Dec 27, 2012 | Ask the Expert, Ask the Experts — Answers, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Book Reviews, Commercial Space, Constellation Program, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Kids Space, NASA, Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, Space Shuttle, Why Space
NASA has issued an impressive volume, just right for reading as the space agency encounters a new year. NASA at 50: Interviews with NASA’s Senior Leadership is edited by Rebecca Wright, Sandra Johnson, and Steven J. Dick. The 50th anniversary of NASA on 1...
Dec 26, 2012 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science, Space Research
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft that explored asteroid Vesta and is now en route to space rock Ceres is being propelled by ion thrust. Ion engines use electric fields instead of chemical reactions. Ion engines tend to be much less powerful, but they are so efficient, they can...
Dec 24, 2012 | Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, European Space Agency, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Cooperation, Kids Space, Multimedia, NASA, Our Solar System, Space and Science, Space Research, Why Space
Here are two celestial stocking stuffers for the mind and for those still shopping – just in time for the holidays and new year! NASA has issued two new e-books, one on the Hubble Space Telescope, the other on the still-to-be-launched, next-generation space...
Dec 21, 2012 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Dec 21, 2012 | International Cooperation, International Space Station, NASA, Roscosmos, Space Research
A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying U. S., Canadian and Russian astronauts successfully docked with the International Space Station early Wednesday, restoring the orbiting lab to six person crew operations for the first time since mid-November. Tom Marshburn, a...
Dec 20, 2012 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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Dec 19, 2012 | Exploration, Kids Programs Online, NASA, Space and Science, Space Shuttle, The Moon
The Earth’s moon now includes a near North Pole landmark named in honor of Sally K. Ride, American’s first female astronaut. The site was named for Ride on Dec. 17, moments after it became the crash site for NASA’s twin GRAIL mission spacecraft, Ebb...
Dec 19, 2012 | Canadian Space Agency, International Space Station, NASA, Roscosmos, Space Research
A Soyuz rocket with U. S., Canadian and Russian astronauts sped toward a linkup with the International Space Station early Friday, following a flawless lift off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. NASA’s Tom Marshburn, CSA’s Chris Hadfield and...
Dec 19, 2012 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space and Science
At two distant locations on Mars, NASA rovers are “strong arming” the planet. The Curiosity rover is busy working with its robot arm to help researchers choose a rock to drill within the shallow depression named “Yellowknife Bay”. Meanwhile, the Opportunity rover is...
Dec 19, 2012 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
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