Aug 15, 2013 | Exploration, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research
NASA’s four-year Kepler space telescope search for Earth-like planets circling distant stars has come to a close, space agency managers announced Thursday, It was a disappointing conclusion to an effort by flight control teams to recover disabled reaction...
Aug 15, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Aug 14, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Aug 13, 2013 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science
A NASA probe en route to distant Jupiter has crossed the halfway point to its target. NASA’s Juno spacecraft was launched on Aug. 5, 2011, headed for arrival at massive Jupiter on July 4, 2016. The next milestone in Juno’s nearly five-year journey to Jupiter...
Aug 13, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Aug 12, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Aug 11, 2013 | Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space and Science, The Sun
Red Rover – Inside the Story of Robotic Space Exploration, from Genesis to the Mars Rover Curiosity by Roger Wiens; Basic Books; New York, New York; $25.99; 2013. This is a great read, and adds to the ambience and high-saluting given to NASA’s Curiosity rover...
Aug 10, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Education, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research
Sally Ride, America’s first woman in space, will become a posthumous recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest honor for those who have made meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of theUnited...
Aug 10, 2013 | Asteroid Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research, Why Space
A NASA sample return mission to an asteroid is geared to provide important clues as to how to mine asteroids in the future. Called the OSIRIS-REx – NASA short-hand for the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security and Regolith Explorer – this...
Aug 9, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Canadian Space Agency, Exploration, International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), NASA, Space and Science, Space Research
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station welcomed the arrival of a Japanese re-supply capsule on Friday. NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, positioned at the controls of the station’s Canadian robot arm, captured the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s...