May 14, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Canadian Space Agency, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Research, Uncategorized
Three International Space Station astronauts reached Earth safely late Monday, including the first from Canada to command the six person orbiting science laboratory. The landing followed a flurry of activities that led to a Saturday spacewalk for the repair of a...
Mar 16, 2013 | Canadian Space Agency, International Space Station, NASA, Planet Earth, Roscosmos, Space and Science, Uncategorized
Three U. S. and Russian astronauts returned to Earth late Friday, following a weather delayed departure from the International Space Station and the parachute descent of their Soyuz spacecraft into northern Kazakhstan. With the departure, veteran...
Mar 15, 2013 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Exploration, Mars, NASA, Planet Earth, Space Research, Uncategorized
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover, a resident of the red planet’s Gale Crater since early August, this week confirmed what many planetary scientists have long believed — Mars was once warm and wet enough to support microbial life. The announcement Tuesday...
Mar 10, 2013 | European Space Agency, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Cooperation, NASA, Space Shuttle, Uncategorized
Astronomers appear closer to solving a celestial puzzle with the help of multiple space telescopes and some dogged data gathering. The enigma involves an aging star, Methuselah, dated at 14.5 billion years old, plus or minus 800 million years. At that age, Methuselah...
Aug 28, 2012 | Exploration, NASA, The Moon, Uncategorized
Friday brings a rare Blue Moon — the definition of a second full moon within a single month. At 31 days, August is one of those months with enough days to host the prospect. Thanks to the Lunar and Planetary Institute, of Houston, the unusual event will also...
Aug 2, 2012 | International Space Station, NASA, Roscosmos, Uncategorized
Russia achieved an International Space Station first on Wednesday, launching and docking the Progress 48 re-supply mission within six hours. A similar test of a Soyuz crew transport with three passengers aboard is perhaps a year or more away. The Soyuz and Progress...
May 4, 2012 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Planet Earth, Space and Science, Uncategorized
The nation’s NASA and NOAA administered Earth observation program is on shakey ground, the National Research Council, a Congressionally-chartered think tank, concluded in a report issued this week. A 21-member panel of scientists and engineers assembled...
Mar 18, 2012 | Asteroid Exploration, Exploration, NASA, Space and Science, Uncategorized
A new portrait of the universe, 14 years in the making by NASA’s workhorse Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer space telescope, reveals a surprising half-billion celestial objects — some far and others quite close and potentially imposing. The $320...
Feb 13, 2012 | Exploration, NASA, Planet Earth, Shuttle Discovery, The Moon, Uncategorized
Mercury astronaut John Glenn, an accomplished Marine Corps aviator with deep Midwestern roots and a winning smile, became the first American to circle the Earth on Feb. 20, 1962. Now 90, Glenn plans to mark the 50th anniversary of the historic flight in Cape...
Feb 3, 2012 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom, Uncategorized
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