Today’s Deep Space Extra for Monday, November 7, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Utah and Hawaii are providing backdrops as experts develop the protocols for future explorers assigned to gather samples of Martian rocks and soil. Human Deep Space Exploration A dress rehearsal for life on Mars Wall Street Journal...The spacecraft that photographed the Apollo landing sites launched 50 years ago
When former President John F. Kennedy made his legendary speech that directed the U.S. to land a man on the moon, he didn’t specify where. NASA had to figure it out. Fifty years ago this Sunday, NASA launched a spacecraft to take photos of the moon’s surface while in...Today’s Deep Space Extra for Friday, November 4, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The moon emerges once again as a potential destination for international explorers. Human Deep Space Exploration An international outpost near the Moon gets closer to reality Planetary Society (11/3): NASA and its International Space...SLS design being tested for extreme thermal conditions
When NASA’s new rocket blasts off in 2018, it will heat up on its way to space. This first launch of the rocket, Space Launch System (SLS), will send a spacecraft designed to take humans on deep space missions beyond the moon. The new spacecraft is Orion. After...Today’s Deep Space Extra for Thursday, November 3, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The processing of lunar resources for commercial applications could be a key to U.S. preeminence in space, according to key U.S. lawmaker. Human Deep Space Exploration Bridenstine: This is our Sputnik moment & the Moon will...New Horizons uploads the last of its data from Pluto
When the New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto last year, we got our first closeup glimpse of this mysterious world three billion miles away. New Horizons launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida in 2006. The spacecraft flew by Pluto in 2015, coming closest to the icy...Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, November 2, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The human exploration of Mars is well worth the risk, says retired NASA astronaut and astrophysicist John Grunsfeld. The former NASA associate administrator for science found his professional calling at the age of six. Human Deep...Recent developments on Orion.
As progress continues on NASA’s new spacecraft which will take humans on deep space missions, let’s take a look at some of the recent developments. The new spacecraft, Orion, will launch in 2018 and fly thousands of miles beyond the moon before returning back to...Today’s Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, November 1, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… President Obama renews his call for the human exploration of Mars. Human Deep Space Exploration Mars: How will humans get there? Voice of America (10/30): President Barack Obama, a self-professed “science geek,” has...Space Talk
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