Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will announce astronaut assignments for NASA Commercial Crew Program test flights next week. Congress takes steps to re-authorize the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) as it overcomes cost and schedule...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Former NASA shuttle commander Chris Ferguson named to launch aboard first Boeing CST-100 Starliner test mission with astronauts. NASA’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) faces further budget scrutiny. Launch of...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The so far only flown version of the NASA/Lockheed Martin Orion crew capsule graced the White House lawn on Monday as part of the “Made in America” showcase.  NASA faces a funding challenge and it completes launch preparations for the...
COALITION STATEMENTS

COALITION STATEMENTS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 23, 2018 COALITION FOR DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION PARTICIPATES IN WHITE HOUSE ‘MADE IN AMERICA’ SHOWCASE WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration (Coalition) was pleased to participate in highlighting products enabling deep...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA and the agency’s aerospace company partners are addressing crew safety requirements as they prepare Orion, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX’s Dragon 2 for future missions. Policy makers continue discussions over...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA is looking ahead to a return to the Moon as it marks the 49th anniversary on Friday of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. A new approach offers a sustained human presence in the lunar environs with commercial and international themes to...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The U.S. private sector is striving to help shape future lunar exploration as well as low Earth orbit operations. NASA readies a first ever mission to the sun for an early August liftoff. Blue Origin’s New Shepard achieves another...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, among those attending the Farnborough International Air Show in the U.K. this week, discussed deep space exploration plans with his European counterparts. More details about a joint lunar exploration...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA and its Commercial Crew Program partners face scrutiny over test flight schedules. Far from Earth artificial intelligence could become an essential tool for exploration and discovery. A new European solid rocket motor clears a test...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine sizes up the Moon’s value to the future of human deep space exploration. NASA’s new exo-planet hunter, TESS, nears the end of post launch checkout. The U.K. selects northern Scotland for a...