Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Jan 8, 2019

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Russia was not pleased to learn an invitation to its space agency chief from his NASA counterpart has been withdrawn. A partial U.S. government shutdown has introduced uncertainty into a launch date for the first NASA Commercial Crew...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Jan 7, 2019

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA rescinds an invitation to Dmitry Rogozin, Russia’s space agency chief, to visit the U.S. Limited NASA Space Launch System (SLS) development activities proceed despite a partial U.S. government shutdown. Japan refines its...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Jan 4, 2019

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… 2019’s first week features a pair of space firsts, China became the first to land a spacecraft, Chang’e 4 on the Moon’s far side. The U.S./NASA New Horizon’s mission spacecraft flew by Ultima Thule, the most distant...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Jan 3, 2019

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… China places a lander on the Moon’s far side, a first. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft offers new details on Ultima Thule, the most distant celestial object every visited by a human spacecraft. Congress and the White House will...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Jan 2, 2019

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Happy New Year!  Much transpired over the U.S. Christmas/New Year’s holiday, though parts of the federal government, including NASA and NOAA, were shut down because of a White House/congressional budget impasse. NASA’s first...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Dec 21, 2018

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… A possible U.S. government shutdown affecting a number of civilian agencies, including NASA and NOAA, on Friday at midnight looms. Legislation extending NASA oversight of the International Space Station (ISS) until 2030 cleared the U.S....
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Dec 19, 2018

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Approaching anniversaries of NASA’s Apollo missions to the Moon serve to also as a reminder of the benefits that followed. NASA’s Mars InSight operations follow careful rehearsals on Earth. Concerns of a budget impasse and...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Dec 18, 2018

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA looks back at its 2018 achievements, from activities aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to the landing of the latest spacecraft on the Martian surface and what they mean for the future. Saturn’s rings appear to be...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Dec 17, 2018

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… NASA advances a flight plan for its first test flight of the SLS rocket and Orion crew capsule with astronauts on board. SLS hydrogen propellant tank hardware moves to the Marshall Space Flight Center for ground tests. Russia plans to...
Today’s Deep Space Extra

Today’s Deep Space Extra

Dec 14, 2018

In Today’s Deep Space Extra… Northrop Grumman conducted the latest in a series of Orion abort motor test firing in the Utah desert. Virgin Galactic test pilots fly SpaceShipTwo to the fringes of space. One NASA spacecraft at Mars photographs a new arrival. Human Space...