Sep 17, 2010 | International Space Station, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Uncategorized
The Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico came alive this week with multiple hurricanes, with two of the tropical cyclones reaching Category 4 force at one point — a rare occurrence. Cameras aboard the International Space Station captured close up images of Igor,...
Sep 17, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Mars, NASA, Space and Science
NASA’s next Mars rover – Curiosity – is undergoing rigorous testing by engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Also known as the Mars Science Laboratory, the six-wheeled machine will depart Florida in late 2011, headed for a landing on...
Sep 17, 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. Friday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on the policy options...
Sep 16, 2010 | Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, Space Race, Space Tourism, Spaceports
The WhiteKnightTwo (WK2) is back in the air after a landing incident on August 19th. The WK2 is the mothership that totes to drop altitude the SpaceShipTwo (SS2) suborbital spaceliner – a six passenger, two pilot craft now under development for Sir Richard Branson’s...
Sep 16, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science, The Sun
Here’s a hot one! Build a spacecraft that can fly to within four million miles of the Sun and study a region that has never been explored by a space probe. Doing so will require the satellite to be equipped with a high-tech heat shield to thwart searing 2,550 degree...
Sep 16, 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. Thursday’s CSExtra offers a collection of stories on Boeing’s widely reported...
Sep 15, 2010 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, NASA, Space Race, Space Tourism
A memorandum of agreement between the Boeing Company and space tourist company, Space Adventures, may lead to passenger seats available on Boeing’s Crew Space Transportation-100 (CST-100) spacecraft to LEO. Boeing and Space Adventures have not yet set a price per seat...
Sep 15, 2010 | International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Uncategorized
NASA has laid more groundwork for a fair well mission by the shuttle Atlantis in late June 2011 by naming a three-man, one-woman veteran crew of astronauts. Lift-off of what would be the final, “final” mission of NASA’s three decade long space shuttle program would be...
Sep 15, 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. Wednesday’s CSExtra finds editorial enthusiasm for the Senate’s version of a...
Sep 14, 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. Tuesday’s CSExtra offers the latest reports on space related activities and...