GAO Statement on Blue Origin-Dynetics Decision – Protests Denied “On Friday, July 30, 2021, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied protests filed by Blue Origin Federation, LLC, of South Kent, Washington, and Dynetics, Inc.-A Leidos Company, of Huntsville, Alabama. The protesters challenged their non-selection for awards and the award of optional contract line item numbers to Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX), of Hawthorne, California, under Option A to Appendix […]
Keith’s note: I am waiting to see if NASA or Roscosmos ever explain how much fuel is still in the lines of MLM/Nauka/FGB-2 – when they purge it given that the firings were unscheduled, the prop system had to be inhibited, and the fuel tanks are supposedly empty. Based on internal memos we’ve read (and I cannot post), NASA personnel in Houston and Moscow were worried about Nauka and its […]
President Biden to Announce New Actions to Get More Americans Vaccinated and Slow the Spread of the Delta Variant, White House “Today, the President will announce that to help protect workers and their communities, every federal government employee and onsite contractor will be asked to attest to their vaccination status. Anyone who does not attest to being fully vaccinated will be required to wear a mask on the job no […]
NASA Invites Media to International Space Station Update Audio of the teleconference will stream live online at: http://www.nasa.gov/live … To participate in the teleconference, media must contact Kathryn Hambleton at [email protected] by 4 p.m. today for dial-in information. Keith’s update: NSAA PAO mailed this media advisory at 4:09 pm EDT – 9 minutes after the deadline expired for media to participate. So much for enabling media access. Apparently @NASA is […]
FYI @SenBillNelson Early in his Administration @POTUS @JoeBiden always included @NASA / space analogies in speeches where he talked about America being able to do anything once it sets its mind to do so. Biden has stopped giving those #NASA / space shoutouts.#BuildBackBetter pic.twitter.com/pLcMCJdgnI — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) July 28, 2021
NASA Federal Advisory Committees; Notice of Committees Re- Establishment Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Federal Register “The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has determined that the re-establishment of four (4) NASA Federal advisory committees under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) is necessary and in the public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed upon NASA by law. This determination follows consultation […]
Letter From Blue Origin Founder Jeff Bezos To NASA Administrator Bill Nelson: Human Landing System “In April (prior to your confirmation as NASA administrator), only one HLS bidder, SpaceX, was offered the opportunity to revise their price and funding profile, leading to their selection. Blue Origin was not offered the same opportunity. That was a mistake, it was unusual, and it was a missed opportunity. But it is not too […]
NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for the Europa Clipper Mission “NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for Earth’s first mission to conduct detailed investigations of Jupiter’s moon Europa. The Europa Clipper mission will launch in October 2024 on a Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The total contract award amount for launch services […]
Keith Cowing · NASAWatch on BBC Five Live: Who Gets Astronaut Wings? FAA National Policy: FAA Commercial Space Astronaut Wings Program “Purpose of This Order. This Order provides guidelines, eligibility, and criteria for the administration of the FAA Commercial Space Astronaut Wings Program.”
NIH Director Francis Collins and NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins to Keynote Joint Session at ISSRDC “The 2021 International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC) will include a virtual keynote session that will feature two key science figures: National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Francis Collins and NASA astronaut Dr. Kate Rubins.” The Smithsonian’s Dr. Ellen Stofan and NASA’s Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen to Keynote Day 2 Session at ISSRDC […]