Editor’s note: This morning, at 7:30 am, before the STS-126 FRR began, a small ceremony was held whereby Virginia Whitehead received NASA’s Lifetime Achievement Award from Mike Griffin. A special 10 minute video was played highlighting her career. Well done!

NASA And Korea Sign Statement Of Intent For Future Cooperation “During a meeting Thursday at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) in Seoul, Korea, NASA’s Assistant Administrator for External Relations, Michael F. O’Brien, and MEST’s Director-General for Big Science, Munki Lee, signed a joint statement of intent identifying potential interest in cooperation in civil space and aeronautics activities.” Korea Taps NASA on Space Program, Korea Times “Government officials […]

Remarks by John McCain in Miami, FL (29 Oct 2008) “I will freeze government spending on all but the most important programs like defense, veterans care, NASA, Social Security and health care until we scrub every single government program and get rid of the ones that aren’t working for the American people. And I will veto every single pork barrel bill Congresses passes.” He Did It Again: In Ormond Beach, […]

NASA’S Phoenix Mars Lander Enters Safe Mode “NASA’S Phoenix Mars Lander entered safe mode late yesterday in response to a low-power fault brought on by deteriorating weather conditions. While engineers anticipated that a fault could occur due to the diminishing power supply, the lander also unexpectedly switched to the “B” side of its redundant electronics and shut down one of its two batteries. During safe mode, the lander stops non-critical […]

“On Halloween in 2003, the sun unleashed a series of spooky storms, which ignited lots of ghostly looking auroras, and effected power grids, satellites and other electrical equipment. On the fifth anniversary, NASA takes a look back at the Sun.” Video below

NASA To Update Reporters About Constellation Program “NASA will host a media teleconference Wednesday, Oct. 29, at 1 p.m. EDT, to brief reporters about recent developments and ongoing progress in NASA’s Constellation Program. Constellation will build the spacecraft to carry astronauts to the International Space Station and return humans to the moon by 2020.” Ares PDR Was Not As Smooth As NASA Says It Was, earlier post Notes: Doug Cooke: […]

NASA JSC Advanced Planning Office Blog: A Perspective from a Baby Boomer “For many in my generation it was the Apollo program or Star Trek that sealed our future with NASA. For me it was the original voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Yes, I am one of those that would love to see the mission of the agency to be, “To Boldly Go where No one has gone before.” My […]

The ColabSpace Twitter is now online. OnOrbit ColabSpace provides a collaborative wiki mashup environment for individuals, groups, organizations, or companies to work on a variety of wikis or projects related to space, be it commercial space, space exploration, Moon, Mars, Astrobiology, space elevators and a myriad of other topics.

Inspired kids will reach for stars under Obama, Sally Ride, Orlando Sentinel “Somewhere in America today, there’s a 10-year-old girl who could be the first person to walk on Mars. She’s probably playing with a toy chemistry set or a kid’s telescope right now, gazing up at the heavens and dreaming big dreams. I know a lot about that girl because in 1961, during the inspirational early days of our […]

Is Science Fiction Responsible for the Lack of Public Interest in Space Exploration?, SFSignal “It’s not often that our real life science heroes utter disparaging remarks against science fiction. In fact, the opposite is usually true; science fiction is often cited as a source of inspiration and interest. Enter Buzz Aldrin, who caused a stir recently with some comments he made. To get a few more opinions, we asked the […]