Today’s Deep Space Extra, Friday, August 7, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. The National Research Council presses NASA for a response to a year-old assessment of the agency’s human deep space exploration strategy,...
The 19th shuttle mission landed on this day in 1985
On this day in 1985, the 19th flight of the Space Shuttle program, STS-51-F, landed at Edwards Air Force Base. STS-51-F was unique for two reasons: it delivered Spacelab 2 to orbit, and it was the only Space Shuttle mission to have performed an abort after launching,...Today’s Deep Space Extra, Thursday, August 6, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. The Martian, fictional best seller and soon-to-open feature film, signals a new enthusiasm for the challenges of human space exploration, say...
Learn more about SLS propulsion in today’s Tweet Chat with NASA
NASA will be hosting a Tweet Chat today at 2:30 p.m. Central/3:30 p.m. Eastern with propulsion engineers Kathryn Crowe and Tim Duquette on the engineering behind the RS-25 engines–the workhorses in SLS’s core stage. As the most powerful rocket ever built,...
Today’s Deep Space Extra, Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. Saturn V rocket components recovered from the Atlantic Ocean and restored are ready for museum display. Mars One proponents and doubter will...
16 years of Chandra images
NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory, designed to detect X-ray emission from very hot regions of the Universe, has been revealing the msyteries of the universe for 16 years now. One of the Great Observatories, Chandra was carried to space in the payload bay of...Today’s Deep Space Extra, Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. In late August, a half-dozen experts will start a yearlong Mars mission simulation atop Mauna Loa in Hawaii. European service module...The most versatile spacecraft ever made
The versatility of NASA’s Orion spacecraft will be unmatched among any other spacecraft in history. Capable of supporting four astronauts for up to 21 days, Orion will be America’s first truly deep space exploration vehicle. Combined with a service module,...Today’s Deep Space Extra, Monday, August 3, 2015
Today’s Deep Space Extra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. The Aquarius undersea lab provides shelter for U.S., European and Japanese astronauts for two week space simulation. NASA’s Space Launch...Space Talk
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