Decadal Survey of Civil Aeronautics: Foundation for the Future, Steering Committee for the Decadal Survey of Civil Aeronautics, National Research Council“The U.S. air transportation system is very important for our […]
2006
Posted inHubble
Hubble ACS Fixed
Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) Status Report #2“Early on October 9 engineers sent commands to Hubble Space Telescope to toggle the suspect relay. Telemetry confirmed that the […]
Posted inEducation
Name a Node
NASA Student Competition to Name International Space Station Node 2“The student competition to name the Node 2 module of the International Space Station has begun. NASA Education, which is responsible […]
Posted inExploration
NAC Update
NASA Advisory Council Meeting Notes, SpaceRef“Clearly there are a lot of tight curves NASA and its partners need to navigate as the remainder of the ISS is lofted into orbit. […]
Posted inNews
Friendly Security at GSFC, Bathroom Monitors at HQ
Editor’s update: A few weeks ago NASA PAO announced a new security policy effective 1 October 2006 whereby all media visiting NASA Headquarters would be required to have an escort […]
Posted inISS News
ISS Gyro Shut Down
Station gyro off line; impact on shuttle flight assessed, SpaceflightNow“One of the international space station’s four control moment gyroscopes, used to keep the outpost properly oriented without jarring, fuel-consuming rocket […]
Posted inSafety
NESC Break Up Begins
NASA Announces New Cleveland Safety Center“The center will complement the NASA Engineering and Safety Center based at Langley. Both centers will support safety but have separate and independent supervisory chains […]
Posted inEducation
New Education AA at NASA HQ
NASA Selects New Education Assistant Administrator“NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale announced Wednesday the selection of Joyce L. Winterton as the agency’s new assistant administrator for education, effective Oct. 16. She […]
Posted inCommercialization
Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge
Northrop Grumman to Sponsor Lunar Lander Challenge“The Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge will be staged for the first time on Oct. 20-21 at the Las Cruces International Airport, Las Cruces, […]
Posted inPolicy
Dave King is Cloning NASA HQ Strategic Communications
NASA MSFC Solicitation NNM06169943R: Final RFP (excerpts) – Office of Strategic Analysis and Communications Support Services Editor’s update: It certainly looks like Dave King has decided to create his own […]