Orbital explosion probe said to find debris in engine: sources, Reuters “Last October’s explosion of Orbital ATK Inc’s Antares rocket may have been triggered when debris inadvertently left in a […]
2015
Posted inPolicy
Alliance for Space Development: Yawn – Yet Another Space Group
Keith’s note: I just got this from the “Alliance for Space Development – Seminary Road – Alexandria, Va 22311 – USA” today who proclaims: “You’re invited! To an announcement of […]
Posted inISS News
Expedition 42 Spacewalks Postponed by a Day
Updated Dates Announced for Space Station U.S. Spacewalks, NASA “Space station managers decided Thursday to move the first two spacewalks by NASA’s Expedition 42 Commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Flight […]
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Wolf Wrong on China – Johnson-Freese
Testimony from the Hearing on China’s Space and Counterspace Programs, SpaceRef “The Senate U.S. – China Economic and Security Review Commission held a hearing on February 18, 2015 on China’s […]
Posted inCulture
Space Advocates Work Together By Not Working Together
Space Groups Planning New and Revived Advocacy Activities, Space News “In a speech at the SpaceVision 2014 conference in November in Durham, North Carolina, Tumlinson indicated that participants in the […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Getting Closer to Ceres
Dawn Captures Sharper Images of Ceres “Craters and mysterious bright spots are beginning to pop out in the latest images of Ceres from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft. These images, taken Feb. […]
Posted inPolicy
Move Along. This Is Not The Space Policy You're Looking For.
Keith’s note: We’re only a few days away from the “Pioneering Space National Summit” here in Washington DC – an event only a hundred or so space people will attend. […]
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Hearing: Problems With U.S. Weather Satellites
Hearing: Weather Satellite Delays, Data Gap to Harm U.S. Forecasting (with testimony links) “Today, the Subcommittees on Oversight and Environment held a joint hearing to examine schedule delays to our […]
Posted inEarth Science
DSCOVR/Triana/GoreSat Launched
DSCOVR Launched (with video) “The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory spacecraft, or DSCOVR, lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force […]
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NASA Authorization Act of 2015 Passes in the House
House Passes Bipartisan NASA Bill, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology “The NASA Authorization Act of 2015 authorizes funding consistent with the Consolidated and Further Appropriations Act of 2015. […]