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In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA acting administrator Robert Lightfoot’s April 30 retirement plans place new urgency on establishing permanent agency leadership. Former Google Lunar X-Prize contestants forge ahead with commercial moon plans. Experts not...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s human deep space exploration ambitions are counting on advances in propulsion technology and heavy lift. China’s lunar far side lander/rover enters critical pre-launch test phase. NASA’s Steve Jurczyk moves...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… President Trump wrapped up a Cabinet meeting Thursday with a tribute to U.S. rocket makers. Acting Administrator Robert Lightfoot testifies before House Space Subcommittee about NASA’s proposed 2019 budget. China reveals broad plans for a...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
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Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA named its first spaceflight commander, Eileen Collins, 20 years ago this week. In Europe, a public/private partnership emerges for possible future International Space Station commercial activities. Scientists sound concerns...
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In Today’s Deep Space Extra… In an expression of bipartisan concern for the future of the International Space Station, U.S. senators Bill Nelson and Ted Cruz are calling on NASA to provide details of an overdue International Space Station strategy to transition...
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In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA looks at possible Commercial Crew Program test flights with astronauts this year. The second in a new generation of NASA/NOAA weather satellites launched successfully on Thursday. NASA restructures oversight of its advanced...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA says current planning calls for modification of the Mobile Launch Platform (MLP) that will support the first Space Launch System (SLS)/Orion mission in 2019 in order to support future flights of an upgraded SLS, rather than...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Two key U.S. senators make bipartisan call for White House to continue funding International Space Station operations until a capable private sector successor emerges. Three U.S. and Russian astronauts descend to Earth after 168 days...Space Talk
Idk maybe developing and building 8-meter wide, carbon composite, human rated, deployable structures is gonna be a little expensive especially over a decade and a bit
Before @NASAAdmin killed the Exploration Upper Stage, the space agency was on track to pay HALF A BILLION dollars for development of a simple stage adaptor between the upper stage and Orion.
https://oig.nasa.gov/audits/nasas-management-of-programs-and-projects-after-mission-termination-canceled-or-repurposed-artemis-campaign-systems/
@Arkshol93 Yeah that’s the expensive part, it shouldn’t, but SLS got planned out over the course of 2 decades because of flat NASA budgeting
@Arkshol93 Like, we shouldn’t have even ever had ICPS. It’s the *interim* stage for a reason, EUS was too expensive year-to-year to develop concurrently with SLS. But you pay now or pay more later…
Breakups are hard 💔
Unless it’s stuff breaking up in Earth’s atmosphere. Then it’s just cool! A @Space_Station astronaut captured an object breaking up in the atmosphere on April 27. It could have been part of a rocket, satellite, other human-made space debris, or a meteor.
SpaceX is preparing to launch its first Starfall reentry capsule as a technology demonstration. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 6:53 a.m. EDT (1053 UTC).
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Update: we made a baby to help save the planet 🙈🐣❤️
Well, Seoul will always be special to me now that I got engaged there!
Now it’s time to make some babies to save the planet 🤣🙏😍
4-10-2025 🌸❤️😍