Apollo, Challenger, Columbia: Thinking Back – Looking Ahead, New Moon Rising“At the end of the event, Rona Ramon, Ilan’s widow, spoke last. Steeling her emotions with grace and clarity, she spoke elegantly and briefly. She thanked all for coming. And then she talked of her husband, and the flight of the lost shuttle. “Our mission in space is not over, “she told the hushed audience. “He was the first Israeli […]
Constructing the Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial Inukshuk on Devon Island“On Wednesday, 18 July 2007, Leroy Chiao, Matt Reyes, myself and a group of Inuit students constructed a memorial inukshuk on Devon Island to honor the crew of Space Shuttle Challenger.”Arctic Memorials and Starship Yearnings“Our task was a somewhat solemn one. We were here to erect a memorial to Columbia astronaut Michael Anderson. Two memorials have already been erected by members […]
NASA TV to Air Columbia Crew Remembrance Service“NASA Television will provide live coverage of the Astronauts Memorial Foundation’s remembrance service honoring space shuttle Columbia’s STS-107 crew. The ceremony will be held at the Space Mirror Memorial on the NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex at 10 a.m. EST on Feb. 1, the fifth anniversary of the Columbia accident.”
Planetarium to Honor Life of Fallen Arlington Son – Captain David M. Brown“The Arlington School Board unanimously approved a recommendation to name the Planetarium in honor of Captain David M. Brown. Captain Brown, a Yorktown High School graduate, died while serving as a mission specialist on the NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission on February 1, 2003. In November 2007, Arlington Public Schools received a letter from Arlington resident George Wysor, […]
Letter From President Bush Regarding The Fifth Anniversary of The Columbia Accident“They assumed great risk so we could understand what lies beyond. the heavens. Americans are grateful for their service, and they will always be cherished.”Message from the NASA Administrator: Day of Remembrance“The last week of January brings, every year, a confluence of sobering anniversaries that we honor this Thursday with our Day of Remembrance. On Jan. 27, we marked […]
Getting Up to Speed on Space, Science (subscription)“Blogs such as Space Politics and NASA Watch, and organizations such as the Mars Society, keep a close eye on every utterance by a candidate on space policy. They instruct their audience how to contact the campaigns and even coach readers on how to get a space question inserted into a presidential debate. And they are being heard. “It’s a small but vocal […]
Scientists Hope to Adjust the President’s Vision for Space, Science (subscription)“When U.S. President George W. Bush laid out his plan for a revamped civilian space program in January 2004, he said it would provide “a great and unifying mission for NASA.” That expansive vision included a launcher to replace the shuttle, a lunar base, and a slew of robotic missions to the moon and Mars that would put smiles on […]
B-310741, Rocketplane Kistler, January 28, 2008, GAO“The National Aeronautics and Space Administration could use a Space Act agreement under that agency’s “other transactions” authority, and was not required to use a procurement contract, for the development and demonstration of a space transportation system, where the principal purpose of the announcement was not to acquire goods or services for the direct benefit of the agency, but to stimulate a public purpose […]
First U.S. Satellite a Triumph of American Ability and Vision, AIANASA JPL Explorer 1 websiteExplorer I Resolution Introduced to Commemorate 50th Anniversary of the Birth of the U.S. Space Program“January 31, 2008 marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of the first U.S. satellite – Explorer I – and the dawn of the U.S. space program. Leaders of the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology marked that anniversary with […]
Columbia Data Aids Sat Re-entry Planning, Aviation Week & Space Technology“Re-entry debris data and analysis derived from the space shuttle Columbia accident is being applied to Pentagon studies of how much of the failed National Reconnaissance Office NROL-21 spacecraft will survive re-entry heating and strike Earth in late February or early March. Several hundred pounds of spacecraft debris could land anywhere between 58.5 deg. north and south latitude. The orbit […]