Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Nov 29, 2017

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Experts assess why Mars and the moon beckon as future destinations for human exploration. China envisions a future as a top space power. Human error may have prompted a Russian launch failure. Human Space Exploration Keeping the...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Nov 28, 2017

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Three Boeing CST-100 Starliners, under assembly at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, will help to restore a U.S. human launch capability. NASA moves to address cost concerns with the WFIRST, a high priority space telescope for...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Nov 27, 2017

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Might the Outer Space Treaty slow commercial activities on other planetary bodies? A photographic look behind the scenes of NASA’s Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) that merges the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion for the first...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Nov 21, 2017

The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration wishes you all a Happy Thanksgiving.  Extra will return on Monday, November 27, 2017.   In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Made In Space preps space metal 3-D printing capabilities. Astronomers welcome an asteroid from...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Nov 20, 2017

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… United Launch Alliance Delta II launches advanced NASA/NOAA weather satellite. Satellite servicing may prove commercial space moneymaker. Leonid meteor shower peaks Human Space Flight Shenzhou-12: China preparing upgrades for first...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Nov 17, 2017

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… With arrival of the latest cargo, astronauts are able to enjoy pizza and ice cream onboard the ISS.  An Apollo astronaut Omega timepiece recovered almost 30 years after disappearance.  Advanced U.S. weather satellite launch...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Nov 16, 2017

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly’s #YearInSpace, Mars2020 performs first test, Delta 2 launch delayed. Human Space Exploration When astronaut Scott Kelly told Bill Nye about space Los Angeles Times (11/15): Scott Kelly, who set a...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Nov 15, 2017

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA realigns plans to test the launch abort system for the Orion crew capsule. Strong high altitude winds prompt a delay early Wednesday in the launch of the NASA/NOAA JPSS-1 advanced weather and environmental research satellite....
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Nov 14, 2017

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo mission reaches the International Space Station. Launching of NOAA’s JPSS-1 advanced weather satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, is delayed until early Wednesday. Human Space...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Nov 13, 2017

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Orbital ATK’s latest re-supply mission is on course to reach the International Space Station early Tuesday.  NASA’s evolving role in the exploration of space moves to the orchestration of crucial advances. Human Space...