On Monday, Dec. 5, Orion made its closest approach to the Moon, flying 79.2 miles above the lunar surface and performed the return powered flyby burn at 10:43 a.m. CST. […]
2022
Posted inPersonnel News
New Center Directors At Goddard and Edwards
Keith’s note: According to NASA “NASA Administrator “Bill Nelson has named Bradley Flick director of the agencyâs Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, effective immediately. The administrator also has […]
Posted inCommercialization, Culture, News
Why Are Navy Football Players Wearing NASA Logos? (UPDATE)
Keith’s note: Why are Navy football players wearing NASA (not Space Force) logos – on their uniforms? I’d ask NASA PAO but they really don’t respond to media inquires. See […]
Posted inBiden Space, News
The High Level Diplomatic Event At NASA That NASA Is Ignoring
Keith’s note: here is a read out/ comment transcript of the NASA HQ visit by the Vice President of the U.S. and the President of France. After 5 hours there […]
Posted inBiden Space, News
Stealth NASA Event With VP Harris and President Macron
Keith’s note: According to a tweet by Marcia Smith (who is always 200% correct): “The meeting tomorrow at NASA between VP Harris and French President Macron is at 10:10 am […]
Posted inCommercialization, ISS News, News
OSTP RFI Seeks Input On ISS R&D During And Beyond ISS Transition
“SUMMARY: The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) requests input to help inform the development of a National Strategy for Microgravity Research and Development (R&D) to ensure […]
Posted inCommercialization, News
Commercial Space Job Opening at FAA
Keith’s note: The FAA Commercial Space folks asked us to pass along this job opening for Deputy FAA Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation. Details here.
Posted inChina, News
NASAWatch On TV Again
Keith’s note: I just appeared on the CGTN program “The Heat” with Prof. James Head, Yansong Xu, and R Ray Wang. to talk about the year in space for China […]
Posted inNews, Web Site News
New NASA Watch Commenting System
As we continue to upgrade NASA Watch we’ve removed the Disqus commenting system. In its place we’re using the native Wordpress commenting system. Here’s how you can login with your […]
Posted inArtemis, Exploration, News
NASAWatch Is On TV Again
Keith’s note: I am doing interviews about the Artemis Orion lunar flyby today on Deutsche Welle at 3:25 pm EST today followed by BBC World News around 6:30 pm EST. […]