CSExtra–Thursday, May 13, 2010
Thursday’s CSExtra finds an unusually large number of reports and commentary on Wednesday’s Senate Commerce Science and Transportation Committee hearing on the White House space policy. Universally, the focus was the opposition from the first and last...CSExtra–Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Wednesday’s space news scan finds more reporting and commentary on U.S. space policy and NASA’s future. Some of the discussion is centered around a hearing of the U. S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on the future of U. S. human...CSExtra–Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Tuesday’s space news scan finds new concerns that the latest White House space policy is under funding NASA’s human space flight program. The concern, expressed in several reports, was voiced by Lester Lyles, a member of the Augustine Committee and the...CSExtra–Monday, May 10, 2010
Monday’ space news scan offers a short list of developments. 1. From the Arizona Republic, an op-ed in from June Scobee Rodgers, widow of Challenger Commander Dick Scobee and founding chairman of the Challenger Center for Space Science Education. The current...NASA declares Atlantis’ readiness to go fly next week
From SpaceflightNow.com: NASA clears shuttle Atlantis for a May 14 lift off on the 25-year-old orbiter’s final scheduled mission. The launching period will last through May 18. After four launch attempts in five day, the 12-day flight will slip to late June to...Obama’s NASA plans appear in jeopardy
From the Orlando Sentinel — It’s been less than a month since President Obama outlined his space policy in a Florida speech (April 15 at the Kennedy Space Center). However, it appears the White House direction has little traction, according to the OS....Presentations from the Presidential Space Summit at Kennedy Space Center
The following presentations are from the Presidential Space Summit, April 15, 2010 at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Click on the title of the presentation to view. A New Exploration Strategy Dr. Edward F. Crawley, Ford Professor of Engineering at MIT...Hubble, shuttle, humans and future exploration
Source: BBC Happy birthday, Hubble. It’s 20 years since the shuttle blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center to place the famous observatory in orbit. The telescope’s achievements are immense. Few instruments in the history of science have had quite the...Hubble Space Telescope: Reflections on 20 Years of Sharp-shooting Science
This week, NASA’s remarkable Hubble Space Telescope sails past two decades of orbiting the Earth – a celestial celebration of its ability to see more, see farther and see deeper into our surrounding universe. Hubble was deployed into Earth orbit by the crew of space...Space Talk
Another first at the World’s Busiest Spaceport! 🚀
Teams with NASA and @USFWS carried out a prescribed fire at Kennedy during an active launch countdown – a new capability to help protect infrastructure and habitat.
Learn why we’re making this change:
NASA Demonstrates New Prescribed Burn Capability for Spaceport
NASA teamed up with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and commercial space partners to intentionally ignite around ...
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President Trump founded the Artemis program in his first term.
Now, with the successful Artemis II mission, NASA is taking a major step forward in returning to the Moon, where we’re building a Moon base, to stay.
Looking forward to celebrating this crew with @POTUS today.
A fast Mars Courier completes its interplanetary transfer burn, flips to point back at Earth and ejects its empty propellant tanks. Thanks to a gas-core nuclear rocket, it'll reach its destination in less than 2 months.
#space #art by William Black.
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I'm just listening a bit, I always learn, but will speak a bit on Saturday's #Spaces!
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