Sep 27, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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. Monday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting on space exploration and the people...
Sep 27, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space and Science
New images from NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity show the robot now studying a dark rock on the red planet, thought to be an iron meteorite. The toaster-sized rock is being given a scientific look by Opportunity’s robot arm that’s laden with instruments....
Sep 26, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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Sep 25, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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Sep 25, 2010 | International Space Station, NASA, Uncategorized
International Space Station crew members Alexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Kornienko of Russia and Tracy Caldwell Dyson on NASA made a safe descent to Earth early Saturday, touching down in north central Kazakhstan to end a 176 day mission. The Soyuz carrying the three...
Sep 24, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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Sep 24, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science
NASA’s Mars Opportunity rover has rolled into close rendezvous with a likely meteorite. The object was seen from a distance, with scientists commanding the robot to scoot on by the possible space rock. Opportunity will be used to further analyze the rock. At first...
Sep 24, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science
A celestial light show has been captured by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft as it explores ringed Saturn and its entourage of moons. A new movie and images have been made using spacecraft data that show Saturn’s shimmering aurora over a two-day period. “Saturn’s auroras are...
Sep 24, 2010 | International Space Station, NASA
International Space Station astronauts Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Alexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Kornienko were unable to make their scheduled descent to Earth late Thursday because of a problem with the latching mechanism that secures their spacecraft to the orbiting...
Sep 23, 2010 | Commercial Space, Constellation Program, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Mars, The Moon
The House Science and Technology Committee has completed a revised 2010 NASA authorization bill that aligns closely with an already adopted Senate measure that accelerates work on a new heavy lift rocket and crew spacecraft for missions to the moon, asteroids, Mars...