Today’s CSExtra, Thursday, June 11, 2015
Today’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. The U.S. Senate Commerce, Justice and Science subcommittee responsible for NASA spending trims the agency’s 2016 Commercial Crew Program request,...CSExtra for Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Today’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden urges the White House and Congress to pull together on reaching Mars with humans. While Mars rises as a consensus...
Book Review: Living Among Giants – Exploring and Settling the Outer Solar System
Book Review: Living Among Giants – Exploring and Settling the Outer Solar System by Michael Carroll; Book Publisher: Springer; $34.99 (Hardcover); 2015. Here is a fascinating and unique look at the outer Solar System, masterfully detailed in words and artwork...
Eddie Redmayne’s PSA on NASA’s science impact
Actor Eddie Redmayne, star of the film “The Theory of Everything,” speaks on the importance of NASA’s mission and...“Invisible Shield” Discovered over Earth
Scientists have discovered an “invisible shield” roughly 7,200 miles (11,500 kilometers) above Earth that blocks so-called “killer electrons” – highly charged electrons that can fry satellites, degrade space systems during intense solar storms, and pose...Historic Landing Timeline: Crosshairs on a Comet
The European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft is set to deploy its Philae lander for a first-time touchdown on a comet. On November 11-12, Philae is set to separate from Rosetta at 09:03 GMT (10:03 CET) and touch down on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko at...Drop Zone! Crosshairs on a Comet
Europe’s Rosetta mission to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is nearing a nail-biting moment – when the Philae lander is to be unleashed for a touchdown on the celestial wanderer. The primary landing site is landing site “J” – a spot that has relatively flat terrain...Book Review: Why Mars – NASA and the Politics of Space Exploration
Why Mars – NASA and the Politics of Space Exploration by W. Henry Lambright; Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland; $49.95 (hardcover); 2014. Wondering when humans will set boot on Mars? Author W. Henry Lambright has written an absorbing and...Name ExoWorlds Contest: Details Released
For the first time in history the public will be able to vote for the official name of stars and planets. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is inviting all public organizations with an interest in astronomy to register on the IAU Directory for World Astronomy...Space Talk
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