Today’s Deep Space Extra, Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. U.S. deep space planning should include lunar resources, the commercial sector and a wide international partnership, according to a lunar...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Monday, August 24, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Experts address the stress challenges of human Mars exploration. NASA refurbishes the Pegasus barge to chauffeur NASA’s Space Launch...
Orion brings new tech to tested design
NASA’s Orion spacecraft is a mix of old and new: the tried and tested Apollo-era capsule design elements have been married with Shuttle-era crew amenities and modern technology. With the ability to carry a crew of four, a “glass cockpit” digital...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Friday, August 21, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Could Mars be the new Jamestown? 3-D Printing emerging as a key space technology for deep space exploration. The Smithsonian Institution raises...
55 years ago today, Russian space dogs returned to Earth
On this day in 1960, the USSR accomplished another first–the recovery of two dogs from space. These became the first living organisms to return from orbit, and were a very important component of the preparation for Yuri Gagarin’s first flight. Belka and...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Thursday, August 20, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Modifications to the Mobile Launch Platform for NASA’s Space Launch System exploration rocket take shape at the agency’s Kennedy...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman is focused on human Mars exploration. NASA assembles Orion hardware at NASA’s Glenn Research Center...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Engineers from MIT challenge Mars One red planet settlement plans in open debate. NASA’s Aerospace Advisory Panel notes Space Launch...
Our Mars rovers are unstoppable
Our Mars explorers are really clocking up the miles–Opportunity recently completed a marathon on the red planet with 26.3 miles to date, and Curiosity is catching up fast with 6.2 miles on the odometer. Both missions are well past their expected end dates and...Space Talk
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