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Tuesday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. The European Space Agency looks to the end of its Automated Transfer Vehicle program of re-...

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Thanks to lunar material returned to Earth by Apollo moonwalkers decades ago, new research suggests how the Moon was formed.
There has been a widely held theory that a giant collision between Earth and a Mars-sized object gave birth to the moon 4.5 billion years ago.
Not so, explains a science team...

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Monday’s CSExtra presents the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. Aboard the International Space Station, Saturday offered drama as the six astronauts scrambled to...

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United Nations organizations are making full use of space-based technologies in a shared quest to enhance our ability to manage planet Earth and to address the critical challenges facing the human condition.
“Climate change threatens to have a catastrophic impact on ecosystems and the future prosperity, security and well-being of all humankind,” explains Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of...

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Friday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. SpaceX founder Elon Musk assembles an independent safety panel. U. S. Senate appropriators express...

The magnificent Crab Nebula as viewed by the Hubble Space Telescope. Image Credit/Hubble Top 100
Ever find yourself outside on a clear night, looking out at the cosmos wondering what it would be like to fly really close to the stars?
Maybe, someday.
But a contest involving the Hubble Space Telescope, a 22-year-old collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency, offers the next best thing...

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Thursday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. In orbit, the European ATV-3 space freighter docks with the International Space Station. In...

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Wednesday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. Confronting the hazards of space debris has its challenges, according to a U. S. State Department...

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Tuesday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. North Korea’s plans for an April ballistic missile test launch cause regional concerns. NASA’s...
It is a growing concern that the public believes NASA is closing its doors. This is far from true. Although NASA’s shuttle fleet retired in 2011 after 30 years of admirable and groundbreaking service, the space agency’s vibrant mission is far from over. We need to keep the fires of the agency’s spirited agenda burning by ensuring NASA is fully funded to carry out what it has been tasked to do for our country.
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