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The Earth hangs over the moon's far side in this image selected by the Bozeman, Mont., 4th grade class that chose "Ebb" and "Flow" as the names for NASA GRAIL mission spacecraft. Photo Credit/NASA Photo
While NASA’s twin groundbreaking GRAIL mission spacecraft probe the mysteries of the moon’s interior...
Rockets and People: The Moon Race (Volume IV) by Boris Chertok; NASA History Program Office; Washington, D.C.; Note: Available as free E-book (also Government Printing Office, Hard Cover); $79.00; 2012.
This is the last volume of a four-volume set of memoirs by the Russian spacecraft designer, Boris Chertok. He...

The International Space Station will soon welcome student experiments from a YouTube competition. Photo Credit/NASA and ESA
Bacteria and Spiders may seem like an unwelcome combination. But put them tegether with some astronauts aboard the International Space Station and something quite fascinating is bound to happen.
So...

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Friday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. In French Guiana, the European Space Agency successfully launches an unpiloted cargo vessel to the...

MESSENGER’s highly eccentric orbit, which passes low over Mercury’s north polar region, enables higher-resolution views of Mercury’s surface in the north than in the south. Of particular note are the craters hosting radar-bright features at low latitudes, extending southward to 67° N, and the many small craters that host radar-bright deposits. Low-latitude and small craters provide thermally challenging...

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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 their displeasure over proposed cuts to planetary science...

Credit: NASA/JPL
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS – New images and data highlight the diversity of Vesta’s surface and reveal unusual geologic features, some of which were never previously seen on asteroids.
These results were detailed here today at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, now underway here at The Woodlands, Texas.
For one...

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Wednesday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world. The commercial space industry seeks extended liability shielding to keep U. S. companies...

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Tuesday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space-related activities from across the globe. Astronauts on long duration space missions face a new health obstacle. A mild winter fades to spring...

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Monday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space related activities from around the world, including a roundup of weekend events. North Korea’s plans for an April satellite launch cause...




























