“As a result of foam loss on STS-114, an ET Tiger Team was chartered by the Headquarters Mission Director for Space Operations (MDSO) and NASA’s Chief Officer for Safety and […]
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Posted inAeronautics
New Aeronautics AA
NASA Names New Aeronautics Associate Administrator“NASA Administrator Michael Griffin today named veteran scientist Lisa J. Porter as associate administrator for the Aeronautics Mission Directorate. She will lead the agency’s aeronautics […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Has Hubble Discovered An Edge-on Disk around a Brown Dwarf?
NASA Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report #3972“We have recently discovered a young brown dwarf in the Taurus star-forming region that exhibits several characteristics {very faint for its spectral type, forbidden […]
Posted inExploration
Squabbling over the ESAS in the Peanut Gallery
The debate over ESAS, Space Review“Zubrin argued that this complexity is a result of the compromise nature of the Vision, one that puts off development of the heavy-lift launcher until […]
Posted inCommercialization
SpaceX Sues LockMart and Boeing Over EELV Venture
FTC Seeks More Info on Proposed Lockheed-Boeing Satellite Venture, AP“Lockheed Martin Corp. and the Boeing Co. said Monday the Federal Trade Commission has asked for more information in its antitrust […]
Posted inNews
Transparent Aluminum!
Air Force testing new transparent armor, Air Force News Service“Engineers here are testing a new kind of transparent armor – stronger and lighter than traditional materials – that could stop […]
Posted inISS News
NASA Space Station Science Cut Update
Editor’s note: The following charts were part of a recent presentation made to various congressional delegations by NASA HQ staff. These charts document the considerable cuts NASA is contemplating in […]
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Heads Up KSC
NASA KSC Closed on Monday, Oct. 24 Due to Hurricane WilmaInternational Space Station Imagery: Hurricane WilmaWilma to Arrive in South Florida Tomorrow, May Be Category 3, Bloomberg” Hurricane Wilma was […]
Posted inISS News
Cut Shuttle – Gut Station
New NASA Plans Would Dramatically Limit Shuttle Flights And Halt Space Station Assembly, SpaceRef“Two alternate approaches are currently under serious consideration – in real time – at NASA. One, the […]
Posted inShuttle News
Griffin Looks at Further Reduction in Shuttle Flight Rate
NASA Internal Memo from Michael Griffin to William Gerstenmaier: In-Guide Option for FY 2007 Budget“1. Assume serial processing of all Shuttle operations as soon as possible in FY06. Provide an […]