America has New Chapters to Write in the Exploration of Space, June Scobee Rogers tells Challenger Memorial Service
. Family, friends and co-workers gathered at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Friday to pay tribute to the seven astronauts who perished aboard the shuttle Challenger, which shattered moments after thundering into a blue Florida sky 25 years ago. The ceremony...New Tool for Space Weather Forecasting
When it comes to the Sun, one could recall that line sung by Elvis: “A churning urn of burning funk.” But now space weather forecasters have a new tool to issue a one-to-four day advance warning of high speed streams of solar plasma and Earth-directed coronal mass...CSExtra – Friday, January 28, 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. Friday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on NASA’s Day of...Station Crew Nabs Japanese Cargo Carrier
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station welcomed the arrival of Japan’s Kounotori unmanned cargo capsule early Thursday, the first in a series of spacecraft from early corner of the world waiting their turn to dock with the orbiting science...Hubble Unveils Most Distant Galaxy
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have spotted what appears to be one of the universe’s earliest galaxies. The faint red blob is 13.2 billion light years away and 500 million times too faint to see with the human eye. Experts now calculate the age...Moons of Mars: Leftovers from a Giant Impact?
Things may have been pretty messy around the red planet in its past. New research suggests the possibility that the martian satellites – Phobos and Deimos — may have been the result of giant impact. The new theory is just out in the prestigious Icarus...Coalition for Space Exploration Pauses to Reflect and Remember
“Today, the Coalition for Space Exploration joins NASA in observing a Day of Remembrance as the world reflects on the extraordinary heroes who lost their lives in the pursuit of space exploration. Although we mourn the tragic loss of the crew members aboard Apollo 1,...CSExtra – Thursday, January 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. Thursday’s CSExtra features the latest reporting and commentary on global space...Tally Ho! First Imagery of Comet Tempel 1 by NASA’s Stardust NExT Spacecraft
A Valentine’s Day target has been spotted by NASA’s Stardust spacecraft. Images of comet Tempel 1 have been relayed by the en route probe, over 16 million miles away from the celestial object. The Stardust NExT mission is slated to carry out close-up investigations of...Space Talk
A new UK law claims to make reporting child sexual abuse mandatory.
It isn’t. The part that actually mattered got left out, and the government’s own paperwork predicts who’ll simply ignore it.
I wrote about why. 👇
https://adifferentperspectiveuk.substack.com/p/when-mandatory-doesnt-mean-what-we?r=8q5uso&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=split
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.@BrBobMackeSJ of @VaticanObserv designed a custom instrument for @NASA known as a #pycnometer, tailored to the mission's needs. This specialized tool is used for measuring the density and porosity of tiny grains of gravels from Bennu. 🇻🇦🇺🇲🪨 #OsirisRex #NASA #Vatican #astronomy
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China's game plan in New space race to Moon's South Pole https://bit.ly/4g3ezAg
North America gets a solar eclipse on August 12th https://bit.ly/4qnXWTd
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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