Oct 30, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Samples of asteroid Bennu collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft have been successfully sealed in the probe’s Sample Return Capsule in preparation for a 2023 return to Earth. Observations of the Milky Way suggest planets...
Oct 29, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The International Space Station will soon mark 20 years of continuous habitation. NASA is targeting November 14 for the first operational Crew Dragon mission to the ISS but wants to confirm Falcon 9 issues found earlier this month have...
Oct 28, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA and ESA formalize plans to join together to build the Gateway through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) announced Tuesday. NASA’s Perseverance rover has crossed the halfway point of its journey to Mars. Human Space...
Oct 27, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA faces budget uncertainty in efforts to develop a lunar Human Landing System (HLS) to achieve its goal of returning humans to the Moon in 2024. Water on the Moon could be much more prevalent than believed. Human Space...
Oct 26, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) “Green Run” test campaign moving ahead to conclude in November. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx appears to have gathered a generous, maybe too generous, sample of material from the surface of...
Oct 23, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA completes certification reviews for competing lunar Human Landing Systems (HLS). The President signs the PROSWIFT space weather bill. Japan prepares to seek a new generation of astronauts. Human Space ExplorationNASA, human lunar...
Oct 22, 2020
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...
Oct 21, 2020
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...
Oct 20, 2020
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...
Oct 19, 2020
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...