Feb 6, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Record setting NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Europe’s Luca Parmitano and Russia’s Alexander Skvortsov return safely to Earth early Thursday from the International Space Station (ISS). Where next for human space explorers? The...
Feb 5, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Record setting NASA astronaut Christina Koch plus European and Russian International Space Station (ISS) crew members are set to descent to Earth early Thursday. The discussion over what NASA should do at the Moon continues. NASA pursues...
Feb 3, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Cynus leaves the International Space Station for new mission in orbit. Solar Orbiter, a mission two decades in the making, will launch from Cape Canaveral as soon as February 9. Washington Post editorial board comments on shifting...
Jan 31, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s annual Day of Remembrance offered tribute Thursday to those who have sacrificed their lives for the exploration of space as well as their friends and family. Spitzer Space Telescope ends mission of astronomical discovery.Human...
Jan 30, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… A new NASA authorization measure that would ease the date for a NASA managed human return to the surface of the Moon cleared its first markup at the subcommittee level on Wednesday and now heads to the House Science, Space and Technology...
Jan 29, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The U.S. House Space Subcommittee’s proposed 2020 NASA authorization measure, HR 5666, continues to spur discussion as it nears a Wednesday markup. Government auditors cautioned Tuesday that the launch of the James Webb Space...
Jan 28, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The U.S. House Space Subcommittee’s proposed 2020 NASA Authorization bill stirs new debate over the future of human space exploration. NASA selects Houston based Axiom for the addition of a commercial module to the U.S. segment of...
Jan 27, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… In Washington, the policy making House Science, Space and Technology Committee initiates a new debate over a Moon vs. Mars human exploration focus. Outside the International Space Station (ISS), spacewalking astronauts complete repairs to...
Jan 24, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The towering core stage for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket assigned to NASA’s Artemis one test flight is now upright at the Stennis Space Center in southern Mississippi. Space Situational Awareness continues to draw interest...
Jan 23, 2020
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s human spaceflight initiative face a challenging 2020. Osiris-Rex takes its closest look yet at its sample collection site on the asteroid Bennu. Human Space ExplorationNASA administrator on the year ahead: ‘A lot of things...