List of Speakers Announced for the Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference in February, Commercial Spaceflight Federation “Astronauts, researchers, educators, senior government officials including the director of NASA’s Ames Research Center, Dr. […]
2009
Posted inUncategorized
When Does a New Year Start On-orbit?
New Year’s Eve in Space, Slate “Last week a Russian spacecraft ferried three astronauts to the International Space Station to join the two who had been manning it since October. […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Russian Asteroid Mission Needs Better Data
Space head: Russia may send spacecraft to asteroid “Without mentioning NASA findings, Perminov said that he heard from a scientist that Apophis is getting closer and may hit the planet. […]
Posted inEducation
Good Things In Small Packages
CU Students to Build Tiny Spacecraft to Observe ‘Space Weather’ Environment “The University of Colorado at Boulder has been awarded $840,000 from the National Science Foundation for students to build […]
Posted inPersonnel News
Sudden Management Change at IV&V
Keith’s 23 Dec note: IV&V had an unexpected visit from NASA’s Chief of Safety and Mission Assurance Officer Bryan O’Connor today. He relieved Butch Caffall immediately of his duties as […]
Posted inCongress
Sen. Cornyn Was For NASA Before He Was Against It
Cornyn’s fight to cut debt carries political price, Houston Chronicle “When Texas Sen. John Cornyn recently voted against legislation funding NASA, with its thousands of jobs at Houston’s Johnson’s Space […]
Posted inCommercialization
OSTP Launch Vehicle Report Quietly Released
White House science office reports United States rocket propulsion work lagging “According to the report released this week: “Despite the importance of space to government and commercial activities the U.S. […]
Posted inInternet Policies
NASA TV – Time For an Upgrade?
Ground control to NASA TV: liven up, LA Times “The man in charge of Washington, D.C.-based NASA Television, executive producer Fred Brown, acknowledges that the network is light-years from where […]
Posted inExploration
Everest: Beyond The Limit To Air 27 & 30 Dec
Keith’s note: Now in its third season, the Discovery Channelâs Everest: Beyond The Limit is taking a new approach to filming this year and will feature both International Mountain Guides […]
Posted inPersonnel News
S. Neil Hosenball
Neil Hosenball NASA General Counsel, Washington Post “S. Neil Hosenball, 84, the general counsel of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from 1975 until his retirement in 1985, died Dec. […]