AIP FYI #113: End of Appropriations Cycle in Sight “NASA: Both committees approved their bills, but only the Senate has released its report. Senate appropriators recommended an increase of 2.8 […]
2008
Posted inCommercialization
Today's Video: XCOR Lynx Suborbital Experience
XCOR Lynx Suborbital Experience Video “XCOR partners with RocketShip Tours to provide a complete suborbital experience for our customers. Hear our chief test pilot, former NASA astronaut Richard Searfoss, describe […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
MSL Delays?
NASA To Provide Mars Science Laboratory Update “NASA will hold a briefing at noon EST, Thursday, Dec. 4, about the agency’s Mars Science Laboratory, or MSL. The briefing will take […]
Posted inTransition
Departure Trajectories
NASA Deputy Administrator Dale to Resign on January 17 “NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale announced Wednesday her intent to resign from the agency, effective Jan. 17, 2009, in advance of […]
Posted inCommercialization
ODIN Accepts a 15% Markup on Everything
NASA ODIN Internal Memo: ODIN Catalog Product Pricing Instruction “For years, NASA civil servants have actively worked to get the best value for information technology (IT) products and services. Many […]
Posted inCommercialization
One More Thing America Cannot Do?
Initial Evaluation of ADN as Oxidizer in Solid Propellants for Large Space Launcher Boosters “NASA/GRC has a requirement to produce a more environmentally friendly oxidizer for solid rocket boosters. The […]
Posted inBudget
Budget Outlook
Lawmakers hope alliances will avoid deep space cuts, Houston Chronicle “The trick will be to show what manned space flight can do for the nation, rather than what the nation […]
Posted inTransition
Transition Update
Obama Teams Are Scrutinizing Federal Agencies, Washington Post “Wearing yellow badges and traveling in groups of 10 or more, agency review teams for President-elect Barack Obama have swarmed into dozens […]
Posted inHubble
Send Your Own Seasons Greetings From Hubble
“This year, say it in stars! Send your friends and relatives best wishes for the season with our printable holiday cards. Messages of joy and peace are illuminated by the […]
Posted inRussia
Perhaps NASA Should Have Gone To Priceline.com
NASA Extends Contract with Russian Federal Space Agency “NASA has signed a $141 million modification to the current International Space Station contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency for crew […]