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Year: 2004
Planets Change

The Washington Post has some vivid before and after satellite images of tsunami damage to Sumatra. As you view these images, ponder the fact that this all happened in the blink of an eye.Planets change – especially our own.

  • NASA Watch
  • December 31, 2004
Don't Get Used to an Increasing NASA Budget

30 December 2004: Pentagon Said to Offer Cuts in the Billions, Washington post“The proposed reductions, the details of which are still being fine-tuned and which would require Congressional approval, result from White House orders to all federal agencies to cut their spending requests for the 2006 fiscal year budgets, which will be submitted to lawmakers early next year.”

  • NASA Watch
  • December 31, 2004
Its The End of the World as We Know it

30 December 2004: Analysis: U.S.-Russia teamwork unraveling, UPI“Therefore, Perminov’s announcement should not be seen simply as a reflex of financial pressures on Russia’s space program. It is, rather, a red light warning that the long era of easygoing U.S.-Russian cooperation in space is rapidly coming to an end. And that could be the harbinger of far worse problems to come.” Editor’s note:The author of this article, Martin Sieff, has clearly […]

  • NASA Watch
  • December 31, 2004
Replace the Shuttle

30 December 2004: Astronaut says speed up plans for new craft, Huntsville Times“The shuttle was designed almost 35 years ago, and it has been operated for almost a quarter of a century,” Garriott said. “By the time of NASA’s new plans to explore the moon it would be closer to 50 years of age. We need a replacement if (NASA) expects to succeed with its plans” to return to the […]

  • NASA Watch
  • December 30, 2004
Hi-tech dumpsite on Mars

NASA Mars Rover Opportunity Visits its Heat Shield Impact Site (Photo gallery)“NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity gained this view of its own heat shield during the rover’s 325th martian day (Dec. 22, 2004). The main structure from the successfully used shield is to the far left. Additional fragments of the heat shield lie in the upper center of the image. The heat shield’s impact mark is visible just above and […]

  • NASA Watch
  • December 30, 2004
Hurry Up and Get That Shuttle Flying

29 December 2004: No more free rides for U.S. astronauts on Russian spacecraft, Russian space chief says, AP“Russia plans to stop giving American astronauts free rides on its spacecraft to the international space station beginning in 2006, the head of Russia’s space agency said. Anatoly Perminov said the no-cost agreement between NASA and Russia’s space agency Roskosmos could be replaced by a barter arrangement, according to the Interfax news agency […]

  • NASA Watch
  • December 29, 2004
Comments on Sean O'Keefe's Departure

Comments on Sean O’Keefe’s resignation? Send them to [email protected] and we’ll post them here. Lets us know if we can use your name as well. Comments already received are listed below: Mr. O’Keefe was a person who, to me, gave his best to the position of Administrator, given to him by those who thought he had the right background for the job at that time. Mr. O’Keefe didn’t go to […]

  • NASA Watch
  • December 28, 2004
Asteroid Impact Preview

Possibility of an Earth Impact in 2029 Ruled Out for Asteroid 2004 MN4“Over the past week, several independent efforts were made to search for pre-discovery observations of 2004 MN4. These efforts proved successful today when Jeff Larsen and Anne Descour of the Spacewatch Observatory near Tucson, Arizona, were able to detect and measure very faint images of asteroid 2004 MN4 on archival images dating to 15 March 2004. These observations […]

  • NASA Watch
  • December 28, 2004
O'Keefe Departure Views

26 December 2004: NASA’s Chief Bails Out“Sean O’Keefe had the extreme bad luck to take the helm of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration less than 14 months before the shuttle Columbia disintegrated in the skies over Texas, throwing the agency into disarray. Through no great fault of his own, Mr. O’Keefe is leaving the space program in worse shape than he found it.”26 December 2004: O’Keefe’s life goal was […]

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  • December 26, 2004
Progress Docks With ISS

NASA Space Station Status Report 25 December 2004“The Progress automatically docked to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module at 6:58 p.m. EST as the Station flew 225 statute miles over central Asia. Within minutes, hooks and latches between the two ships engaged, forming a tight seal. The docking occurred about 30 minutes later than planned so that the linkup could occur over Russian ground stations with the benefit […]

  • NASA Watch
  • December 25, 2004