Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, June 1, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The public’s fascination with the human exploration of Mars and why we should go continues to grow. Human Deep Space Exploration A year on Mars The Space Review (5/31): Reaching Mars with human explorers has become a topic of...
Deep Space Extra for Friday, June 24, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA pursues new thinking, innovation and diversity as it prepares for the human exploration of Mars and a permanent deep space presence. Human Deep Space Exploration NASA officials, astronauts outline NASA’s crewed Mars...
Acoustic tests performed on Orion’s Service Module
On track to launch in 2018, NASA’s new Orion crew capsule continues to make progress. What’s the latest with the spacecraft that will take humans into deep space? A structural representation of the service module – the part that will supply power, propulsion and...
Deep Space Extra for Friday, May 27, 2016
Today’s Deep Space Extra… Scientists find dramatic changes in Martian climate. Space Science Mars’ ice age may have turned the red planet white 370,000 years ago Mashable (5/26): Cold and dry now, Mars has been wildly different environmentally within the...
Bigelow Aerospace is working with NASA to permanently inhabit space
Bigelow isn’t only working on expanding its modules–the company is helping to expand our reach into deep space. With one of its modules attached to the International Space Station (ISS) and a larger habitat under development, Bigelow is moving forward with...
New Study Offers New Theory of Black Hole Formation
Gigantic black holes – where did they come from? A new study could provide the answer. New evidence suggests that massive black hole seeds are formed from the collapse of giant gas clouds. A supermassive black hole is at the center of nearly all large galaxies....
Deep Space Extra for Thursday, May 26, 2016
Today’s Deep Space Extra…The U.S. House joined its Senate appropriations colleagues this week in backing continued development of the Space Launch System, the exploration rocket intended to start NASA astronauts on future missions of deep space exploration....
The ISS’s new Bigelow Expandable Activity Module expands tomorrow
Lettuce can grow on the International Space Station. But can a habitat? Tomorrow, for the first time, an inflatable module attached to the International Space Station will be expanding. The module is called BEAM, which stands for Bigelow Expandable Activity Module....
Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, May 25, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra…The U.S. House Appropriations Committee approves a $19.5 billion spending measure for NASA during the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1, a $223 million increase. Human Deep Space Exploration House appropriators have big plans for NASA...Space Talk
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