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Month: January 2022
NASA Outlines The Future Of ISS – And Beyond
NASA Outlines The Future Of ISS – And Beyond

NASA Provides Updated International Space Station Transition Plan, NASA “As NASA looks forward to a decade of results from research and technology development aboard the International Space Station, the agency is taking steps to ensure a successful transition of operations to commercial services. In response to Congressional direction, NASA has now provided an updated International Space Station Transition Report that details the goals for the next decade of station operations […]

  • NASA Watch
  • January 31, 2022
What Will A Ukraine War Do To The ISS Program?
What Will A Ukraine War Do To The ISS Program?

Keith’s note: In case you have not noticed the U.S. government says that Russia is about to invade Ukraine. The U.S. is sending weapons and mobilizing troops. NATO is fortifying its borders. Oh yes, this impending conflict actual war would involve nearly every single participating nation in the International Space Station program. Until now the ISS has managed to weather virtually all terrestrial political squabbles between its participants. Indeed, there […]

  • NASA Watch
  • January 28, 2022
Laurie Leshin Is The New JPL Director
Laurie Leshin Is The New JPL Director

Caltech Names Laurie Leshin Director of JPL “The distinguished geochemist and space scientist brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in academic and government service to JPL. Laurie Leshin, president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), has been appointed director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and vice president of Caltech. Leshin will formally assume her position on May 16, 2022.”

  • NASA Watch
  • January 27, 2022
A Memorial On The Top Of The World

From 2011: Scott Parazynski, Chairman of the Challenger Center Board of Directors sitting in the jetstream on the summit of Mt. Everest, May 2009: “I tied off a pair of flags I’d made to honor astronauts and cosmonauts who had perished in the line of duty (Apollo 1, Challenger, Columbia, Soyuz 1 and Soyuz 11), as I could think of no finer place on Earth to hang them. In the […]

  • NASA Watch
  • January 27, 2022
Remembering

For some strange reason #NASA HQ will not allow media or the public to attend the NASA Remembrance Day event at Arlington National Cemetery. They cite COVID – despite the fact that everything occurs outdoors in a large, open area. This event has been open to all for decades. Sad. pic.twitter.com/caxsx1dGyL — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) January 26, 2022 NASA Pays Tribute to Fallen Heroes with Day of Remembrance “Various NASA […]

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  • January 26, 2022
Space Program Management For Dummies
Space Program Management For Dummies

NASA Needs a Lead Program Office for Artemis, Op Ed, Kevin Chilton, Space News “It’s time to take the best lessons from our past and meld them with the promises of today’s technologies and innovative industrial base. It’s time to stand up an Artemis Program Office, modeled after the Apollo Program Office, with the long-term strategic vision for human exploration of Mars as its guiding star, but with a near-term […]

  • NASA Watch
  • January 24, 2022
Bobby Braun Leaving JPL for APL
Bobby Braun Leaving JPL for APL

NASA JPL Memo: Bobby Braun Departing JPL “Bobby Braun, Director for Planetary Science and Bren Professor of Aerospace at Caltech, has accepted the position of Space Exploration Sector Head of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, and will be leaving JPL at the end of March 2022. Even as I am sad that the Lab is losing a great leader, I would like to congratulate Bobby on his new role […]

  • NASA Watch
  • January 20, 2022
NAC Vs PAO On Transparency

NAC notes: Wayne Hale, closing today's NASA Advisory Council meeting, suggested the agency would be better served by increased transparency, citing public affairs "happy words" vs more frequent briefings/discussion of technical challenges, problems and solutions — William Harwood (@cbs_spacenews) January 19, 2022

  • NASA Watch
  • January 19, 2022
Risk And Exploration At NASA

#NASA #HEO #NAC – Every time there is a launch it IS dangerous, its not easy stuff citing an event Keith Cowling of @NASAWatch did back in 2005 with Sean O'Keefe ( something O'Keefe is still proud of) on risk in spaceflight. pic.twitter.com/cJbBlggm72 — Gene J. Mikulka (@genejm29) January 19, 2022 Both Mr. McDaniel and Mr. Hale were saying that was a good presentation back in '05 and perhaps another […]

  • NASA Watch
  • January 19, 2022
Space Team Biden Report Card At Mission Day 365
Space Team Biden Report Card At Mission Day 365

One Year into the Biden Administration, NASA Looks to Future “Since President Biden and Vice President Harris were sworn in one year ago, their administration has made generational progress for Americans – and made NASA a priority. This spring, as Artemis I lifts off from Kennedy Space Center, the world will once again witness America’s unrivaled ingenuity and inspiration as NASA prepares the next generation to return to the Moon […]

  • NASA Watch
  • January 19, 2022