Keith’s note: Boeing is continuing its creepy and deceptive social media campaign – one that lures you with an innocent social media ad on Facebook to a website where they […]
2019
Posted inCommercialization
10% Layoff At SpaceX
SpaceX to lay off 10% of its workforce, LA Times “SpaceX will lay off about 10% of its more than 6,000 employees, a person familiar with the matter said Friday.” […]
Posted inShutdown
NASA Contractors Implement Prolonged Shutdown Contingencies
Keith’s note: Below is an internal memo sent to employees of ZIN Technologies, a contractor at NASA GRC. Rumor has it that there will be a complete closure at ZIN […]
Posted inRussia
Did NASA Really Ask Roscosmos To Build A Lunar Soyuz?
"@NASA is requesting Russia’s State Space Corporation @Roscosmos to develop the Soyuz spacecraft version for flights to the Moon, Roscosmos Chief Dmitry @Rogozin said in an interview with Rossiya-24 TV […]
Posted inCommercialization
Building Rocketships In The Desert
Starship test flight rocket just finished assembly at the @SpaceX Texas launch site. This is an actual picture, not a rendering. pic.twitter.com/k1HkueoXaz — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 11, 2019 This […]
Posted inShutdown
Arm Waving And Shouting Shutdown Misinformation Is Not Helpful
Keith’s note: There was a protest rally in Washington today. NASA folks participated. One of the speakers was Barry Epstein, the new head of the union at NASA HQ. A […]
Posted inShutdown
AFL-CIO President Claims That Furlough "Puts ISS At Risk"
AFL-CIO head pushes back against Trump’s claims, MSNBC Go to 7:50 into the segment: “There’s a guy named Steve [last name] he’s a technician at the NASA Space Center. He […]
Posted inPersonnel News
Megan Powers Is Leaving NASA HQ
Keith’s note: Megan Powers, the NASA Press Secretary for Administrator Bridenstine, will be leaving NASA tomorrow for a new opportunity in the private sector. We here at NASAWatch wish her […]
Posted inAstronomy
Hubble Experiences Wide Field Camera 3 Anomaly
Wide Field Camera 3 Anomaly on Hubble Space Telescope “At 17:23 UTC on Jan. 8, the Wide Field Camera 3 on the Hubble Space Telescope suspended operations due to a […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Discovery Mission AO Comment Due Date Will Be Extended
Keith’s note: The original comment due date for NASA DRAFT 2019 Announcement of Opportunity for Planetary Science Division Discovery Program was January 16, 2019. Due to the government shutdown that […]