Keith’s note: CASIS (The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization chosen by NASA in 2011 to manage the portion of the International Space […]
2015
Posted inBudget
Potentially Good Budget News For NASA
Budget Deal To Ease Sequester, Boost Discretionary Spending For Two Years, AIP “Congress approved a major bipartisan budget agreement, negotiated with the White House, that increases discretionary spending by $80 […]
Posted inIT/Web
Guilty Plea in LaRC Computer Security Case
Former NASA Langley employee pleads guilty in federal case, Daily Press “A former NASA Langley Research Center employee pleaded guilty this week to violating a NASA regulation by allowing a […]
Posted inCommercialization
Orb-3 Failure Report Released
NASA Review of Orbital ATK Accident Released, NASA “The team determined the proximate cause of the Antares launch vehicle failure was an explosion within the AJ-26 rocket engine and identified […]
Posted inExploration
Doubts About Crew Health on NASA's #JourneyToMars
NASA’s Efforts to Manage Health and Human Performance Risks for Space Exploration, NASA OIG “Although NASA continues to improve its process for identifying and managing health and human performance risks […]
Posted inExploration
Tweeting From Space – In 1968
The First (Analog) Tweet From Space – In 1968 “On October 14, 1968, the Apollo 7 crew became the first to broadcast live from space. Count the characters in their […]
Posted inCommercialization
Congress Makes Progress on Commercial Space
House and Senate Reach Agreement on Commercial Space Legislation, SpacePolicyOnline “House and Senate negotiators have reached agreement on a compromise version of commercial space legislation that passed the House and […]
Posted inExploration
Talking About Asteroids on SLOOH
NASA: Two SLS Launches Likely Needed For $3 billion+ ARM, earlier post “At today’s Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) telecon, I asked Lindley Johnson via Webex “Can you show the […]
Posted inPersonnel News
Charles Elachi Retiring As JPL Director
Charles Elachi to retire as JPL Director, NASA “Charles Elachi, the director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory since 2001, announced today he is retiring at the end of June 2016. […]
Posted inCongress
SLS/Orion Gets a Lobbying Organization in Washington (Update)
Coalition for Space Exploration takes steps to ensure broad support for deep-space exploration “The Coalition for Space Exploration, an ad-hoc organization of space industry businesses and advocacy groups, today announced […]