Remarks by Vice President Pence at the Fifth Meeting of the National Space Council Huntsville, AL “Well, thank you all. To Governor Ivey, Secretary Ross, Secretary Chao, Secretary Wilson; to NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine; to all the members of the National Space Council and the Users’ Advisory Group; to Dr. Deborah Barnhart and the great team here at the Space and Rocket Center; honored guests; and especially to all the […]

NASA Administrator Statement on Return to Moon in Next Five Years “Among the many topics discussed during our meeting at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, was to accelerate our return to the Moon: – NASA is charged to get American astronauts to the Moon in the next five years. – We are tasked with landing on the Moon’s South Pole by 2024. – Stay on schedule […]

"At direction the President it is the stated policy to return Americans to the Moon within the next 5 years" @VP — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) March 26, 2019 Well @VP just laid the law down to @BoeingSpace @NASA_SLS @NASA_Orion and @XploreDeepSpace – if the current contractors can't meet NASA's goals they will find companies that can meet that deadline. — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) March 26, 2019 "We must accelerate and […]

The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration’s Comments on March 26 National Space “Though we support the focus of this White House on deep space exploration and the sense of urgency instilled by aggressive timelines and goals, we also are cognizant of the resources that will be required to meet these objectives. Bold plans must be matched by bold resources made available in a consistent manner in order to assure successful […]

NASA Updates Spacewalk Assignments, Announces Final Preview Briefing “Koch had been scheduled to conduct this spacewalk with astronaut McClain, in what would have been the first all-female spacewalk. However, after consulting with McClain and Hague following the first spacewalk, mission managers decided to adjust the assignments, due in part to spacesuit availability on the station. McClain learned during her first spacewalk that a medium-size hard upper torso – essentially the […]

NASA Television to Broadcast Fifth Meeting of the National Space Council “NASA Television and the agency’s website will provide live coverage of the fifth meeting of the National Space Council starting at 1 p.m. EDT Tuesday, March 26. The meeting will focus on the Trump Administration’s Moon, Mars and beyond plans, and be held at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.”

Roscosmos vows to keep ISS on orbit if NASA withdraws from the project, TASS “The Roscosmos state corporation will preserve the International Space Station (ISS) on the orbit even if the American side withdraws from the project, Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin told journalists. “This is Roscosmos’ proposal. We believe that we can keep the station in case the Americans decide to withdraw from this project, through other countries and […]

Listening to @NASA community feedback It would seem that there are almost as many people at NASA who are worried about promising a 2020 launch date for EM-1 on @NASA_SLS as there are people who are against a commercial EM-1 option because of what it means for the future of SLS. pic.twitter.com/EQAglfCc1s — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) March 25, 2019

NASA Marshall, University of Alabama in Huntsville to host NASA in the South Symposium March 28-29; Media Invited “Presenters will include Douglas Brinkley, author of “American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race,” James Hansen, author of “First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong,” and Roger Launius, author of “Apollo’s Legacy: Perspectives on the Moon Landings.” Diane McWhorter, author of “Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama; The Climactic […]

Inspiring appearance at #AIPAC2019 by @TeamSpaceIL co-founders Morris Kahn & Yonatan Weintraub, together with @NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, to talk about the #Beresheet lunar lander, which is scheduled to land on the moon in approximately two weeks. pic.twitter.com/3H9UsW9lFH — Chaim Haas (@chaimhaas) March 25, 2019