on Mars that wasn’t there seconds earlier.
NASA has never commented on it.
Is it just a rock? A camera glitch? A cosmic ray hitting the sensor?
Or something else?
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