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Thursday’s CSExtra includes a roundup of the latest reporting and commentary on activities influencing space exploration around the globe. An recent agreement reached by the major International Space Station partners on a new common docking system design should establish a foundation for cooperation among more nations and commercial space companies. NASA looks to astronaut Leland Melvin, an engineer and former NFL prospect, to lead the agency’s education initiatives. Shuttle Discovery under goes a fuel line repair prior to an early November launching. Astronomers discovery the oldest galaxy identified so far.
1. From Spaceflightnow.com: Recent agreements on a new common docking interface by the International Space Station partners set the stage for further global cooperation in the exploration of space. After the shuttle retires, NASA plans to install two of the docking interfaces on the station’s Harmony module.
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1010/20dockingsystem/
2. From the Houston Chronicle: NASA astronaut Leland Melvin, a one time NFL prospect and collegiate academic All American, takes on a new role at the space agency, Associate Administrator for Education. Melvin’s job is to help convince students that it’s “cool” to excel in the STEM topics and aspire to one day work for NASA.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/7256614.html
A. From Spacepolitics.com: At a recent Washington forum on NASA and its support for astrobiology, former NASA Administrator Dan Goldin (from 1992 to 2001, the agency’s longest serving top official) reflected a bit on NASA’s recent space policy issues. Goldin said NASA needs to improve its communications with the American public, explaining why what it does is important.
http://www.spacepolitics.com/2010/10/20/a-look-back-at-nasas-goldin-age/
3. From the Associated Press via the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and others: NASA will replace seals around an Orbital Maneuvering Systems fuel line aboard the shuttle Discovery. Shuttle managers are optimistic the work will be complete in time for Discovery to launch Nov. 1 on its final mission.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/20/AR2010102003488.html
4. From the Coalition for Space Exploration: Leading advocates for commercial spaceflight see progress in their bid to offer suborbital travel to paying passengers, while gathered in Las Cruces, NM, for the sixth annual Symposium for Personal and Commercial Space Flight. On Friday, at nearby Spaceport America, they will help to celebrate the opening of a runway that will be used by the first suborbital passengers.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/blog/private-space-travel-taking-incremental-steps
5. From Discovery.com: Using imagery gathered by the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have identified the oldest resident of the universe spotted so far, a galaxy that formed 600 million years after the big bang. The object, UDFy-38135539 was identified by a French led team. The record is likely to be eclipsed soon, astronomers predict.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/blog/private-space-travel-taking-incremental-steps
6. From Space.com: Bits of Halley’s Comet are responsible for the Orionid meteor shower, which will peak today, Oct. 21. Canadian observers have spotted the bright streaks as the fragments plunge in to the Earth’s atmosphere.
http://www.exploredeepspace.com/spacewatch/comet-halley-meteor-shower-101020.html
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