May 22, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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...
May 21, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Newsroom, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science
It was a mighty blast from outer space! Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) have identified a dome at least 50 kilometers in diameter, buried under the Timor Sea – a sea bounded to the north by the island of Timor, to the east by the Arafura...
May 21, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Newsroom, Space Research
Prepare to accelerate! If all goes as planned, the X-51A Waverider is to make its first hypersonic flight test attempt on May 25 off the southern coast of California. Once released from a B-52 Stratofortress carrier plane, the unpiloted X-51A is expected to fly...
May 21, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Newsroom, Our Solar System, Space and Science, Space Research, Spaceports
Japanβs 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...
May 21, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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...
May 20, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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...
May 19, 2010 | Coalition News, CSExtra, Exploration, NASA
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...
May 18, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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...
May 17, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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...
May 16, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
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...