National Space Council To Discuss Human Space Exploration
• Space experts say it’s time to speed up efforts to get humans back to the moon. The National Space Council meets Tuesday in Huntsville, Alabama to discuss the plan.
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• Space experts say it’s time to speed up efforts to get humans back to the moon. The National Space Council meets Tuesday in Huntsville, Alabama to discuss the plan.
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• NASA is no longer planning the first all-women spacewalk this week. There aren’t enough space suits that fit.
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• Two NASA astronauts completed a spacewalk Friday to replace aging batteries on the International Space Station.
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• For the past three years, WMFE’s podcast has asked “when it comes to putting humans on Mars, are we there yet?” As the program reaches its third year, host Brendan Byrne asks the question to planetary scientist Phil Metzger and journalist Emilee Speck.
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• An asteroid some 50 million miles away is spewing pebble and rock-sized debris — and scientists don’t know why. The findings are the latest from a robotic spacecraft on a mission to visit the asteroid.
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• SpaceX founder Elon Musk wants to launch his new shiny, stainless steel rocket called Starship from Florida’s Space Coast. Musk also wants to build the rocket in Brevard.
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• SpaceX successfully launched its Crew Dragon capsule to the International Space Station, docked it to the orbiting outpost, and returned it safely to Earth. So what’s ahead for NASA’s partnership with SpaceX and Boeing to launch astronauts from U.S. soil?
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• United Launch Alliance is poised to launch an Air Force communication satellite Friday from Cape Canaveral.
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• President Donald Trump released his 2020 budget request Monday which could give NASA $21 billion.
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• Since the end of the shuttle program in 2011, Florida has worked to court private space business to fill the gap. Now, other states like Georgia, Texas and Colorado are looking to capitalize on the private space boom. Stakeholders, along with the Governor and Legislature, have a plan to hold on to Florida’s dominance in the space industry.
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