Strategic Management Council: Meeting Minutes and Actions – Date: 16 May 2006 Time: 8:00 a.m. 4:55 p.m. (PDT) Location: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Building 167 conference roomTwelfth Item of Business: Full […]
2006
Posted inChina
China Space Update
China’s Space Activities in 2006“It has been 50 splendid years since China embarked on the road to develop its space industry, starting in 1956. For half a century, China has […]
Posted inAstrobiology
Saving Astrobiology
Carl Sagan Center Formed to Study Life in the Universe“The proposed 50-percent cut in the NASA Astrobiology budget for 2007 is a clear reminder of how volatile government support for […]
Posted inHubble
Hubble's ACS Is Back In Action
NASA Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report #4220, STSCI“Flash Report: ACS HRC Biases and Darks look good – Everything looks nominal. The frames are clean. The CCD appears to have annealed […]
Posted inShuttle News
ISS Assembly Sequence Slip
NASA May Delay Some Shuttle Launches, AP“NASA will likely delay by as much as a month some space shuttle launches scheduled for next year because of a backlog in processing […]
Posted inNews
NASA's National Awareness Plan
Editor’s update: This document is the report NASA sent to Congress in response to the NASA Authorization Act of 2005. I am not at all impressed with this – it […]
Posted inUncategorized
Great Security at JPL
SoCal man receives 3 years in prison for NASA satellite dish fire, AP“A man who pleaded guilty to setting fire to a satellite dish at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has […]
Posted inEducation
Weightless Over The Atlantic
Weightless, for 25 seconds at a time, AP“As I dreamed at night, I floated free of gravity, arms out like Superman with nothing but air underneath me. I was flying. […]
Posted inPersonnel News
In Case You Are Wondering Who's Who at NASA
NASA Internal Memo: Latest Officials-in-Charge of Headquarters Offices/Directors, NASA Centers listing
Posted inISS News
Help Save MSFC's Skylab – Buy Some Skylab Solar Cells
“Donate $100.00 (Tax Deductible) to the Skylab Restoration Project and we will send you a flight qualified Solar Cell.” Editor’s update: Go to saveskylab.org for details. According to the site […]