Today’s Deep Space Extra
The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration wishes you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving. Deep Space Extra will return on Monday, November 30. In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s Curiosity rover spots signs of ancient megafloods on Mars. A complex new era of...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… China has launched a lunar sample return mission, the first of its kind since the 1970s. Northrop Grumman achieves Gateway HALO milestone. NASA’s Orion crew module includes a robust abort mechanism. Human Space Exploration...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… A NASA/ESA satellite carrying a radar altimeter to measure rising sea levels on our home planet launched into orbit Saturday. JAXA’s Hayabusa2 mission is nearing a December 6 drop-off of material gathered from asteroid Ryugu. Human...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The National Science Foundation (NSF) plans to decommission the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico. The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover team has collected audio of the spacecraft’s hurtles through deep space. Human Space...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA moves forward with Launch Vehicle Stage Adapters (LVSA) for crewed lunar missions. The Moon could host a powerful telescope with a liquid mirror. Human Space ExplorationHuntsville firm lands $85M NASA award for key component of...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Preparations for the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continue to proceed toward an October 2021 launch despite challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic. Two cosmonauts will conduct a spacewalk outside of the...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
New Episode of The Deep Space Podcast Available Now Tune in to the first episode of our Deep Space Podcast’s Workforce of the Future series. Young professionals Amanda Gertjejensen, a senior production manager at Boeing, and Kevin Chau, a Project Component Engineer at...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Sunday’s Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) marks the start of a new chapter in U.S. commercial spaceflight. The ASCEND Conference takes place this week; tune in to hear from space leaders like our CEO Dr. Mary Lynne...
Today’s Deep Space Extra
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Ukraine becomes the ninth country to sign the Artemis Accords. NASA’s first female program manager for Orion speaks about the spacecraft and why missions to the Moon can help humans get to Mars. Human Space ExplorationUkraine signs...Space Talk
Dragon will also announce its arrival with a brief sonic boom prior to splashing down in the Pacific Ocean
@FreddyLA7 @NASA @AstroAnnimal There’s no place like space, and Orion is a pretty great ride! ✨
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A @SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft undocked from the space station at 12:25pm ET today and will return to Earth packed with science experiments and cargo for analysis and retrieval on Wednesday. More... https://go.nasa.gov/4vhj3sb
