Astronaut’s ashes sky-bound. Wichita Eagle“[Space Services Inc] says that early next year some of Cooper’s remains, along with those of 173 other people from eight countries, will be launched on […]
2005
Posted inPersonnel News
MSFC Layoff Update
Marshall keeps eye on NASA cutbacks, Huntsville Times“Senior managers spent Friday discussing layoff plans with supervisors, Amatore said. “They will brief their staff either (Friday) or Monday about the planning […]
Posted inISS News
Hula Girl Sighted on ISS
Editor’s note: The other day I posted this image wondering if it was showing one of those little troll dolls (you know with the wild spiky hair on top of […]
Posted inISS News
Mouse Sighted Aboard ISS
Editor’s note: Look at the extreme upper left hand corner of this image: “ISS012-E-08727 (16 November 2005) ISS crew work at the Simvol-Ts / TORU workstation in the Zvezda Service […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Landsat 5 is Fading
Landsat 5 Experiencing Technical Difficulties, USGS“On November 26, 2005, the back-up solar array drive on Landsat 5 began exhibiting unusual behavior. The solar array drive maintains the proper pointing angle […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
NAS on NASA Earth Observing Research Missions
Extending the Effective Lifetimes of Earth Observing Research Missions, Committee on Extending the Effectiveness Lifetimes of Earth Observing Research Missions, National Research Council“NASA has recently begun using the Senior Review […]
Posted inShuttle News
PRCB Update: Looking Ahead to Future Natural Disasters
Editor’s note: Yesterday’s 1 December 2005 PRCB (Program Requirements Control Board) was rather routine.At one point, Wayne Hale returned late from a break in the proceedings and apologized, explaining, “I […]
Posted inShuttle News
Foam Issues Just Won't Go Away
Foam Cracks May Delay Shuttle Launch, Washington Post“We don’t give direction by e-mail,” Hale said. “We will have a formal board meeting to review this.” The e-mail, he added, “is […]
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Yank Their Job – Then Throw Them Crumbs
Reader note: “I recently departed the largest engineering contractor at GRC, Zin Technologies. Although my leaving was voluntary, on my final day of work, the company handed out WARN act […]
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JSC Contractor Layoffs Ahead?
Reader note: “I am a Jacobs Sverdrop employee and I work on site at NASA JSC. We received this “first notice” from our management. We are expecting a loss of […]