The Dragon Has Landed “This morning, at approximately 8:42 AM Pacific/11:42 AM Eastern, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) completed its historic mission when the Dragon spacecraft splashed down safely in the Pacific. The vehicle will now be recovered by boats and start the trip back to land.”

NASA Statement from Michael Obrien, Office of International and Interagency Relations Associate Administrator: “The NASA community was saddened by the news of Dr. Michael Duncan’s untimely and tragic death. Mike provided invaluable support in the space medicine field for NASA’s space shuttle and International Space Station astronauts. He was one of the lead flight surgeons who supported the first landing by American astronauts in a Soyuz vehicle in Kazakhstan for […]

NASA-funded Research: Earlier Detection of Bone Loss May be in Future, ASU “Are your bones getting stronger or weaker? Right now, it’s hard to know. Scientists at Arizona State University and NASA are taking on this medical challenge by developing and applying a technique that originated in the Earth sciences. In a new study, this technique was more sensitive in detecting bone loss than the X-ray method used today, with […]

Obama’s tough decisions will lead nation forward in space, opinion, Mark Kelly, Orlando Sentinel “The decision to commercialize certain parts of our space program was not easy. I was not a fan at first of canceling the Constellation rocket program. I worried about what it would mean for NASA’s overall mission, and what it would do to the brilliant and patriotic men and women who work there. But I’m impressed […]

SpaceX’s Dragon capsule docks with international space station, Washington post “On Friday, Musk said that SpaceX could be ready to fly people into space by 2015. But Scott Pace, a space policy expert at George Washington University and an adviser to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, said the company first needs a track record. “They need to fly [cargo] six or seven times consecutively,” he said.” Keith’s note: More Griffin […]

False Claim of NASA Participation in Wrinkle Research “According to information provided by NASA PAO, the “AS10″ food substance mentioned in this news story is not a NASA food product. This food substance may have been developed by someone else using a product developed originally by AmeriSciences but NASA itself has not used any material or food substance described in these various news stories related to wrinkles nor is it […]

Keith’s note: NASA LaRC now has its official cold fusion video online titled “Abundant Clean/Green Energy” which refers to a new form of “nuclear energy”. How do NASA’s Chief Technologist and Chief Scientist allow this stuff to be funded with taxpayer dollars without going through any of the agency’s standard peer review processes? Or do Rich Antcliff and Lesa Roe just fund this stuff with local center director’s discretionary slush […]

The ISS crew opened the hatch with Dragon at 5:53 am EDT this morning and are now preparing Dragon to have its cargo unloaded. Watch their activities live – Photos: ISS Crew Enters The Dragon

Keith’s note: The International Space Station crewsuccessfully captured the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft at 9:56 am EDT. It was berthed to the ISS exactly 3 two hours later. – First Images of Dragon Captured by ISS – Images: Berthing Dragon Space Community Leaders on Historic Berthing of Dragon to the International Space Station, OSTP Blog The Dragon Spacecraft has Berthed with the International Space Station: Statement by OSTP Director Holdren “For […]

SpaceX Dragon Scehdule for Friday “Around 2:00 AM Pacific/5:00 AM Eastern NASA will decide if Dragon is GO to move into the approach ellipsoid 1.4 kilometers around the space station. If Dragon is GO, after approximately one hour Dragon will move to a location 250 meters directly below the station. Dragon will then perform a series of maneuvers to show systems are operating as expected. If NASA is satisfied with […]