NASA GSFC Solicitation: Development of a Pilot for a Public Television Show Highlighting the Goddard Space Flight Center “NASA/GSFC has a requirement for the production and development of a pilot episode for a publicly aired television show highlighting the Goddard Space Flight Center. NASA/GSFC intends to purchase the items/service from Maryland Public Television (MPT), pursuant to FAR 13.106, for the acquisition of supplies or services determined to be reasonably available […]
Has NASA Lost the Right Stuff?, AP “The signs of a midlife crisis are there: A 50th birthday approaching; a longing for the glory days of youth; a hankering to dump the aging partner of 27 years; and a costly flirtation with a new young thing. This isn’t some balding businessman in a sports car. It’s NASA. The shuttle has kept NASA going to the same place over and over, […]
Statement by the President on H.R. 2638, the “Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009” “Today I have signed into law H.R. 2638, the “Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009.” The Act, consisting of five divisions, consolidates into a single Act several appropriations bills. It provides through emergency supplemental appropriations additional Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 resources needed for relief and recovery from hurricanes, floods, and […]
GAO: NASA Faces Challenges Defining Scope and Costs of Space Shuttle Transition and Retirement “The total cost of SSP transition and retirement is not transparent in NASA’s current budget request and is not expected to be reflected in its fiscal year 2010 budget request. This is due in part to delays in estimating costs, but also to where costs are being reflected. For example, although SSP’s direct transition and retirement […]
Cabana to Succeed parsons as NASA Kennedy Space Center Director “NASA announced Tuesday that William Parsons, director of the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is leaving the agency in mid-October to pursue opportunities in the private sector. Parsons will be succeeded by former astronaut Robert Cabana, currently director of NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Gene Goldman, Stennis’ deputy director, will become the acting center director.”
Space Adventures’ Orbital Spaceflight Candidate, Charles Simonyi, Plans Spring 2009 Return Flight to the ISS “Space Adventures, the only company that provides human space missions to the world marketplace, announced today that Charles Simonyi, Ph.D., intends to train with the Soyuz TMA-14 crew in preparation for a spring mission to the International Space Station (ISS).”Having a repeat orbital client demonstrates to the world that participating in a space mission is […]
Successful re-entry marks bright future for ATV “Europe’s first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) Jules Verne successfully completed its six-month ISS logistics mission today with its controlled destructive re-entry over a completely uninhabited area of the South Pacific. Following a final deorbit burn at 14:58 CEST which slowed its velocity by 70 m/s, the ATV entered the upper atmosphere at an altitude of 120 km at 15:31 CEST.”
Hubble Space Telescope Problem Delays STS-125 Launch “Due to the significant Hubble Space Telescope malfunction that occurred over the weekend affecting the storage and transmittal of science data to Earth, NASA will evaluate the investigation results before fully determining the impact to launch of the STS-125 servicing mission. Under consideration is the possibility of flying a back-up replacement system as part of the payload, which could be installed during the […]
Hundreds Of Workers At NASA’s Michoud Get Pink Slips, WDSU “Hundreds of people received pink slips Monday at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.”
NASA to Discuss Hubble Anomaly and Servicing Mission Launch Delay “NASA will host a media teleconference at 6 p.m. EDT today to discuss a significant Hubble Space Telescope anomaly that occurred this weekend affecting the storage and transmittal of science data to Earth. Fixing the problem will delay next month’s space shuttle Atlantis’ Hubble servicing mission. The malfunctioning system is Hubble’s Control Unit/Science Data Formatter – Side A. Shortly after […]