Favorite Cassini Image Contest Draws Space Enthusiasts, And Winners, From Across The Globe, Space Science Institute“Thousands of enthusiastic fans of NASA’s Saturn-orbiting Cassini spacecraft have chosen a color picture of […]
2008
Posted inPersonnel News
LaRC Employees To Become Movie Stars
“The Box” Casting Call For NASA LaRC Employees“Casting representatives are now accepting submissions from NASA Langley employees to appear as background actors for Richard Kelly’s upcoming feature film, “The Box” […]
Posted inAeronautics
Lisa Porter Is Leaving NASA
Editor’s note: NASA Associate Administrator for Aeronautics Lisa Porter is leaving NASA to be the Director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). Her last day will be 1 […]
Posted inISS News
A Tidy Spaceship is a Happy One
Tips on Organizing Your Room from the Zvezda Space Habitat, io9.com“If you’ve ever lived in a dorm or a small apartment, you know how hard it can be to cram […]
Posted inAstronomy
Griffin At AAS
Astronomy and NASA – Rewards and Challenges: Address By NASA Administrator Mike Griffin Before the American Astronomical Society“My relationship with the scientific community during my time at NASA has been […]
Posted inExploration
ESMD's Revolving Door – Update
Editor’s note: Last month I submitted a series of questions to NASA ESMD PAO (see ESMD’S Revolving Door). After a delay of several weeks, I finally got a response which […]
Posted inISS News
Sensationalist Headlines at USA Today
Shuttle delays endanger space station, USA Today“Like many home-improvement projects on Earth, NASA’s most ambitious building effort in space languishes half-done. Now new delays, combined with the space shuttle’s looming […]
Posted inNews
Think Tank Get Together at NASA HQ
Editor’s note: NASA will be holding a “Think Tank Roundtable” next Tuesday at NASA HQ. This event will include briefings for several dozen representives of Washington, DC organizations, think tanks, […]
Posted inAeronautics
Air Safety Survey Update: "contempt for the flying public"
Runaround on Air Safety, editorial, NY Times“The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has grudgingly released data from a four-year survey of pilots about the safety of American aviation. The information […]
Posted inBudget
Comments from Jim Green on NASA SMD R&A Budget
Planetary Exploration Newsletter Volume 2, Number 2 (January 5, 2008)“With the passage of the NASA budget it is now possible to provide you with some of the good news in […]