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Monday’s CSExtra offers the latest in reporting and commentary on space-related activities under way around the world, plus a roundup of weekend activities. At the Kennedy Space Center, a countdown rehearsal/hot...

Shuttle flight test orbiter Enterprise, faint in the skies behind the Statue of Liberty, makes its way to New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport atop NASA's Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Photo Credit/Bill Ingalls/NASA Photo
Enterprise, NASA’s flight test orbiter, reached New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Friday,...

Cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Anton Shkaplerov are joined by NASA's Dan Burbank, pictured left to right, aboard the space station for a pre-departure ritual. The three men placed their mission patch beside the insignias from previous expeditions to the orbiting science lab. Photo Credit/NASA photo
A three man U. S. and Russian International Space Station crew returned safely...

Alpine and polar lichens could also survive on Mars. Planetary researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) simulated the conditions on Mars for 34 days and exposed various microorganisms to this environment. Credit: DLR Institute of Planetary Research
Can life survive on Mars?
Yes! That’s the word from Planetary researchers at the German...

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Friday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. Three U. S. and Russian crew members depart the International Space Station for Earth early Friday. ...

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Thursday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from across the globe. In Washington, House appropriators express cost concerns over the future of NASA’s commercial crew...

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Wednesday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. In Seattle, big name Internet and software personalities present plans to create the “Silicon...
Planetary Resources, Inc. announced today its plan to mine Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs) for raw materials, ranging from water to precious metals.
Through the development of cost-effective exploration technologies, the company is poised to initiate prospecting missions targeting resource-rich asteroids that are easily accessible.
Resource extraction from asteroids...

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Tuesday’s CSExtra offers the latest in reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. The SpaceX launch of the first U. S. commercial cargo mission to the International Space Station...

In this artist's drawing, Boeing's commercial crew transport, the CST-100, which is currently in development, approaches the International Space Station. The global space economy is on the rise, according to a new U. S. Space Foundation study. Image Credit/Boeing
The space economy is growing on a global scale, reaching $289.8 billion in 2011, representing a 12...




























