Sep 13, 2018
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA on Wednesday wrapped up a decade of testing the parachute recovery system for the Orion crew capsule. NASA exploration exec predicts the agency’s planned human tended lunar Gateway and science objectives will lead astronauts...
Sep 12, 2018
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… International Space Station (ISS) commander Drew Feustel, of NASA, offered assurances on Tuesday, his crew was not responsible for a small hole discovered August 29-30 in one of two Soyuz crew transport capsules docked to the...
Sep 11, 2018
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s human tended lunar Gateway promises to be more than a space station. NASA’s soon to conclude Dawn mission finds the dwarf planet Ceres, another outer solar system body rich in water ice and a possibly habitable...
Sep 10, 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 10, 2018 COALITION FOR DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION TAPS LONG-TIME CONGRESSIONAL STAFFER, CHRISTEN KAPAVIK, TO LEAD OPERATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration (Coalition) today announced Christen...
Sep 10, 2018
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Parachute test helps prepare NASA’s Mars 2020 rover for its arrival at Mars. Researchers find the International Astronomical Union erred when it removed Pluto from “planet” status. Neil DeGrasse Tyson calls on future U.S....
Sep 7, 2018
In Today’s Deep Space Extra…. Plans for NASA’s Gateway, a lunar orbiting, human tended space station continue to mature, though some experts wonder whether it should be staffed by astronauts. Roscosmos, the Russian state space agency, continues its investigation...
Sep 6, 2018
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA slows a high level assessment of organizational changes affecting human space operations and technology development. The nomination of Jim Morhard to become NASA’s deputy administrator advances. Astronomers back a new space...
Sep 5, 2018
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA backs Russia’s investigation into the cause of a small International Space Station (ISS) pressure leak last week. A prominent planetary scientists believes Saturn’s moon Enceladus is being slighted in the search for...
Sep 4, 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 4, 2018 COALITION FOR DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION REMEMBERS PAUL SPUDIS WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration (Coalition) and its member companies were deeply saddened to learn last week of the passing of Dr. Paul...
Sep 4, 2018
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine expresses confidence that NASA’s budgets are sufficient to return human explorers to the Moon. Space Station astronaut Ricky Arnold sequences RNA from space, a first. Human Space Exploration Going...