“The agency will honor members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery, including the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles […]
2023
Posted inChina, Commercialization, News
NASAWatch on CGTN: Global Space Commerce 2023
Keith’s note: On 25 January 2023 I appeared on CGTN to talk about the year ahead in commercial space both in China and globally. Audio
Posted inArtemis, News
NASA Punts Over SLS With A Nuclear Rocket Solution For The Journey To Mars
Keith’s note: NASA announced a new Mars nuclear rocket ship thing today. Note that neither the symbol “$” or the abbreviation “FY” appear anywhere. Apparently this has to do with […]
Posted inCongress, News
Rep. George Santos Will Be Watching Over NASA
Keith’s note: Not a joke: Rep. George Santos R-NY has been named to the House Science, Space and Technology Committee. Hooray for NASA- a former astronaut – and Nobel prize […]
Posted inArtemis, News
OIG: NASA Needs To Open Up its Artemis Program Much Further
Keith’s note: According to the OIG: “Except for the Gateway Program, the Artemis campaign does not have comprehensive forumsâboards, panels, and working groupsâ for its international partners to routinely discuss […]
Posted inAstrobiology, Astronomy, News, Space & Planetary Science
Apples, Oranges, And Exoplanets
Keith’s note: I was on Al Jazeera Arabic TV tonight talking about recent exoplanet discoveries, life in the universe, etc. Since I was speaking through an interpreter (I used to […]
Posted inISS News, News, Russia
Soyuz TV Updates By NASAWatch
Keith’s note: Yesterday NASA and Roscosmos announced their plan to send up an un-crewed Soyuz MS-23 on 20 February to the ISS to replace the damaged Soyuz MS-22 currently in […]
Posted inArtemis, Commercialization, News
The Most Powerful Rocket – Ever
Keith’s note: This is not a CGI image. It is an actual SpaceX aerial photo of a Starship and its booster on the launch pad. In a month or so […]
Posted inNews, Space & Planetary Science
NASAWatch on DW: The Year Ahead In Space
Keith’s note: there’s lots of cool space stuff ahead in 2023. Webb announced its first planet discovery today – an Earth-sized planet that is probably not very Earth-like. Starship may […]