May 31, 2019
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine expresses confidence that bipartisan support from Congress will support efforts to accelerate a human return to the Moon. He spoke as congressional auditors warned that NASA’s major programs are...
May 30, 2019
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA is striving for an Artemis-1 launch by the end of 2020, the first joint launch of the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion capsule on an uncrewed test flight around the Moon. Russia celebrates the first ever spacewalk by Alexey Leonov....
May 29, 2019
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The landers and ascent vehicles required by NASA to accelerate a human return to the Moon from 2028 to 2024 could be among the biggest challenges for the new Artemis initiative. The effort to make a sustainable return to the Moon promises...
May 28, 2019
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… President Trump predicts a growing cooperation in human space exploration between the U.S. and Japan, one leading to the Moon and Mars. Thruster tests help prepare Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner for upcoming flight tests. U.S. House...
May 24, 2019
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA selects Maxar to develop the first element of a lunar orbiting, human tended Gateway, a key element of agency’s Artemis initiative to return humans to the surface of the Moon. New science findings address sources of water on the...
May 23, 2019
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA to announce award for first Gateway component today at 1:00 pm EDT. The U.S. House backs a boost in NASA’s science and educational initiatives but offers nothing more to accelerate a human return to the surface of the Moon. In...
May 22, 2019
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA execs provided a independent advisory council on science with more details on plans to return to the lunar surface with human explorers by 2024. Space policy experts caution NASA’s Artemis initiative to return humans to the Moon...
May 21, 2019
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… More details emerge regarding NASA’s plans for a sustained return to the Moon with astronauts. Japan prepares to participate in the assembly of NASA’s lunar orbiting Gateway.Human Space ExplorationNASA’s full Artemis plan...
May 20, 2019
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… A strategy to accelerate a return of human explorers to the surface of the Moon from 2028 to 2024 continue to emerge. A congressional consensus, however, awaits. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine receives praise from the National Space...
May 17, 2019
In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Congress begins to address NASA’s proposed 2020 budget and its supplement and efforts to accelerate a human return to the lunar surface. China’s lunar south pole rover confirms the Moon has a crust and mantle.Human Space...