Keith’s note: CASIS, sometimes also known as the ISS National Laboratory (depending who you talk to), held a board meeting today in Washington, DC. In a nutshell, while they have […]
2019
Posted inPersonnel News
Chris Scolese Tapped To Head NRO
Christopher Scolese Nominated to be the Director of the National Reconnaissance Office “Mr. Scolese currently serves as the Director of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Previously, he served as the […]
Posted inApollo
Vice President Pence Stops By NASA Event At Arlington
Keith’s note: Vice President Pence made a surprise visit to Arlington National Cemetery today as part of the NASA Remembrance Activities. Those of us in attendance only found out he […]
Posted inAstronauts
Remembrance
NASA Pays Tribute to Fallen Heroes “NASA will honor members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery, including the crews of […]
Posted inEarth Science
Earth Continues To Warm
2018 Was The Fourth Warmest Year In A Continued Warming Trend “Earth’s global surface temperatures in 2018 were the fourth warmest since 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and […]
Posted inCommercialization
Commercial Crew Dates Slip Yet Again
NASA, SpaceX, and Being Update Commercial Crew Launch Dates “Test Flight Planning Dates: SpaceX Demo-1 (uncrewed): March 2, 2019 Boeing Orbital Flight Test (uncrewed): NET April 2019 Boeing Pad Abort […]
Posted inApollo
Apollo 11 Mentioned In State Of The Union Speech
“In 2019 we also celebrate 50 years since brave young pilots flew one quarter of one million miles through space to plant an American flag on the face of the […]
Posted inChina
A Reminder From China About Space Station Lifespans
China, US need to build trust in space, Global Times “After Chang’e-4 lunar probe successfully landed on the far side of the Moon, there has been considerable discussion among the […]
Posted inCommercialization
CASIS Is Changing Its Name But It Missed A Few Things (update)
Keith’s update: A short time after I posted this someone bought this domain. It does not seem to have been purchased by CASIS. Oops. Keith’s 11:03 am ET note: CASIS […]
Posted inCulture
Pepsi Tweets A Stretching Astronaut For Some Reason
Gotta stay loose #PepsiMoreThanOK pic.twitter.com/5YmjjYQv9i — Pepsi⢠(@pepsi) February 3, 2019