Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA promises to address a new delay and cost increase in the technically challenging development of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which is now set for launch on March 30, 2021. New research identifies organic molecules in the...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Japan’s Hayabusa 2 asteroid sample return mission reaches its asteroid destination, Ryugu. Testimony before the U.S. House Aviation Subcommittee raise concerns over the pace and content of proposed FAA supervised launch vehicle...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Silicon Valley’s Made in Space makes strides in its bid to change the way some spacecraft are manufactured, assembled and maintained. China’s Tiangong-2 space lab may not be dropping out of Earth orbit after all. Russian...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The White House is moving quickly to upgrade strategies to protect the planet from impacts with near Earth objects and to prevent collisions between satellites orbiting the Earth and mounting levels of manmade orbital debris....
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA on Thursday announced plans to partner with industry to develop the first element of a human tended Lunar Orbiting Platform-Gateway (LOPG). The space agency also received instructions from the White House Office of Management and...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… European researchers deploy an Earth orbital debris elimination demonstration from the International Space Station. The White House has unveiled an inter-agency plan to ramp up the detection of asteroids and comets that could smash into...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The first meeting of the National Space Council Users’ Advisory Group was held yesterday at NASA HQ. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross explains why space traffic management is essential to national security. The first member of...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… President Trump calls for the creation of a U.S. Space Force, a surprise, as he opened the third meeting of the recently re-established National Space Council. The President followed up with a much anticipated call for a new space traffic...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Apollo 17 Astronaut Jack Schmitt makes a detailed and fact-based comparison of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) v. SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, concluding that the SLS is the only rocket capable of accomplishing America’s deep space...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… A NASA spacewalk is underway Friday outside the International Space Station. Managers are optimistic NASA’s aging Opportunity rover can withstand a major dust storm on Mars. Bright future predicted for Florida’s space economy....