Oct 10, 2013 | Education, Exploration, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Race, The Moon
NASA Mercury 7 astronaut Scott Carpenter, who in May 1962 became the second American to orbit the Earth, died Thursday. Carpenter, 88, was hospitalized in his home state of Colorado after suffering a stroke in September. The multi-dimensional Carpenter launched...
Oct 10, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Oct 9, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Oct 8, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science
On Oct. 9, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will fly past the Earth for a gravity-assist boost that will slingshot the probe onward to Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system. The time of closest approach is 3:21 p.m. EDT (12:21 p.m. PDT / 19:21 UTC) when Juno will pass...
Oct 8, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Oct 7, 2013 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research, The Moon
NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) achieved lunar orbit on Oct. 6. Thanks to two High Performance Apogee Thruster HiPAT phasing burns, each of the blasts by the Aerojet Rocketdyne bipropellant engine increased the spacecraft’s apogee...
Oct 7, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Oct 4, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Oct 3, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Oct 3, 2013 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, NASA, Space Research, The Moon
The Earth’s moon is taking on more of a wet look. Scientists have detected “magmatic water” on the surface of the Moon, that is, water that originates from deep within the Moon’s interior. Fresh data about water on the Moon has been percolating for several years. For...