Jan 7, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science
At least one in six stars has an Earth-sized planet – that’s the word from Francois Fressin of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA). Fressin and his colleagues have been sifting through data gleaned by NASA’s Kepler spacecraft. A new analysis of...
Jan 7, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Jan 6, 2013 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space and Science
A new milestone for NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity is at hand – well, within robotic arm’s reach. Possible first targets for use of Curiosity’s hammering drill are being eyed. The drill will collect powdered samples from the interior of rocks for analysis by instruments...
Jan 4, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Jan 3, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Asteroid Exploration, Blog, Education Station, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science
Data gleaned by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft during a year-long survey of asteroid Vesta have shown that impacting small asteroids delivered dark, carbonaceous material to the protoplanet. These huge impacts not only altered Vesta’s shape, but also its surface composition....
Jan 3, 2013 | Asteroid Exploration, Commercial Space, Exploration, International Space Station, Legislative Activity, Mars, NASA, Space and Science, The Moon
Thursday marked the first day of the U. S. 113th Congress, the members of the House and Senate elected in November to serve new two and six-year terms. However, before the 112th Congress adjourned, also on Thursday, the House and Senate produced a positive statement...
Jan 3, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Jan 2, 2013 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Jan 2, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Exploration, International Space Station, Legislative Activity, NASA, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Space Research
A rare New Year’s Day legislative session in Washington produced a response to the Fiscal Cliff — one that led to House passage late Tuesday of a Senate sponsored measure that delays for two months sharp cuts in defense and non-defense spending...
Dec 28, 2012 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research, The Moon, Why Space
Now available from the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) e-book webpage is the seminal book – The Lunar Sourcebook: A User’s Guide to the Moon. This is a treasure-trove of a volume, including sections on: Return to the Moon; Current Understanding of the Moon: A Base...