NASA Supplemental Information: Competitive Acquisition of Cooperative Agreement for ISS National Laboratory Management Entity “The information provided below supplements prior postings at the official procurement web site in specific areas […]
2010
Posted inCongress
Congress Still Funds a Cancelled Rocket
NASA spending $500 million for canceled rocket, Orlando Sentinel “Thanks to congressional inaction, NASA must continue to fund its defunct Ares I rocket program until March — a requirement that […]
Posted inShuttle News
NASA Presses Ahead With STS-135 Preparations Despite Budget Uncertainty
NASA Internal Memo: Maintaining Capability to Conduct the STS-135 Mission “… I ask that you continue planning and preparations efforts to execute this mission in late June 2011 as currently […]
Posted inCommercialization
GSLV F06 Failure: First Report (with video)
ISRO: GSLV F06 Failure: Preliminary Findings and Further Steps “The finding of the Preliminary Failure Analysis Team is that the primary cause of the failure is the untimely and inadvertent […]
Posted inCommercialization
Heads Roll After GLONASS Launch Failure (Update)
Russian space officials fired over satellite crash, Reuters “The GLONASS satellites, intended for Russia’s rival to the American GPS system, a project dear to the Kremlin, were lost because the […]
Posted inCommercialization
What Would Elon Do?
Can NASA change in order to survive?, Orlando Sentinel via LA Times. “In the world of government spaceflight, that’s almost a rounding error. And the ability of SpaceX to do […]
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Bullying People Over Public Domain NASA Photos
Photo source: AS11-40-5903 (20 July 1969), NASA Astronaut Buzz Aldrin sues Topps for using his likeness in trading cards, LA Times “Buzz Aldrin was the second person to set foot […]
Posted inCommercialization
Galaxy 15 Under Control Again
Galaxy 15 Status Update: Power, Communications, and Control Restored “On 23 December, the power from the Galaxy 15 battery completely drained during its loss of earth lock and the Baseband […]
Posted inEarth Science
Photo: Monster Blizzard As Seen From Orbit
Photo: GOES-13 Satellite Captures Blizzard Leaving New England “Snows are finally winding down in New England today, Dec. 27, as a powerful low pressure system brought blizzard conditions from northern […]
Posted inCommercialization
A New "Branch" of NASA in Colorado? (Updated)
NASA looking into Loveland, Coloradan.com “Representatives from NASA were in Loveland on Wednesday, touring the old Hewlett-Packard/Agilent campus, where they are considering developing a technology park that could house 60 […]