Mar 9, 2014 | Ask the Experts — Answers, Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Space Race, Space Research, Space Shuttle, Why Space
X-15: The World’s Fastest Rocket Plane and the Pilots Who Ushered in the Space Age by John Anderson and Richard Passman; Zenith Press/Quayside Publishing Group, Minneapolis, MN.; Licensed by Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum; $30.00 (hard cover); 2014. This...
May 14, 2013 | Blog, Commercial Space, Education Station, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Kids Space, NASA, Space Race, Space Research
Sierra Nevada Corporation’s winged Dream Chaser is bound for NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Prior to Dream Chaser’s first autonomous free flight Approach and Landing Test (ALT), the craft will continue a series of tests,...
Apr 27, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space Race, Space Shuttle
Spacewalker – My Journey in Space and Faith as NASA’s Record-Setting Frequent Flyer by Jerry Ross with John Norberg; Purdue University Press, $29.95; 2013. As a former astronaut, Jerry Ross has written a personal account of his childhood in rural Indiana, then taking...
Jan 16, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Ask the Experts — Answers, Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, International Space Station, Kids Space, Multimedia, NASA, Planet Earth, Space Research
What to do about human-made space junk? A first step is get up to speed on speeding orbital clutter! The NASA Academy of Program/Project & Engineering Leadership (APPEL) has made public release of Orbital Debris Management and Risk Mitigation, its first...
Dec 27, 2012 | Ask the Expert, Ask the Experts — Answers, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Book Reviews, Commercial Space, Constellation Program, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Kids Space, NASA, Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, Space Shuttle, Why Space
NASA has issued an impressive volume, just right for reading as the space agency encounters a new year. NASA at 50: Interviews with NASA’s Senior Leadership is edited by Rebecca Wright, Sandra Johnson, and Steven J. Dick. The 50th anniversary of NASA on 1...
Sep 19, 2012 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Kids Space, NASA
Perhaps coming to the sky near you? NASA’s Space Shuttle Endeavour is on its way to Los Angeles. The scheduled route, if all stays on track: Endeavour took off this morning from Kennedy Space Center on its way to Los Angeles, with a stop-over at Houston. The Shuttle...
Sep 12, 2011 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Education Station, NASA, Planet Earth, Space Shuttle, UARS Re-entry
NASA’s Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS, is expected to re-enter later this month. According to a NASA-posted UARS update, as of Sept. 12th, the orbit of UARS was 145 mi by 165 mi (235 km by 265 km). Re-entry is expected during the last week of September,...
Sep 7, 2011 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Planet Earth, Space Research, Space Shuttle
A hefty NASA satellite is nearing a nose-dive to Earth – almost six years after the end of a productive scientific life. The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite — or UARS — is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere in late September or early October 2011....
Aug 22, 2011 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom, Uncategorized
To subscribe to CSExtra via RSS feed click here. If you would prefer to receive CSExtra in e-mail format, e-mail us at Info@space.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. Now on orbit – the Coalition for Space Exploration’s latest Think Outside the Circle PSA....
Aug 19, 2011 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra, Newsroom
To subscribe to CSExtra via RSS feed click here. If you would prefer to receive CSExtra in e-mail format, e-mail us at Info@space.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. Now on orbit – the Coalition for Space Exploration’s latest Think Outside the Circle PSA....