Deep Space Extra for Friday, May 27, 2016

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 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

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 Friday, May 27, 2016

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

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 Friday, May 27, 2016

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...
Deep Space Extra for Friday, May 27, 2016

Deep Space Extra for Tuesday, May 24, 2016

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… A 2017 NASA spending measure under consideration by U.S. House appropriators would replace the agency’s Asteroid Redirect Mission with a human return to the moon as part of a larger human deep space strategy to reach Mars in...
Orion’s Service Module is under construction in Germany

Orion’s Service Module is under construction in Germany

Soon, NASA’s Orion spacecraft will take astronauts into deep space. What’s happening right now to make that a reality? Airbus Defense and Space announced last week that assembly has started on an important part of the Orion spacecraft – the European Service...
NASA’s InSight spacecraft to study the interior of Mars

NASA’s InSight spacecraft to study the interior of Mars

What’s up with Mars recently? More like what’s down with Mars – the next mission will study the deep interior of the planet. Now targeting a launch window of May 2018, NASA’s InSight spacecraft will teach us about the formation and evolution of rocky planets,...