Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Apollo and early space shuttle astronauts Alan Bean and Don Peterson have died. Canada withdraws from NASA Wide Field Infrared Space Telescope (WFIRST) project.  Russia, China announce new space agency leadership. Human Space...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA is moving ahead with plans for a second Mobile Launch Platform (MLP) for Space Launch System (SLS)/Orion missions. Psychology as well as technology appears a likely challenge for human deep space exploration. Human Space...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… New supplies, launched Monday, reached the International Space Station astronauts early Thursday. Experts confront an imaging issue with a new NOAA weather satellite. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine tells Senate panel he’s...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The International Space Station’s many contributions to innovation include 3-D printing and assessing the value of astronauts in orbit working with robots on planetary surfaces. The U.S. Postal Service commemorates Sally Ride,...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Too soon to set a date for reaching Mars with human explorers? Maybe. New NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine fills two top agency executive positions. Human Space Exploration Martian deadlines The Space Review (5/22): President...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Congress listens to concerns over the International Space Station’s future. Orbital ATK’s ninth NASA contracted cargo mission heads to the ISS from Virginia’s Eastern shore. A Chinese communications satellite launch...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… A 2019 NASA funding measure that supports future human deep space exploration earns U.S. House Appropriations Committee backing. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine predicts continued development of the technically challenging Wide Field...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The White House and NASA are starting with small but quick steps toward returning human deep space exploration to the moon’s surface and beyond.  China wraps up a long ground simulation of a human moon mission. A NASA Mars Insight mission...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s Mark Geyer named as the next Director of the Johnson Space Center. A new study suggests that Jupiter’s ice and ocean covered moon Europa is a source of eruptive plumes that could mean it hosts a habitable environment....
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA

TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Human to Mars Summit finds synergies in human Moon/Mars exploration. NASA adds a drone to its Mars 2020 rover. Human Space Exploration NASA pushes its Moon and Mars ambitions Coalition Member in the News – Aerojet Rocketdyne Axios (5/10):...