NASA Associate Administrators Discuss Budget DetailsNASA Announces FY 08 Budget Press Conference“NASA Administrator Michael Griffin briefs the media about the agency’s Fiscal Year 2008 budget at 1 p.m. EST, Monday, Feb. 5. The press briefing is in NASA’s main auditorium located at 300 E Street S.W. in Washington.”Democrats File Joint Funding Resolution for FY 2007(NASA Excerpts) H. J. RES. 20 Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2007, and […]
Sea Launch Experiences Anomaly During NSS-8 Launch“A Sea Launch Zenit-3SL vehicle, carrying the NSS-8 satellite, experienced an anomaly today during launch operations. All personnel at the launch site are safe and accounted for.” Editor’s note: Yea, it certainly had an “anomaly” – the rocket blew up into a whole bunch of little pieces on its floating launch pad.Watch the YouTube video of the explosion anomaly below: Direct link
Editor’s note: For those of you who still can’t get enough Sean O’Keefe bean counter jokes …
Editor’s note: We all know that the food sucks in orbit. We also know that folks in the MCC can get rather bored at times. Have you ever wondered what sort of behaviors result when these two factors interact? Direct link
Editor’s update: I posted a link to this video on 26 January. The last time I checked, the view count went from 13 to 2,058 last night. Now the video (someone innocently riding a unicycle at DFRC) has been pulled – no reason given. The activity depicted was perfectly harmless. Indeed, I have seen people riding “official” bicycles at various NASA centers for years. If anyone knows why this was […]
Watchdog agency closes investigation into NASA chief’s comments about disgraced former congressman, AP“A federal watchdog agency has closed its investigation into whether NASA’s chief administrator violated the law when he urged an audience to support former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. But the Office of Special Counsel sent a warning letter to NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, saying he should have used better judgment, even if he did not break a […]
Sens. Voinovich and Brown Voice Concern Over NASA Glenn Funding Levels“In anticipation of budget cuts, U.S. Senators George V. Voinovich (R-OH) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today sent a letter to Senate appropriators urging them to provide the funding needed to enable NASA to fulfill its multi-faceted missions. The bipartisan letter expresses concern over proposed funding levels for NASA and the negative impact these funding levels could have on Cleveland’s NASA […]
Engineers Investigate Issue on One of Hubble’s Science Instruments“NASA engineers are examining a problem related to the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope. investigation indicates the camera has stopped functioning, and the input power feed to its Side B electronics package has failed.”NASA Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report #4287“HST entered Inertial Hold Safemode on 2007/027/12:34:38 GMT (Sat, 01/27/97) following a Total Pressure Sensor (TPS) limit […]
NASA Seeks To Set the Record Straight on Ares 1 and Orion, SpaceRef“Last week, NASA’s Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD), Scott Horowitz, sat down with reporters to discuss the Ares 1 and Orion programs.The impetus for this briefing, according to Horowitz, were recent stories – of varying accuracy – regarding weight and performance issues.”
New dinosaurs: Spelling, conversation skills, CNet“The modern wired family is seeing a few mainstays going the way of the dinosaur: landlines, printed dictionaries, maps, newspapers and, of course, the need to remember phone numbers or learn to spell. That’s according to a broad new national study, called “The Digital Family,” released this week by the No. 1 cable network Nickelodeon. The findings are among the first examinations of technology usage […]