Apr 3, 2018
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… A new cargo mission is expected to reach the International Space Station early Wednesday. Astronomers find the most distant star yet and a huge Mercury like planet. Human Space Exploration SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, Dragon spacecraft...
Mar 30, 2018
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA astronauts install wireless communications antennas and a new camera assembly outside the International Space Station. Washington symposium focuses on opportunities, challenges of lunar exploration. Human Space Exploration...
Mar 29, 2018
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA astronauts are to spacewalk outside the International Space Station today. Careful scientific and political support has enabled the U.S. to robotically explore much of the solar system. NASA readies TESS, a new mission to...
Mar 28, 2018
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA announces a launch delay for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to grant the U.S., European and Canadian space observatory the best chance for success with pre-launch testing. The five to ten year mission to study the earliest star...
Mar 27, 2018
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA discusses factors under consideration in the reorganization of the agency’s space technology development activities with the NASA Advisory Council’s Human Exploration and Operations Subcommittee yesterday. NASA plans to discuss...
Mar 26, 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 26, 2018 Coalition for Deep Space Exploration Applauds FY 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Act WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration (Coalition) applauds the enactment of the FY 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Act, which...
Mar 26, 2018
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… A new White House U.S. National Space Strategy is to underpin U.S. leadership in space operations and exploration. The new 2018 omnibus appropriations measure boosts work on NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) and planetary...
Mar 23, 2018
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… An omnibus 2018 spending bill, with additional funds for NASA and other federal agencies, moves to the White House for the president’s signature. New science continues to emerge from the long running Cassini mission to Saturn....
Mar 22, 2018
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA spending climbs in 2018 omnibus appropriations bill intended to prevent a Friday shutdown of the U.S. federal government. U.S., Russian trio heads toward a docking with the International Space Station on Friday afternoon. Human...
Mar 21, 2018
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… U.S. and Russian crewmembers set for launch to the International Space Station today at 1:44 pm EST. Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot explains NASA’s difficult mission. U.S. House members call on Senate leadership to...