India’s Launch of GSAT-5P Telecommunications Satellite Fails, SpaceRef “ISRO, the Indian Space Research Organization, saw its GSLV Mark 1 rocket begin to disintegrate about a minute after launch today. It […]
2010
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Movies From Mars
Movies: A Martian Sunset and a Solar Transit by Phobos “A new Mars movie clip gives us a rover’s-eye view of a bluish Martian sunset, while another clip shows the […]
Posted inISS News
Internal ESA Food Fight Stalls ISS Extension Approval
ESA Unable To Secure Commitment to Station Extension, Space News “The European Space Agency (ESA) was unable to win its member governments’ approval of NASA’s proposed five-year extension of operations […]
Posted inAstronomy
Kepler Spacecraft Enters Safe Mode
Kepler Goes Into Safe Mode “On Dec. 22, 2010, Kepler experienced a safe mode event. A safe mode is a self-protective measure that the spacecraft takes when something unexpected occurs. […]
Posted inAstrobiology
Arsenic, Astrobiology, NASA, and the Media
Exclusive Interview: Discoverer of Arsenic Bacteria, in the Eye of the Storm, Science Now “Q: So, NASA approached you about doing a press conference, and you thought that was a […]
Posted inCommercialization
NASA Spinoff 2010 Released
NASA Spinoff Reveals Benefits of Space Technology in Our Daily Lives “Curious how a device designed to produce fuel and oxygen on Mars transformed into a source of clean energy […]
Posted inExploration
NASA's Chronic Inability To Explain Why It Does Things
Can we afford to return to the Moon?, Paul Spudis “One of the biggest problems with NASA’s implementation of the VSE was that they never understood why we were going […]
Posted inISS News
More USA Layoffs Ahead
Keith’s note: Word has it that the next round of layoffs at USA are coming on 7 January 2011. This will be a smaller personnel layoff than the subsequent 3 […]
Posted inBudget
Senate CR Proposal Is Not Good News For NASA (Update)
Senate Appropriations Committee: Summary of Continuing Resolution through March 4, 2011 “Under the CR, funding would continue at FY 2010 enacted levels for most programs.” Senate Nears Deal on Funding […]
Posted inCommercialization
Suborbital Proposals Sought
NASA Seeks Proposals For Technology Flight Demonstrations And Information About Suborbital Flight Services “NASA is seeking proposals from researchers interested in testing new technologies during suborbital flights. The agency also […]