Jun 5, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Newsroom, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research, The Moon, Why Space
You’ve likely heard of the “farm belt” or the “bible belt” – but how about a “solar belt”…but on the Moon! The Japanese construction company, the Shimizu Corporation, is proposing the Luna Ring – an array of solar cells that would extend like a belt along...
Jun 5, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Kids Space, NASA, Newsroom, Our Solar System, Space and Science, Space Research
Earth return of Japan’s Hayabusa asteroid probe and release of its sample capsule. Japan’s asteroid explorer, the Hayabusa spacecraft, is on track for a June 13 reentry into the Woomera Test Range in South Australia. Scientists at the Japan Aerospace Exploration...
Jun 4, 2010 | Commercial Space, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket roared into orbit on Friday, climbing into space on what appeared to be a successful full duration inaugural test flight of nearly 10 minutes. The slender white, 180-foot tall, two-stage rocket with the “SPACEX” logo stenciled on the...
Jun 2, 2010 | Hubble Space Telescope, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Uncategorized
The first African-American space traveler is among four men and women who will be inducted into the U. S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in Titusville, Fla., on Saturday (June 5). Guion Bluford, now 67, earned the distinction on Aug. 30, 1983, as he lifted off on the eighth...
Jun 1, 2010 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, International Cooperation, International Space Station, NASA, Space Race, Space Research
A Chinese news source is reporting today that the European Space Agency (ESA) supports China’s inclusion in the International Space Station (ISS) partnership. ESA’s agency’s director-general Jean-Jacques Dordain made the remarks during a Global Lunar Conference...
Jun 1, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Mars, Newsroom, Space Race, Space Research
Credit: ESA Credit: ESA This week a six-person crew from Russia, Europe and China will begin their voyage to Mars! Well, sort of. The adventure is a simulated 520-day journey to the red planet, one that will test the endurance of crew members to carry out a...
Jun 1, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
Tuesday’s CSExtra includes the latest in commentary and reporting on NASA’s future direction and U.S. space policy. Also, a Soyuz spacecraft carrying American Timothy Creamer, Russian Oleg Kotov and Soichi Noguchi of Japan is scheduled to depart the...
May 31, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
Monday’s CSExtra finds a new call for an extension of NASA’s space shuttle program, plus a report that Orion’s future as a space station life boat could be in doubt. Also, communities across the country compete for a retired space shuttle orbiter. 1....
May 30, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
Sunday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space policy and NASA’s future. 1. From Spacepolitics.com: NASA Administrator Charles Bolden hints that astronauts could circle the moon as part of a NASA test flight in the early 2020s. ...
May 30, 2010 | Commercial Space, Constellation Program, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, This Week in Space
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