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In this illustration, a space exploration vehicle with astronauts approaches an asteroid.
The looming Fiscal Cliff could have dire consequences for NASA, the nation’s lead civil space agency, and NOAA, the agency responsible for satellite weather observations and climate studies, according to an...
China's Chang’e 2 – has flown by asteroid Toutatis.
A number of news services in China are reporting that Chang’e-2 has...
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The Earth as seen by NASA Apollo astronauts. Photo Credit/NASA Photo
NASA is in need of more effective strategic guidance from the White House and Congress, as both arms of government address the nation’s budget problems, outside experts cautioned the House Science Space and Technology Committee on Wednesday.
The...
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Wednesday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. North Korea launches a provocative satellite mission. In Florida, the U. S. Air Force launches an un-piloted,...
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy – SOFIA. Credit: NASA /Carla Thomas
Scientists are taking to the air to look for life elsewhere.
Astrobiologists will be surveying newly born stars for the presence of precursors to life – research that is anchored in use of NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), the largest airborne observatory in the world.
Aboard SOFIA,...
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Tuesday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. The Boeing Co., SpaceX and Sierra Nevada receive $10 million in awards from NASA to certify the safety of their...
NASA awarded $30 million to three U. S. companies on Monday to certify the safety of their commercial spacecraft to carry astronauts to the International Space Station.
The space agency is already working with the companies, Boeing and its CST-100 capsule; SpaceX and its Dragon capsule; and Sierra Nevada Corp. and its winged Dream Chaser space plane, to initiate commercial crew launch services by 2017.
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