Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Three U.S. and Russian International Space Station (ISS) crew members returned safely to Earth late Wednesday. OSIRIS-REx is expected to have collected enough material at Bennu. A U.S. Senate bill would transfer civil space traffic...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s Artemis era Mobile Launcher trekked to Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) for lunar mission evaluation. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission spacecraft successfully touched down on the...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The OSIRIS-REx mission prepares for its asteroid Touch-and-Go (TAG) sample grab today. NASA selects Nokia for a 4G lunar cell communications network.  Human Space ExplorationNokia to build Moon’s first 4G cell network for NASA...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Cosmonauts track down the source of the air leak onboard the ISS, but believe a better patch is needed to fully address the issue. European/Japanese space mission sweeps close to Venus. Two space objects manage near miss rather than feared...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Cosmonauts track down the source of the air leak onboard the ISS, but believe a better patch is needed to fully address the issue. European/Japanese space mission sweeps close to Venus. Two space objects manage near miss rather than feared...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA selects 14 companies to mature and demonstrate “tipping point” technologies to foster the human exploration of the Moon and Mars. Just around the corner: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx will attempt to collect a sample from asteroid Bennu for...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… International space cooperation takes a step forward with first signings of the Artemis Accords. The International Space Station (ISS) greeted three new crew members early Wednesday. NASA and Boeing target November 14 for a full duration...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

New Episode of The Deep Space Podcast Available Now Tune in to the first episode of the Space Policy Series featuring Jared Stout, who has served in various space policy positions in Congress, the National Space Council, and the Federal Aviation Administration Office...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Deep Space Extra will not be published on Monday, October 12 in observance of Columbus Day. We will return on Tuesday, October 13. In Today’s Deep Space Extra… New studies suggest organic material will likely be present in sample collected from Bennu by NASA’s...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The commander of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner crew test flight planned for 2021 has stepped aside to support personal family obligations. Fragments of Venus may have made their way to the surface of the Moon, potentially making it...