Apr 16, 2018
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Washington lawmakers urge support for critical ground systems at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion crew capsule. Annual Space Symposium gets underway today in Colorado Springs with a...
Apr 13, 2018
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Vice President Mike Pence is expected to speak on space policy next week. Almost 200 Senate and House members have sent letters to their respective appropriations committees urging support for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), Orion,...
Apr 12, 2018
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… POLITICO Space kicks off their new publication with an event this morning at the St. Regis in Washington, D.C. NASA confident efforts to prepare the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) for a May 2020 launch without a major cost impact....
Apr 11, 2018
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, of Alabama, to chair Senate Appropriations Committee. White House continues to urge U.S. Senate confirmation of Jim Bridenstine as NASA administrator. Jim Green, head of NASA’s planetary science...
Apr 10, 2018
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s lunar focus, as outlined by President Trump’s Space Policy Directive 1, offers capabilities for the future exploration of Mars and other deep space destinations. At Vandenberg Air Force Base, California,...
Apr 9, 2018
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… A look at how U.S. private enterprise promises to help NASA hasten a return to the moon. An engine once that once promised destruction helps usher in a new era in the peaceful human exploration of deep space. New James Webb Space...
Apr 6, 2018
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Last man on the Moon, Gene Cernan emphasized the importance of American leadership in space prior to his passing. Boeing’s first crewed CST-100 Starliner test flight could transition to an operational NASA mission. Virgin’s...
Apr 5, 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 5, 2018 Coalition for Deep Space Exploration Congratulates Dr.Ellen Stofan on Appointment as National Air & Space Museum Director WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration (Coalition) congratulates Dr. Ellen Stofan,...
Apr 5, 2018
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s Small Lander Initiative intends to increase capabilities of private sector to land increasingly larger payloads on the lunar surface. NASA briefs advisory council on Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) progress. Boeing, SpaceX...
Apr 4, 2018
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Astronauts aboard the International Space Station grapple a newly arrived commercial re-supply capsule filled with 5,800 pounds of supplies, science experiments and technology demonstrations. New Space Launch System (SLS) hardware...