Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

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...
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 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...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

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...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

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...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

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...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

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...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s Orion capsule and booster elements of the Space Launch System (SLS) achieve development milestones as part of the Artemis human deep space exploration initiative. China launches and lands a reusable rocket. Human Space...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Deep Space Extra will be on Fall break starting Tuesday, September 1, returning on Tuesday, September 8.  In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Upcoming presidential election, tropical storms join coronavirus pandemic, technical issues and funding in adding uncertainty to the...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA Skylab 4 commander Gerald Carr has died. Purdue University research effort could help to restrict orbital space debris. U.S. and Japan to cooperate in space defense activities.Human Space ExplorationAstronaut Jerry Carr, who led...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA and its commercial partners deal with tropical storm impacts on Space Launch System (SLS) development and International Space Station (ISS) Mission Control requirements. Human Space Exploration NASA hopeful SLS Green Run test remains...