Images of New Identified Meteorite Adjacent to NASA Mars Opportunity Rover Heatshield Impact Point NASA’s Opportunity Rover Finds an Iron Meteorite on Mars“The meteorite, dubbed “Heat Shield Rock,” sits near […]
2005
Posted inNews
Asleep in Code L
NASA Office of Legislative Affairs Weekly Update 14 January 2005 Editor’s note: If you look at this weekly summary which was sent out to Congressional staff on Friday at 5:04 […]
Posted inNews
Jean luc Picard: Corpses- Yes; People – No.
19 January 2005: Stewart Wants Spectacular Send off, ContactMusic.com“Englishman Stewart says, “I’d use my influence with Star Trek’s numerous advisers at NASA to ensure that my ashes were launched from […]
Posted inPolicy
Speaking Out – A Double Edged Sword
Putting Some Heat on Bush – Scientist Inspires Anger, Awe for Challenges on Global Warming, Washington Post“[James E.] Hansen, a lifelong government employee who heads NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space […]
Posted inBudget
Yea, But Will It Find My Lost Travel Voucher?
NASA Announces Financial Management Contract Identification“NASA has implemented a $48 million contract modification with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) of San Diego. It broadens SAIC responsibility to provide integrated financial […]
Posted inHubble
Astronomers Want to Send Astronauts to Hubble
American Astronomical Society Endorses NRC Report on “The Assessment of Options for Extending the Life of Hubble Space Telescope”“The American Astronomical Society (AAS) endorses the work of this distinguished committee […]
Posted inISS News
Bad Space Weather
NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 18 January 2005“The ISS experienced a high solar particle event yesterday. MCC-H notified the crew of the higher radiation levels and reminded them to take […]
Posted inExploration
Moving Ahead
NASA’s future tied to strong showing now, supporters say, Orlando Sentinel“Much has been made of the fact that Bush barely mentioned space exploration last year after his speech at NASA […]
Posted inCommercialization
Layoffs at Boeing Decatur
Boeing plans Decatur job cuts – Air Force penalty costs 100 positions in Delta program, Huntsville Times“Boeing officials blamed the drop in production on the suspension of the Evolved Expendable […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Open Source Huygens Images Processing
Editor’s note: While ESA takes its time to slowly release images, full collections of Huygens imagery have already been processed and refined well beyond anything ESA has done – see […]