Shuttle Discovery Cleared for Feb. 24th Lift Off
Shuttle Discovery, after a near four-month delay to troubleshoot external fuel tank cracks, is ready to lift off for the International Space Station on Feb. 24 at 4:50 p.m., EST. NASA formally set the previously anticipated launch date and time following a Flight...CSExtra – Friday, February 18, 2011
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The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory built and operates the MESSENGER spacecraft and manages this Discovery-class mission for NASA. Credit: NASA/JHU-APL In about a month’s time, NASA’s MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging –...CSExtra – Thursday, February 17, 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. Thursday’s CSExtra features the latest reporting and commentary on space-related...European Cargo Craft Heads for the International Space Station; Cosmonauts Install, Retrieve Experiments During Station Spacewalk
. The European Space Agency’s Johannes Kepler Automated Transfer Vehicle hurtled into orbit from Kourou in French Guiana on Wednesday, initiating an eight-day trip to the International Space Station with seven tons of cargo. The Ariane 5 rocket with ESA’s...CSExtra – Wednesday, February 16, 2011
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Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Maryland/Cornell Scientists are elated given the imagery and other data relayed to Earth during NASA’s Stardust-New Exploration of Tempel 1 (Stardust-NExT) February 14 flyby of a previously visited comet. “This mission is...Fresh Photos! Tempel 1 Close-up via NASA’s Stardust-NExT mission
Comet Tempel 1 – New imagery. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell Comet Tempel 1 – New imagery. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell NASA’s Stardust-New Exploration of Tempel 1 (Stardust-NExT) has successfully flown by a previously visited comet. The spacecraft...CSExtra – Tuesday, February 15, 2011
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NASA invites ISRO to join Moon Base program https://bit.ly/4x75DQv
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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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We’re literally made of stardust, just trying to figure out the cosmos. Remember, there’s a whole universe of potential locked inside you. Stop capping your goals and aim for the stars. ✨🚀#Space #Cosmos #Mindset #Astronomy
