CSExtra – Saturday, May 22, 2010

Saturday’s CSExtra includes the latest reporting and commentary on the formulation of U.S. space policy and NASA’s future. More momentum for international cooperation. Students make an unpaid pitch to Congress for future space exploration. NASA and...

Venus Orbiter, Solar Sail: Successful Launch

Japan’s H-IIA Launch Vehicle has successfully lofted the Venus Climate Orbiter, a solar sail experiment and several small mini-payloads. The booster lifted off on May 21 from the Tanegashima Space Center. AKATSUKI, the Venus Climate Orbiter mission (PLANET-C), is on...

CSExtra-Friday, May 21, 2010

Friday’s CSExtra includes reporting and commentary on space policy and NASA’s future. A Mars celebration. Japan launches a Venus probe. Meanwhile, spacewalking astronauts from the shuttle Atlantis are scheduled to complete a battery exchange outside the...

CSExtra-Thursday, May 20, 2010

Thursday’s CSExtra features new reporting and commentary on U.S. space policy and NASA’s future.Β More testing of the Ares 1 unlikely.Β Β Support for a shuttle extension.Β Russians, Europeans and Chinese rehearse a Mars mission.Β New climate report.Β Atlantis...

CSExtra-Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Wednesday’s space news scan: A top Russian officials proposes closer cooperation with the United States for deep space exploration. More comment on U. S. space policy and NASA’s future. The Atlantis astronauts embark on the second spacewalk of their...

CSExtra–Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Β  Tuesday’s CSExtra:Β  Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan are scheduled for a Congressional encore as they head for a House hearing on space policy next week. More discussion of NASA’s future from The Space Review. Aboard the International...

CSExtra–Monday, May 17, 2010

Monday’s CSExtra leads with NASA’s continued work on the Ares 1 rocket, though the Constellation program is facing cancellation. More on space policy and NASA’s future. Meanwhile, shuttle Atlantis docked with the International Space Station on...

CSExtra–Sunday. May 16, 2010

Sunday’s CSE Extra. Shuttle Atlantis closes in on the International Space Station. Docking expected Sunday at 9:27 a.m., CDT. The Link up will start a one week visit that will unite 12 U.S. Russian and Japanese astronauts on the station for the installation of a...