Prepare for a rendezvous with Bennu
NASA’s mission that will return an asteroid sample launches today! The mission, OSIRIS-REx, will travel to a near-Earth asteroid called Bennu. Upon arrival, the spacecraft will thoroughly map the asteroid and potential sampling sites. It will document properties of...Today’s Deep Space Extra for Thursday, September 8, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA is building and testing hardware needed to backup plans to resume human deep space exploration Human Deep Space Exploration NASA already described its plan for reaching Mars. Now it showed us the hardware Yahoo! Tech (9/4):...The OSIRIS-REx sample return mission launches tomorrow
Embarking on its mission tomorrow, OSIRIS-REx begins an exciting journey to collect and return a small asteroid sample to Earth! NASA’s mission will launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida atop an Atlas V rocket. It’s target is an asteroid named Bennu that was discovered...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, September 7, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The challenge of exploring Mars with humans could offer nations a reason to work together and opportunities to build their economies. Human Deep Space Exploration The best reason to go to Mars The Space Review (9/6): A difficult...Today’s Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, September 6, 2016
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA experts say the technologies for productive human exploration of Mars are starting to emerge. Human Deep Space Exploration We Could Have Reached Mars in the ’70s. Here’s Why We Didn’t Inverse (9/4): NASA...Coalition for Deep Space Exploration Member Futuramic Recognized by Democratic Presidential Nominee Hillary Clinton
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration (Coalition) is pleased one of its members, Futuramic Tool & Engineering (Futuramic), was recognized yesterday by Democratic Presidential Nominee Hillary Clinton as “being on the front lines of a...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Friday, August 12, 2016
Please note, CDSExtra will be on vacation Monday, August 15 through Friday, September 2. Distribution will resume Tuesday, September 6. In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton mentions NASA’s Space Launch System during a...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Thursday, August 11, 2016
Please note, CDSExtra will be on vacation Monday, August 15 through Friday, September 2. Distribution will resume Tuesday, September 6. In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA enlists a half dozen U.S. companies to further efforts to develop a deep space habitat for...
Today’s Deep Space Extra for Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Please note, CDSExtra will be on vacation Monday, August 15 through Friday, September 2. Distribution will resume Tuesday, September 6. In Today’s Deep Space Extra… California startup outlines asteroid mining strategy. Space Science Space race heats up: Deep...Space Talk
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Wallops launched its first test rocket on June 27, 1945. The first research rocket, the Tiamat, launched just one week later. Wallops has grown from a small test range to a full-scale launch facility supporting small- to medium-size rocket launches, scientific balloon missions,
The future of space will be built through collaboration.
#NASA has selected 41 technology proposals from 37 companies, proving that the biggest breakthroughs happen when bold ideas meet shared expertise.
From enabling a sustained human presence on the #Moon to preparing for the
1.8 billion years ago, a comet struck modern-day Sudbury, Ontario, resulting in a 62 km-long impact crater and large mineral deposits, including nickel. Deep underground today, Sudbury’s SNOLAB researches dark matter. Had you heard of Sudbury’s #space connection?☄️🌌⛏️
