Aug 2, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Aug 1, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Pluto, Space and Science, Space Research
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is now 70 percent of the way along its journey to the Pluto system. It carries a sophisticated package with eight scientific instruments comprised of imagers, UV and IR spectrographs, plasma analyzers, a dust counter, and radio science....
Aug 1, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Jul 31, 2013 | Asteroid Exploration, Benefits of Space Exploration, Education, Exploration, International Space Station, Mars, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research
The U. S. Curiosity rover will mark a triumphant first anniversary on the surface of Mars on Tuesday, Aug. 6. The anniversary activities will include a live NASA Webcast featuring top agency officials as well as astronauts aboard the International Space Station...
Jul 31, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Jul 30, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Jul 30, 2013 | Blog, Education Station, European Space Agency, Exploration, International Cooperation, Kids Space, NASA, The Moon
NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer – LADEE – is being prepared for its departure to the Moon. Launch date is slated for September 2013 from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Va. atop a Minotaur V booster. LADEE’s mission duration is approximately 160...
Jul 29, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Exploration, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research, Space Shuttle
U. S. and European space-based X-ray observatories have added a new technique for identifying alien planets with the discovery of HD 189733b, a “hot Jupiter” class world rapidly orbiting a star 63 light years away. NASA’s Kepler space telescope is...
Jul 29, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Jul 28, 2013 | Exploration, International Space Station, NASA, Roscosmos, Space Research
Russia’s Progress 52 supply capsule docked with the International Space Station late Saturday, delivering a NASA tool kit to deal with the worrisome water leak that cut short a July 16 spacewalk by European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano among the 2.8...