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This image is of Opportunity’s traverse map and shows the entirety of the rover's travels to this point. Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/University of Arizona
NASA’s Opportunity Mars Exploration Rover is on a roll.
The robot had spent some 19 weeks parked in one spot to survive the Martian winter. Due to the setting sun, Opportunity’s...

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Wednesday’s CSExtra offers a collection of the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities. China looks to June for the launching of the country’s fourth human spaceflight. In the U.S.,...
Space Chronicles – Facing the Ultimate Frontier by Neil deGrasse Tyson (Edited by Avis Lang); W.W. Norton & Co., New York; $26.95 (hardcover); 2012.
This delightful read comes courtesy of a thoughtful, charismatic astrophysicist and renowned popular speaker – an alien blend that’s refreshing, entertaining and stimulating.
Tyson has written a spirited why, how, and...

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Tuesday’s CSExtra offers a collection of the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. Three U.S. and Russian astronauts lift off late Monday for the International Space...

Russia's 30 Soyuz mission spacecraft rises from Kazakhstan to begin a two-day trip to the International Space Station with three U. S. and Russian astronauts. Photo Credit/NASA photo
A three-man U. S.and Russian crew successfully lifted off for the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan late Monday.
The Soyuz...

2m Faulkes North Telescope at Haleakalā, Hawaii, USA. Credit: Faulkes Telescope Project
Any attempt to survey and catalog hazardous asteroids faces a number of difficulties.
Coming to aid the effort are amateur astronomers, ready to boost the European Space Agency’s (ESA) asteroid hunt as part of ESA’s Space Situational Awareness program.
A new partnership has been formed between the United Kingdom’s...

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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 happenings. In Russia, U. S. and Russian astronauts prepare to lift off for...

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Friday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. In the U. S., scientists present major findings from NASA’s Dawn mission: the asteroid Vesta appears...

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From the Coalition for Space Exploration: T-10 Days and counting!
The deadline for entries to the CSE “Why Explore Space?” video contest is rapidly approaching.
Make sure to submit your 1-2 minute video on...





























