Ames director resigns, SJ Mercury News“Some Ames employees have quietly speculated that Hubbard was forced out for being too protective of his workers and resistant to plans to trim even […]
2006
Posted inISS News
Why Send Out One Weekly Status Report When You Can Send out TWO?
Editor’s note: Have a look at these two space station status reports. As is the case this week, last week – every every week, they were both issued at the […]
Posted inISS News
Griffin Flip Flops on ISS Science Cuts
Making space vision a reality, BBC“There are many different kinds of science that we do. We have not cut back the space science programmes such as New Horizons. We have, […]
Posted inPersonnel News
JSC Layoff Update
Reader note:“Yesterday another 100 were laid off at Jacobs-Sverdrup and their subs working on the ESC contract supporting the JSC engineering directorate. More will follow.”JSC Layoff Update, 6 Jan 2006
Posted inCommercialization
Confusing Messages From NASA
They Came From Outer Space!, NASA HQ“You’ll find many space-developed or improved products literally at arm’s reach — like in your kitchen, for instance.” Washington Metropolitan Area Media Invited to […]
Posted inCommercialization
Government Good; Industry Bad
Remarks by NASA Administrator Griffin at the National Society of Professional Engineers Professional Development Conference“As a central organizing principle of our work, and despite the fact that 80% of our […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Farewell to IMAGE and TOPEX/Poseidon
NASA’s Imager for Magnetopause-to- Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) Shut Down“NASA’s Imager for Magnetopause-to- Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) satellite recently ceased operations, bringing to a close a successful six-year mission.”TOPEX/Poseidon Final […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
New Horizons On Its Way To Pluto
Editor’s update: New Horizons’ PI Alan Stern just announced that the spacecraft is carrying some of Clyde Tombaugh’s ashes. Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930.NASA’s New Horizons is On its Way […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Stardust Sample Return Exceeds Expectations
NASA Scientists Confirm Presence of Comet Samples – Briefing Set for ThursdayScientists have confirmed that samples from a comet and interstellar dust have been returned to Earth by the Stardust […]