Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Feb 3, 2022

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA increases Artemis I prelaunch checkouts, moving the liftoff to April or May. NASA’s Curiosity rover finds intriguing carbon signatures, possibly linked to biological activity, on Mars. Human Space ExplorationArtemis I...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Feb 2, 2022

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA offers an updated plan for transitioning ISS activities to commercial stations. Now that it has overcome a pebble obstruction, the Perseverance rover is once again drilling for rock samples. Human Space ExplorationNASA details...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Feb 1, 2022

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The first black woman NASA astronaut assigned a long duration mission in space is nearing an April launch to the International Space Station. China follows NASA’s lead in turning to the private sector to advance in space. When it...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Jan 31, 2022

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… China’s new five-year space strategy includes robotic missions to the lunar south and north poles to look for water ice and other measures preparing China to lead the establishment of an international lunar research base. New...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Jan 28, 2022

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Artemis II astronauts to be named this year. NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel members express their concerns about agency reorganization. Number of 3-D printed parts aboard satellites grows amid advances in additive...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Jan 27, 2022

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Israel joins Artemis Accords. The first launch of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket will include a memorial to those who produced the Star Trek television series, and fans.   Human Space Exploration Israel becomes 15th...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Jan 26, 2022

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA crossed another milestone this week in its preparations for Artemis I, an upcoming uncrewed test flight of the Space Launch System and Orion capsule around the Moon and back to Earth. Meanwhile, Russia and China appear poised to enter...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Jan 25, 2022

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… James Webb Space Telescope arrives at its home at the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point nearly one million miles from the Earth. The Artemis I mission will include secondary payloads, one of which will visit the smallest asteroid ever to be...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Jan 24, 2022

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… JWST to reach its new home today. A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on January 21 launched space-monitoring satellites for the U.S. Space Force. Space ScienceThe James Webb Space Telescope glides to its deep-space parking spot...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Jan 21, 2022

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Axiom Space working with Space Entertainment Enterprise to build space film studio. InSight lander awakens from safe mode. Human Space ExplorationESA looks to space summit to endorse human spaceflight effortsSpaceNews.com (1/20): The...