Launching Virginia’s space industry, Roanoke Times “With the Orion space capsule and the Space Launch System the latest federal space launch system already set for the Kennedy Space Center, Space […]
2011
Posted inVideos
Video: J-2X Engine Test
Video: NASA’s New Upper Stage J-2X Engine Passes Major Test “NASA conducted a successful 500-second test firing of the J-2X rocket engine on Wednesday, Nov. 9, marking another important step […]
Posted inIT/Web
DOJ and NASA OIG Press Event on Internet Fraud Scheme
United States Attorney Southern District of New York Press Event with NASA Inspector General “A press conference will be held today to announce charges against seven individuals who engaged in […]
Posted inNews
Live Webchat with the President and a NASA Employee
Crofton man finalist for White House award, Baltimore Sun “A Crofton man who works for NASA is one of four finalists for a White House award that recognizes federal employees […]
Posted inBudget
Rep. Wolf Is Going After OSTP's Budget
AAAS Letter Expresses “Grave Concerns” for OSTP Budget “In a letter dated 8 November 2011, AAAS CEO Alan I. Leshner, executive publisher of Science, expressed “grave concerns regarding the prospect […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Phobos-Grunt Mission Threatened
Russia’s Mars Mission May Be In Trouble, Discovery News “We had a difficult night,” Russian space agency head Vladimir Popovkin told the Russian news agency RIA Novosti, RussianSpaceWeb.com reports. “We […]
Posted inCommercialization
New NASA Chief Technologist Appointed
NASA Administrator Names Peck Agency’s Chief Technologist “NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named Cornell University Professor Mason Peck to be the agency’s chief technologist, effective in January. Peck will serve […]
Posted inAstronauts
Former Astronauts Make A Case For Commercial Crew
Group Letter From Former Astronauts To Congress Regarding NASA’s Commercial Crew Program “We understand there are many programs competing for limited NASA funding; however, Commercial Crew funding must be kept […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
AURA's Ongoing Twitter Lobbying Campaign for JWST Funding
NASA Acknowledges James Webb Telescope Costs Will Delay Other Science Missions, Space News “In the report, NASA also acknowledged for the first time that building and operating the long-delayed flagship […]
Posted inCommercialization
Letter: Support Urged for Commercial Crew Program
Group Letter To Congress and the Obama Administration Regarding NASA’s Commercial Crew Program “We, the undersigned space leaders, are strong supporters of human spaceflight. Among us are former NASA astronauts, […]