Message From the Associate NASA Administrator: Coronavirus Update “As the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation continues to evolve, I am updating you on behalf of the NASA leadership team regarding actions we […]
2020
Posted inApollo
Chuck Berry, M.D.
Charles Berry, an early NASA physician, dies at 96, Huston Chronicle “Dr. Charles “Chuck” A. Berry, a NASA physician who helped select the country’s first astronauts and devised tests to […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Mars 2020 is Now "Perseverance"
Virginia Middle School Student Names NASA’s Next Mars Rover “NASA’s next Mars rover has a new name — Perseverance. The name was announced Thursday by Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of […]
Posted inNews
Meanwhile In Other NASA Personnel News
Man charged in Springfield killing is NASA executive, former police officer who fatally shot two others, Washington Post “A Springfield man charged with shooting and killing a neighbor Tuesday is […]
Posted inAstronomy
WFIRST: White House Cuts, Congress Restores, NASA Forges Ahead
NASA Approves Development of Universe-Studying, Planet-Finding Mission “The FY2020 Consolidated Appropriations Act funds the WFIRST program through September 2020. The FY2021 budget request proposes to terminate funding for the WFIRST […]
Posted inSLS and Orion
SLS Has Yet Another New Launch Date
Jurczyk: Artemis I to Launch in Mid-Late 2021, HLS Contracts Within Weeks, Space Policy Online “NASA Associate Administrator Steve Jurczyk said on Friday that the first launch of the Space […]
Posted inSecurity
NASA Drone Memo: Warnings, Spinoffs, And Political Talking Points
Keith’s note: On 21 February 2020 a memo titled “Unauthorized Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Flights Over NASA Centers/Facilities”, written by Joseph S. Mahaley, Assistant Administrator, Office of Protective Services, was […]
Posted inCommercialization
Boeing's Starliner Transparency Is Still Cloudy
NASA, Boeing to Provide Outcome of Starliner Orbital Flight Test Reviews “NASA and Boeing will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EST Friday, March 6, to discuss the outcome […]
Posted inArtemis
Artemis Is Getting A Major Reboot
NASA planning document may offer clues to changes in Artemis program, Ars Technica “For this assessment, about 60 people at the agency and from industry sought to determine the status […]
Posted inCommercialization
Boeing Dropped The Ball Again – And NASA Let Them
Boeing didn’t perform full end-to-end test of its astronaut capsule before troubled mission, ‘surprising’ NASA safety panel, Orlando Sentinel “Boeing and NASA officials are expected to release the results of […]