Space station research faces axe as Nasa cuts $344m to save Moon and Mars quest, The Guardian“They’re cutting hundreds of millions of dollars of life sciences research that has been […]
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Posted inExploration
Let's Not Forget About Mars
Lunar Exploration Vision Obscures Successes on Mars, Editorial, Aviation Week & Space Technology“To deemphasize the robotic Mars program now, in a tradeoff with the manned lunar vision, would be a […]
Posted inPersonnel News
Grim RIFer Visits ARC
Reader note: On Halloween the Grim RIFer was seen lurking around at least one building at NASA Ames. Some photos were taken of it near some simulator buildings, hawking pink […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Disappointment for Hayabusa Team
Asteroid-hopping robot misses its mark, MSNBC“Preliminary indications pointed to a problem with the delicate maneuvers behind MINERVA’s deployment.”
Posted inNews
Craig Covault Honored
Aviation Week Group’s Craig Covault Receives Lifetime Achievement Award From The National Space Club Florida Committee“Aviation Week & Space Technology senior editor Craig Covault has received the 2005 Harry Kolcum […]
Posted inShuttle News
PRCB: Shuttle Launch Dates Are Still TBD
Editor’s note: The PRCB (Program Requirements Control Board) met last Thursday. As a result of this meeting, all future shuttle launch dates contained in the directive issued by the PRCB […]
Posted inNews
DART Update (or lack thereof)
DART Mission: Partial Success/Partial FailureNASA Announces DART Mishap Investigation Board Members“NASA selected the mishap investigation board to determine why the Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) spacecraft did not complete […]
Posted inNews
Who is Actually on the NASA Advisory Council?
NASA Advisory Council Meeting, 29-30 November Editor’s note: The last meeting, scheduled for April was cancelled. As such, the last NAC meeting in nearly a year ago – 7 December […]
Posted inNews
Government Comes to Aid of Crackberry Addicts
Government Enters Fray Over BlackBerry Patents, Washington Post“The Justice Department has filed a legal brief in a patent dispute, asking a federal court to delay any immediate shutdown of the […]
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Gravity Tractor
Gravitational tractor for towing asteroids, Edward T. Lu andStanley G. Love, Nature (subscription required)“A spacecraft could deflect an Earth-bound asteroid without having to dock to its surface first. We present […]