CSExtra – Friday, May 28, 2010
Friday’s CSExtra finds more congressional concern over NASA’s decision to reassign Constellation Program manager Jeff Hanley. A small bipartisan collection of lawmakers calls on NASA’s inspector general to look into the matter. Meanwhile, the latest in a...CSExtra – Thursday, May 27, 2010
Thursday’s CSExtra includes the latest reports and commentary on a contentious House hearing over Administration plans to cancel NASA’s Constellation Program. Constellation manager Jeff Hanley is reassigned. Shuttle Atlantis touches down safely in Florida...Please Fence Me In! New Mexico Spaceport Progress
Credit: Virgin Galactic Spaceport America in New Mexico continues to take shape, the future site of commercial space tourism flights. Hundreds of construction workers are busily churning up dirt, completing a huge runway and terminal at the site. Sir Richard...CSExtra – Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Wednesday’s CSExtra includes the latest reporting and commentary on events shaping U.S. space policy and NASA’s future. A Congressional watchdog agency finds NASA acting appropriately in its handling of Constellation’s cancellation. The shuttle...Wheels Up! NASA’s Sky-high Telescope on Debut Flight
The sky is making way for a new astronomical tool. It is wheels up on NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) as this modified Boeing 747SP fitted with a 2.7-meter German-built telescope makes a May 25 debut flight. Flight of the airborne...CSExtra – Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Tuesday’s CSExtra includes the latest on the U.S. Air Force and United Launch Alliance attempt to launch the first in a new generation of GPS satellites. Shuttle Atlantis to surpass the 120 million mile mark before a planned return to Earth early Wednesday...CSExtra – Monday, May 24, 2010
Monday’s CSExtra offers the latest in reporting and commentary on NASA, U.S. space policy and space activities around the globe. The U.S. GPS system to get an upgrade, asteroids become the new focus of human exploration, This Week in Space with Miles...CSExtra-Sunday, May 23, 2010
Sunday’s CSExtra includes the new reporting and commentary on space policy and NASA’s future. An expert examines how other nations are viewing U.S. space intentions. Initial efforts to human rate commercial launch vehicles unfold. After five centuries, Nicolaus...Book Review: Me and The Biospheres – A Memoir by the Inventor of Biosphere 2
Me and The Biospheres: A Memoir by the Inventor of Biosphere 2 by John Allen; Synergetic Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico; (paperback) $39.95; 2009. The term “biosphere” was coined by geologist Eduard Seuss in 1875, which he defined as the place on Earth’s surface where...Space Talk
A new eye on the cosmos is almost ready to soar!
#NASA’s #NancyGraceRoman Space Telescope is now set to launch on 30 August 2026 - eight months ahead of schedule.
With its powerful wide-field infrared vision, #Roman will reveal vast, uncharted regions of the #universe,
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🇲🇦🇧🇷| Brazilian company Saipher presented its HORUS SDA/SSA/STM software during a meeting with FAR 4th Bureau officials. The system provides Space Domain Awareness (SDA), Space Situational Awareness (SSA), and Space Traffic Monitoring (STM) capabilities.
@Eric3Gribble Not how Congress works. SLS gets money allocated to it by Congress. SLS receiving money doesn’t take money from other parts of NASA.
And it’s a good thing that we didn’t fall for this trap too, because then no part of Artemis would be working
Everybody say "Hi, LESTR" 👋
This machine at our center is helping NASA study how materials behave in super-cold environments.
Putting electronics and other flight hardware to the test at extremely low temperatures will be critical as we look to build a Moon Base near the lunar
