Apr 22, 2013 | Blog, China, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Space Research
China is readying its next human spaceflight mission – Shenzhou -10. That three-person craft is headed toward an early June liftoff from the country’s launch center in Jiuquan, Gansu province. According to Chinese space officials, the piloted Shenzhou-10 will appraise...
Apr 21, 2013 | Asteroid Exploration, Benefits of Space Exploration, Education, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Space Station, Mars, NASA, Space and Science, Space Shuttle
Three NASA shuttle-era astronauts, two of them women, were inducted into the U. S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on Saturday. Those honored in ceremonies at the Hall, close to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., included Eileen Collins, the first woman...
Apr 20, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, European Space Agency, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Cooperation, NASA, Space and Science, Space Shuttle
The Hubble Space Telescope, a successful collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency, will mark its 23rd anniversary in Earth orbit on Wednesday, April 24th. In celebration the partnership, along with the Space Telescope Science Institute and other...
Apr 19, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Apr 19, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Exploration, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research, The Sun, Why Space
Launched four year ago, NASA’s Kepler space telescope is narrowing an unprecedented search for alien planets similar to the Earth. On Thursday, astronomers announced the discovery of three “Super Earths” circling in the habitable zones of two...
Apr 18, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Apr 17, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Apr 16, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Apr 15, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Apr 13, 2013 | Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Space Tourism, Spaceports
SpaceShipTwo progress is being made in the skies over the Mojave Air and Space Port in California – successful demonstration on April 12th of key components of the system. SpaceShipTwo carried out a “Cold Flow” flight. The test objectives were achieved, and the craft...