Sep 25, 2013 | Exploration, International Space Station, NASA, Roscosmos, Space and Science, Space Research
A Soyuz capsule with three U. S. and Russian astronauts docked with the International Space Station late Wednesday to restore the orbiting science lab to its usual six person status. NASA’s Mike Hopkins, a one time college football team captain; cosmonaut Oleg...
Sep 25, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Sep 24, 2013 | Asteroid Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Planet Earth, Space and Science
The famous February 15th meteorite that exploded over the frozen Chebarkul Lake in Russia is making news once again. Fragments of the Chelyabinsk meteorite have been discovered and recovered from the bottom of the lake. Early this month, divers and scientists teamed...
Sep 24, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Sep 23, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Sep 22, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Commercial Space, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research
Plans by Orbital Sciences Corp. and NASA to rendezvous Orbital’s Cygnus cargo capsule with the International Space Station early Sunday were delayed by two days to overcome a navigation communications discrepancy between the two spacecraft. Orbital quickly...
Sep 22, 2013 | Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Space and Science, Space Race, Space Research
Rocket Girl: The Story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America’s First Female Rocket Scientist by George D. Morgan; Prometheus Books; Amherst, New York; $18.00 (soft cover); July 2013. No doubt, many have been absorbed by Homer Hickam’s Rocket Boys (also known as October...
Sep 22, 2013 | Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Multimedia, NASA, Space Race, Space Research, The Moon
Government/private sector collaboration is helping to foster the development of commercial, low-cost missions to the Moon. NASA Marshall Space Flight Center is collaborating with Moon Express, Inc. to test the company’s flight software on NASA’s “Mighty Eagle”...
Sep 21, 2013 | Asteroid Exploration, Benefits of Space Exploration, Commercial Space, Education, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Mars, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research, The Moon
Expect more on Earth from space as human explorers begin to push beyond the International Space Station to the moon, the asteroids and Mars, the International Space Exploration Coordination Group suggests in a new 21 page white paper, Benefits Stemming from...
Sep 20, 2013 | Blog, Canadian Space Agency, Education Station, European Space Agency, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Cooperation, James Webb Space Telescope, Kids Space, NASA, Space and Science
More progress has been reported in the James Webb Space Telescope program, the world’s next-generation space observatory and successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. The fabrication of all template layers for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) sunshield has been...