NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity Had Planetary Protection Slip-Up, Space.com “The issue involves a set of drill bits carried by the Curiosity rover, which launched Nov. 26 to Mars. When project […]
November 2011
Posted inAstronauts
NASA's Inconsistent Policy Regarding The Sale Of Apollo Era Items
Apollo 13 checklist brings $388,375 at Heritage Auctions in Dallas “The Apollo 13 Lunar Module Systems Activation Checklist upon which Commander James Lovell made his handwritten calculations to guide his […]
Posted inCommercialization
MAC IV&V Follow-on contract
NASA Awards Software Services Contract “NASA has selected TASC Inc., of Andover, Mass., to provide software services to the agency’s Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Facility in Fairmont, W.Va. The […]
Posted inEducation
TEDxNASAJSC Women: Another Stealth Event You Will Never See (Update)
TEDxNASAJSC Women “Starting at 9a, Speakers from around the center will talk about inspiring students, innovation, and new scientific discoveries. Astronauts Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger and Cadie Coleman will share their perspectives […]
Posted inUncategorized
NASA Hands Out Hand Sterilizers at an Education Conference.
Keith’s note: This pointless hand sterilizer swag [video] was given out at the NASA Educational Stakeholders Conference. Go figure. Cost? Relevance to space exploration?. You lost me on this. Here’s […]
Posted inNews
Lynn Cline is Retiring From NASA
NASA Internal Memo: Lynn Cline Is Retiring From NASA “Dear Colleagues: When I came to NASA for what was supposed to be a 3-month student internship, I had no idea […]
Posted inCommercialization
Next Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference Abstract Deadline
Next Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference Abstract Deadline is Fast Approaching “Session topics range from planetary science, atmospheric science, microgravity sciences (fundamental biology and physics), earth science, and astro/solar physics applications […]
Posted inNews
Apollo 13's RTGs: Houston, Do We Really Have A Problem?
Will NASA Ever Recover Apollo 13s Plutonium From the Sea?, Txchnologist “I don’t think that anyone has seriously considered that,” said Leonard Dudzinski, a NASA program executive who deals with […]
Posted inShuttle News
Mike Leinbach Is Leaving NASA
NASA Shuttle Launch Director Resigns, WMFE “In an email to colleagues, Leinbach said he is going to work for (quote) “a major aerospace company.” He did not name the company […]
Posted inIT/Web
apps@NASA Now Online
NASA Launches apps@NASA “NASA launched apps@NASA, a website where NASA employees and contractors can download mobile apps that securely access NASA systems. These apps enable our users to perform critical […]