Mar 12, 2014 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research, Why Space
Citizen science is blazing a trail into Earth orbit. Onboard the SpaceX Falcon 9/Dragon capsule soon to be headed for the International Space Station (ISS) are microbes collected from across the United States. The effort is known as Project MERCCURI. It investigates...
Mar 12, 2014 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Mar 11, 2014 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Mar 10, 2014 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, NASA, Space Research, Why Space
Set for an upcoming ride to the International Space Station (ISS) are nearly a100 proteins to be used in crystallization studies – microgravity research that could lead to innovative methods of drug discovery. A SpaceX Falcon booster is to depart Florida on March 16,...
Mar 10, 2014 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Mar 9, 2014 | Ask the Experts — Answers, Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Space Race, Space Research, Space Shuttle, Why Space
X-15: The World’s Fastest Rocket Plane and the Pilots Who Ushered in the Space Age by John Anderson and Richard Passman; Zenith Press/Quayside Publishing Group, Minneapolis, MN.; Licensed by Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum; $30.00 (hard cover); 2014. This...
Mar 9, 2014 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science
Take a walk on Mars…without leaving Earth! Check out the third annual MarsFest in Death Valley National Park, being held March 28-30 within the breathtaking desert valley located in Eastern California. Visitors of all ages are invited to MarsFest 2014 – to elevate...
Mar 7, 2014 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Mar 6, 2014 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Our Solar System, Space Race, Space Research, Spaceports, The Moon
A top-notch team of MIT engineers has scoped out orbiting way stations – one such depot placed somewhere between the Earth and the Moon. Once in place, this type of filling station could reduce the fuel a spacecraft needs to carry from Earth. That means, with less...
Mar 6, 2014 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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