Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA moves ahead with development of its Orion crew capsule and its escape system for a crucial April 2019 test launch. A 2019 NASA budget measure approved by a U.S. House appropriations subcommittee this week furthers efforts to send a...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA

TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine emphasizes the link between future efforts to return U.S. astronauts to the Moon and efforts to reach Mars with human explorers. NASA’s U.S. House Appropriations subcommittee (Commerce, Justice,...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA

TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… A House appropriations bill released May 8 offers more than $21.5 billion for NASA in fiscal year 2019. New NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine promises that NASA and the nation will not back off a human return to the Moon. NASA should...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA

TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s new administrator, Jim Bridenstine, faces a challenge in establishing a public/private formula for placing hardware and then humans on the lunar surface. A major new observatory is rising from the Chilean desert. The...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA

TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… SpaceX is using powerful technology that could put lives at risk. InSight had a successful launch on Saturday in California atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas 5 rocket. The annual Human to Mars Summit is also underway in...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA, United Launch Alliance (ULA) prepare the Mars Insight lander for a Saturday launch attempt. Pre-launch testing finds the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may have a fastener issue. The internet competes with space industry for...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA

TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… White House official foresees the Moon as a critical “first stop” for human deep space explorers. Boeing’s CEO predicts thriving low Earth orbit economy. NASA unveils fission reactor for planetary surface...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA

TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA clears the Mars Insight lander’s heat shield for launch on Saturday. NASA looks to the U.S. private sector for future lunar lander missions. The annual U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit of NASA’s major...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA

TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Houston lawmaker urges NASA and its contractors ahead with development of the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion crew capsule. NASA readies InSight, the nation’s next mission to Mars, for a Saturday liftoff. China’s new...
TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA

TODAY’S DEEP SPACE EXTRA

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Space exploration benefits cross the globe. Blue Origin suborbital test flight succeeds. NASA to repair Mars 2020 rover heat shield crack in time for mid-2020 launch. NASA looks to commercial space for wider role in lunar resource...