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....
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Emerging U.S. Senate 2019 appropriations measure backs continued development of NASA’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST). Growing Martian dust storm stalls NASA’s long running Opportunity rover. NASA Administrator...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… New NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine finds growing bipartisan support, following a difficult confirmation process. Japan’s Hyabusa 2 spacecraft spots the asteroid Ryugu, its sample return destination. NASA’s Science Mission...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… A key congressman backs efforts to press on with the Wide Field Infrared Survey Satellite (WFIRST).  SpaceX envisions major development at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Space Science Huge dust storm on Mars hits NASA’s...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA on Thursday presented its latest findings from efforts to determine whether Mars hosts, or once hosted, some form of life. There will be more to come. Human Space Exploration ‘We choose to go to the Moon’ again but when?...