Japan’s Asteroid Probe: On Track for Australian Touchdown

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...

CSExtra – Tuesday, June 1, 2010

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...

CSExtra – Monday, May 31, 2010

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....

CSExtra – Sunday, May 30, 2010

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. ...