Sep 12, 2013 | Asteroid Exploration, Benefits of Space Exploration, Commercial Space, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Mars, Our Solar System, Space and Science, Space Research, The Moon
Experts within NASA and outside are making strides in their plans for a bold Asteroid Retrieval Mission, a joint robotic and human enterprise that would take U. S. explorers beyond low Earth orbit for the first time since the final Apollo mission to the moon....
Sep 12, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Sep 11, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Sep 10, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Exploration, International Space Station, Mars, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Race
Three U. S. and Russian astronauts concluded a 5 1/2 month stay aboard the International Space Station late Tuesday, as their Soyuz capsule descended safely to Earth, touching down under parachute in Kazakhstan. NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and cosmonauts Pavel...
Sep 10, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Sep 9, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Sep 8, 2013 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space Research
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover continues its wheeling southwestward toward Mount Sharp, in the middle of Gale Crater. Just released imagery shows the robot in action, including the use of an onboard focusing procedure. The process involves the Mars Hand Lens Imager...
Sep 7, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Exploration, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science, Space Research, The Moon
NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere & Dust Environment Explorer mission began a 30-day trek to the moon late Friday, successfully blasting off from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility inVirginia. Flight controllers encountered then quickly addressed a problem with the...
Sep 7, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Commercial Space, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research
The Orbital Sciences Corp.’s Antares/Cygnus rocket and cargo capsule was cleared Wednesday for a Sept. 17 lift off on a milestone demonstration re-supply mission to the six person International Space Station, following a NASA led flight readiness review. Lift off of...
Sep 6, 2013 | Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Space Race, Space Research, Space Tourism, Why Space
The sky above the Mojave Air and Space Port in California was the scene for another test flight of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo – the reusable space plane destined to carry tourists to the edge of space. The September 5 flight – the vehicle’s second powered flight,...