Aug 21, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space Research
A low-profile, lightweight, space suit simulator has been delivered to NASA, designed to meet the space agency’s research and training needs. Aurora Flight Sciences headquartered in Manassas, Virginia has collaborated with MIT experts to create an exoskeleton to...
Aug 21, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Aug 20, 2013 | Asteroid Exploration, Commercial Space, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Mars, Space and Science, Space Research, The Moon
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden greeted eight new astronaut candidates at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on Tuesday, the first of their profession to join the space agency in four years. The four men and four women will train for two years at NASA’s...
Aug 20, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Canadian Space Agency, Education Station, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, Our Solar System, Space and Science, Space Race, The Moon, Why Space
A new report has been released, the Global Exploration Roadmap for 2013, an action plan for space exploration. The Global Exploration Roadmap is being developed by space agencies participating in the International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG): Italy,...
Aug 20, 2013 | Blog, Comets, Education Station, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, Our Solar System, Space and Science
The en route space probe, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta, is scheduled to rendezvous with comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko next year, deposit a lander on its surface, and accompany the comet on its way toward the Sun. The ESA mission offers a unique chance to...
Aug 20, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Aug 19, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, NASA, Space Research, Why Space
A research project — Resonant Inductive Near-field Generation System, or RINGS – is a new electromagnetic propulsion technology. The idea could revolutionize the capabilities of satellites and future spacecraft by reducing reliance on propellants and extending...
Aug 19, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Aug 16, 2013 | Exploration, International Space Station, Roscosmos, Space and Science, Space Research
Cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Alexander Misurkin strung power and data cables outside the International Space Station’s Russian segment on Friday to provide Russia’s future Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module with electricity and Ethernet connectivity...
Aug 16, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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