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...
May 27, 2016
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...
May 26, 2016
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....
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....
May 25, 2016
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....
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...
May 24, 2016
The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration (Coalition) applauds House Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Subcommittee (CJS) Chairman John Culberson, Ranking Member Mike Honda and the entire Appropriations Committee for its exceptional support for NASA’s human and...
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...
May 24, 2016
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...
May 23, 2016
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,...