NASA Proposes Orion Spacecraft Test Flight In 2014 “This Exploration Flight Test, or EFT-1, will fly two orbits to a high-apogee, with a high-energy re-entry through Earth’s atmosphere. Orion will […]
2011
Posted inCommercialization
NASA Point of "Contact" – Please Don't Call Me
NASA Space Technology Research Fellowships – Fall 2012 Fellowship Grant “Point of Contact Name: Claudia M Meyer Title: NASA Space Technology Research Grants Program Exec Phone: 000-000-0000 Fax: 000-000-0000 Email: […]
Posted inShuttle News
New York's Deceptive Shuttle Bid
Museum Seeks State Money for Space Shuttle’s Home, NY Times “Officials of the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in Manhattan have taken their pitch for government support of the […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
New Radar Image of Asteroid YU55
New Radar Image: Asteroid 2005 YU55 Approaches Close Earth Flyby “This radar image of asteroid 2005 YU55 was obtained on Nov. 7, 2011, at 11:45 a.m. PST (2:45 p.m. EST/1945 […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Unprecedented View of the Sun
The Highest Resolution Image of the Sun’s Surface Ever Obtained in Visible Light “The 1.6-meter aperture New Solar Telescope (NST) at Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO), has captured the highest […]
Posted inPersonnel News
Jack Townsend
Former Goddard Center Director John Townsend Dead at 87 “John W. “Jack” Townsend, Jr., a space pioneer who was among the first employees of the newly formed Goddard Space Flight […]
Posted inBudget
NASA Budget: What to Cut, What To Save?
Budget pressures squeeze the dreams of Mars explorers, Washington Post “At a White House meeting during the last week of October, administration officials “were clearly not very keen on signing […]
Posted inNews
What Would Wernher Do? What DID He Do?
Standards, Wayne Hale “Much of the time NASA appears to be a loose confederation of 10 quasi independent fiefdoms, each pretty much in charge of their own business. People often […]
Posted inElection 2012
Obama and NASA This Week
White House Photo of the Day, 3 Nov 2011 “Janet Kavandi, Director of Flight Crew Operations at Johnson Space Center, presents President Obama with a jacket during a drop by […]
Posted inAstrobiology
White House: No E.T. – Yet
White House Responds to Petition: Searching for ET, But No Evidence Yet, OSTP “Thank you for signing the petition asking the Obama Administration to acknowledge an extraterrestrial presence here on […]