Sep 22, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… During a Monday teleconference, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine provided updates of the Artemis Plan. NASA intends to return to the surface of the Moon with human explorers in 2024. Human Space ExplorationFull funding required for...
Sep 21, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Space exploration presents many challenges, requiring a range of experts to overcome. China appears increasingly committed to a leadership role in space. Human Space ExplorationDesign for a space habitat with artificial gravity that could...
Sep 18, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA completes the reorganization of its Human Space Exploration and Operations Directorate. Space weather bill is passed by Congress. Some scientists caution past flows of acidic fluids on Mars may have erased evidence of microbial life....
Sep 17, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA and commercial partner leadership discuss unfolding strategies for how and where they might return to the surface of the Moon in 2024. Within a month, the European/Japanese Bepi-Columbo spacecraft will flyby Venus with instrumentation...
Sep 16, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center hosts further evaluation of a commercial human lunar lander prospect. The International Space Station (ISS) is in line to soon receive a commercial airlock. Possible life on Venus? The prospect is...
Sep 15, 2020
New Episode of The Deep Space Podcast Available Now!Tune in to the first episode of our new Human Exploration and Science Series, featuring Dr. Ellen Stofan, Director of the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum and formerly Chief Scientist of NASA. In this week’s...
Sep 14, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) core stage continues to make “Green Run” progress. Near Earth Objects (NEOs) are a passing concern. Human Space ExplorationGreen Run testing enters home stretch, countdown simulation to...
Sep 11, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The components of NASA’s Artemis 3 Orion spacecraft are beginning to come together for a planned 2024 mission that is to return human explorers to the surface of the Moon. NASA unveils a plan to establish space resources rights by...
Sep 10, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Japan plans to leverage its cargo missions to the International Space Station (ISS) into a lunar resupply operation. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission finds its target, Bennu, crumbling little by little. NASA’s...
Sep 9, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… As it strives to shift its human exploration focus to deep space, NASA is also faced with the challenge of maintaining a low Earth orbit human presence with commercial oversight, a transition that if executed with patience could mean...