Space History on the Auction Block!
Photos: Courtesy of Bonhams There was an off-world look to the recent Bonhams annual Space History Sale earlier this month. The New York scene is a room packed with active bidders as they competed with each other, along with online bidders and buyers listening in...CSExtra – Friday, May 27, 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....Book Review: First Contact – Scientific Breakthroughs in the Hunt for Life Beyond Earth
First Contact – Scientific Breakthroughs in the Hunt for Life Beyond Earth by Marc Kaufman; Simon & Schuster; New York, New York; $26.00 (hard cover); 2011. The author is a science and space reporter for the Washington Post – and capitalizes on his aptitude...CSExtra – Thursday, May 26, 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 Picks Robotic Science Mission to a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid
OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft makes contact with asteroid 1999 RQ36. NASA has selected mission for launch in 2016, with samples returned to Earth in 2023. Credit: NASA NASA has announced it has selected a New Frontiers mission – a sample-return mission dubbed OSIRIS-Rex....So Long Spirit! Attempts to Reawaken Mars Rover End
Spirit’s last picture show. One of the last images from the Mars rover. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover continues on its long-distance trek. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell It appears that it’s all over for NASA’s spirited Mars rover. The...CSExtra – Wednesday, May 25, 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 Designates Orion as Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle for Future Human Deep Space Missions
The four person Orion spacecraft, once part of the Constellation program, will emerge as a center piece of U. S. plans to resume the exploration of deep space with astronauts, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and other agency officials announced on Tuesday. The...CSExtra – Tuesday, May 24, 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....Space Talk
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Far beyond the planets may lie the Oort Cloud, a vast shell of icy objects stretching as far as 1.6 light-years from the Sun. ☄️
We’ve never observed it directly, but comet orbits suggest it may be the source of many long-period comets.
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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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