Haughton-Mars Project tests new technology on Earth for deep space exploration
What makes an environment Mars-like? It needs to be remote and extreme, have no vegetation, and be dry and rocky with freezing temperatures. Way up in Arctic Canada, there’s a place that meets all of these qualifications. When an asteroid or comet slammed into the...Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, November 21, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Decisions on the 2017 federal budget and space policy await the new president and Congress. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft delivered U.S., Russian and European astronauts to the International Space Station on Saturday. Human Deep Space...MAVEN launched on this day in 2013
Now successfully orbiting Mars, NASA’s schoolbus-sized MAVEN spacecraft launched three years ago today. By looking at atmospheric gases and how they’re lost to space, the mission will infer how Mars’ climate has changed over its history. What impact did the loss of...Today’s Deep Space Extra for Friday, November 18, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… U.S. commercial space pioneer calls for larger NASA budget. Astronauts from four countries launch to and descend from two Earth-orbiting space stations. Human Deep Space Exploration Bigelow calls on Trump to sharply increase NASA...CDSE’s Roadmap for Trump Administration
Within days of last week’s election, industry and popular support for the Coalition for Deep Space Exploration’s Presidential transition policy position paper is building. The paper, entitled “A Space Exploration Roadmap for the Next Administration,” presents a...Today’s Deep Space Extra for Thursday, November 17, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA stands ready to receive President-elect Trump’s transition team but it may be awhile due to changes in the transition team’s leadership. Human Deep Space Exploration No transition team for NASA “at this...In its 20th and final year, Cassini continues to provide amazing views of Saturn
Cassini, the joint mission between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and Italian space agency, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), continues to provide stunning views of Saturn. What is the hexagon shape at the giant planet’s pole? Scientists believe that it’s...Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, November 16, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA preps to assess the brute strength of the Space Launch System exploration rocket. Human Deep Space Exploration NASA shows how close its SLS rocket is to getting a ‘fatal’ squeeze Huntsville Times (11/15): Experts at...Orion testing validates its human deep space mission
NASA’s new spacecraft for humans launches in 2018 on top of NASA’s new rocket, and we already know about how the spacecraft will perform during flight. How? A test flight was successfully completed back in 2014. This spacecraft, Orion, will carry crews deeper into...Space Talk
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