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This image was taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) of Mars Express. It is color-coded based on a digital terrain model derived from stereo image data.Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)
NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission carrying the one-ton Curiosity rover is on target to land on the red planet at 10:31 p.m. PDT on Sunday, Aug. 5 (1:31 a.m. EDT, 0531 GMT on Aug...

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Friday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. NASA nears major Mars moments. A report from NASA’s Mars Program Planning Group shaping future...

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Thursday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. Russia’s Progress 48 re-supply mission achieves an accelerated trip to the International Space...

Russian Re-supply Mission Cuts Two Day Space Station Journey to Six Hours. Photo Credit/NASA TV
Russia achieved an International Space Station first on Wednesday, launching and docking the Progress 48 re-supply mission within six hours.
A similar test of a Soyuz crew transport with three passengers aboard is perhaps a year or more away.
The Soyuz...

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Wednesday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission landing continues to draw global focus as an Aug. 6 landing...

New York City's Times Square, 2009. Photo Credit/Times Square Cam
New York City’s Times Square will broadcast live coverage on the big outdoor Toshiba Vision screen as NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory rover attempts to land on the Red Planet early Aug. 6.
The towering screen will come to life with NASA mission coverage on Aug. 5 at 11:30 p.m. EDT,...

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Tuesday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity rover is barreling toward a landing on the red planet early...
To borrow from Mark Twain, reports of NASA’s death are greatly exaggerated.
The space agency and the Johnson Space Center are very much alive, if not as visible as they were in the days when Mission Control was doing its regular televised turns during manned space missions.
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Monday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world, plus a roundup of weekend activities. Russia meets with success during a second attempt at an...

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Friday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. The Department of Defense will slow the pace of rocket purchases to review pricing. The view...




























