American Resupply Missions to the Space Station Progressing “Orbital Sciences Corporation Monday rolled the first stage of its Antares rocket to the launch pad of the nation’s newest spaceport – […]
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Posted inSLS and Orion
More SLS Contracts Announced
NASA Awards Space Launch System Advanced Booster Contracts “NASA has awarded three contracts totaling $137.3 million to improve the affordability, reliability and performance of an advanced booster for the Space […]
Posted inExploration
More on L2 Gateways
Gateway L-2 Mission: Opening Cislunar Space or Dead End?, Paul Spudis “A recent report by the NASA human architecture team has given us a glimpse of the agency’s thinking about […]
Posted inNews
NASA Watch Service Disruption
Marc’s note: As some of you have noticed NASA Watch was offline for nearly a day. This was the result of a Denial of Service attack that was directed specifically […]
Posted inShuttle News
More USA Layoffs on the Space Coast
United Space Alliance laying off 121 Floridians, 13News “United Space Alliance says they are laying off over 150 employees across the country — the majority being here along the Space […]
Posted inAstronauts
NASA OIG/OGC Won't Be Hassling Elderly Astronauts Anymore
Law says Apollo astronauts can keep, sell artifacts “President Barack Obama ended a months-long fight over NASA relics this week when he signed into law a bill that confers full […]
Posted inCommercialization
OIG on Cost, Schedule, and Performance Goals
Final Report: NASA’s Challenges to Meeting Cost, Schedule, and Performance Goals, NASA OIG “Cost increases and schedule delays on NASA’s projects are long-standing issues for the Agency. A 2004 Congressional […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Streambed Discovered on Mars
Remnants of Ancient Streambed Discovered on Mars “NASA’s Curiosity rover mission has found evidence a stream once ran vigorously across the area on Mars where the rover is driving. There […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Bolden Tries To Save Face on ExoMars
U.S., Europe Won’t Go It Alone in Mars Exploration, Space News “Let me say this clearly, because we hear all the time that NASA has ‘abandoned’ ExoMars,” Bolden said. “We […]
Posted inCommercialization
Adapting Medical Products For Use In Space
SMARTCAP: Funding medical products for use on Earth and in space “Do you know of a small company developing a medical product that could be adapted to solve a health […]