Jul 5, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Kids Space, Newsroom, Our Solar System, Space and Science, Space Research
Japan’s Hayabusa sample container – asteroid specimens? Credit: JAXA Graphic of Hayabusa return capsule. Credit: JAXA There’s heightened excitement at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). It appears that Japan’s Hayabusa space probe may...
Jul 4, 2010 | International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
A Russian Progress cargo capsule carried out a smooth July 4th docking with the International Space Station, overcoming difficulties two days earlier that prompted the re-supply spacecraft to sail past and out in front of the orbiting science laboratory....
Jul 4, 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. Sunday’s CSExtra features new reporting on efforts to dock a Russian Progress...
Jul 3, 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. Saturday’s CSExtra finds a report on a Senate plan in the works that could save...
Jul 2, 2010 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Source: NY Times TOKYO — The Japanese are calling it a miracle. The Hayabusa space probe returned last month from a seven-year, 382-million-mile round trip to an asteroid, giving a much-needed confidence boost to a country worried that its technological prowess might...
Jul 2, 2010 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog
Source: USA Today Where the images of Earth viewed from the moon evoked the awakening environmentalism of the 1970s, satellite images, of every disaster or news flash, now define our era, says space historian Margaret Weitekamp of the Smithsonian’s National Air...
Jul 2, 2010 | International Space Station, Uncategorized
An automated Russian Progress cargo capsule aborted its docking with the International Space Station on Friday. The six U. S. and Russian astronauts aboard the orbital outpost were never in danger as the unmanned capsule sailed past the station at a distance of nearly...
Jul 2, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Mars, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research
NASA’s next Mars rover: Curiosity – Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s mega-Mars rover, Curiosity, is the centerpiece of the Mars Science Laboratory mission. It is slated to head for the red planet late next year. Meanwhile, engineers and technicians...
Jul 2, 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 includes the latest reports on NASA’s decision to delay the...
Jul 1, 2010 | International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
NASA on Thursday established new target dates for the launchings of the final shuttle missions. The changes will move the program’s retirement into early 2011. The changes were made to accommodate work on the payloads of shuttles Discovery and Endeavour....