Jul 7, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Planet Earth, Space Race, Space Tourism
Round About the Earth – Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit by Joyce E. Chaplin; Simon & Schuster; New York, New York; $35.00; 2012. This is a fascinating and pleasurable look at explorers that have accomplished around-the-world travel. For almost five...
Jul 4, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Exploration, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science, The Sun
Launched in March 2009, NASA’s Kepler space telescope soon became the most prolific alien planet hunter ever. The search has so far produced just under 3,300 candidate planets, among them representatives of the mission’s ultimate goal — Earth-like...
Jul 4, 2013 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, Multimedia, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Tourism
A creative new website is available from NASA that can help improve your own feature-spotting skills and geographical knowledge about our planet – a plus in readying yourself for your own space tourism flight in Earth orbit. Meanwhile, you can also help the Crew Earth...
Jul 3, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Jul 2, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, James Webb Space Telescope, Kids Space, NASA, Space and Science
The projected number of life-supporting planets in the Milky Way galaxy alone just got larger. A new study calculates that 60 billion planets could sustain water, therefore life. Researchers at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University based their study,...
Jul 2, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Jul 1, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Ask the Experts — Answers, Asteroid Exploration, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space Research, Why Space
New grants have been awarded, dedicated to detecting bone loss of astronauts in microgravity, as well as infectious disease risks for crews during long-term space travel. NASA and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) have announced that two Arizona...
Jul 1, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Jun 28, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Commercial Space, Education, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Mars, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, Space and Science, Space Tourism
Orbiter Atlantis, a veteran of 33 NASA shuttle missions, goes on public display in Central Florida on Saturday as the centerpiece of a $100 million Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex exhibit. More than 40 astronauts, including NASA Administrator...
Jun 28, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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