Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… An accelerated effort by NASA to make a sustained human return to the Moon’s surface by 2024 could set the stage to reach Mars by 2033, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told Congress this week, explaining the agency is looking to...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Congress seeks more information from NASA on the cost and milestones for reaching the Moon’s surface with human explorers in 2024, four years earlier than previous estimates. Boeing’s uncrewed CST-100 Starliner test launch to...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA’s planned Gateway, a lunar orbiting “command module” equipped with reusable ascent and descent modules could be an element crucial to achieving an accelerated and sustained human return to the lunar surface. The 2024...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA Town Hall on Monday with Administrator Jim Bridenstine likely to feature talk of future human lunar exploration. It follows a successful NASA spacewalk on Friday to upgrade power storage batteries on the International Space Station...

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA astronauts are to embark on the second of two spacewalks outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday to upgrade the power storage batteries that keep electricity flowing across the six person orbiting science lab. A White...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine appeared before Congressional appropriators on Wednesday to discuss the NASA budget.  He also addressed this week’s directive from the White House National Space Council to accelerate efforts to...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… U.S. Vice President Mike Pence called Tuesday for NASA to reach the surface of the Moon with human explorers by 2024, ahead of any other nation with the same ambition employing any means possible. India claims a successful anti-satellite...
COALITION STATEMENT

COALITION STATEMENT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 26, 2019The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration’s Comments on March 26 National Space Council MeetingWASHINGTON, D.C. — The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration applauds Vice President Pence and members of the National Space Council for...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… The White House National Space Council gathers Tuesday to continue discuss of human lunar exploration plans. Blue Origin unveils plans for a rocket production facility expansion at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC).Human Space...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Spacewalking NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nick Hague are to initiate a power storage battery change out outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday. The White House National Space Council meeting planned for next Tuesday...