Keith’s note: I wanted to take a moment of your time to talk about my friend Kathleen Connell. She is under hospice care right now. Her wife Jaye is with […]
Keith Cowing
Biologist, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Biologist and Payload integrator, Editor of NASAWatch.com and Astrobiology.com, Lapsed climber, Explorer, Synaesthete, Former Challenger Center board member 🖖🏻
Posted inArtemis, Astronauts, Moon, News
Artemis III Crew Announced
Keith’s note: NASA announced the Artemis III crew today. Their two week mission in 2027 involves testing of the SpaceX and Blue Origin lunar landers. Whether or not either lander […]
Posted inAstrobiology, Astronomy, Earth Science, News, Space & Planetary Science, Space Life Science
Planetary Science Analysis and Assessment Group Support
Keith’s note: Earlier this year it was announced that NASA’s Planetary Science Division to cease financial support for planetary science Analysis/Assessment Groups (AGs), effective the end of April 2026. The […]
Posted inISS News, News, Russia, Safety
ISS Leak Update
Keith’s note: NASA PAO has provided this update on the ISS Leak situation: “The Zvezda service module’s transfer tunnel, known as the PrK, on the International Space Station has experienced […]
Posted inAstrobiology, Culture, News, Policy, Space Life Science
Updated Protocols For The Detection of Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Keith’s note: According to this SETI Institute discussion of the Updated Rules for Evaluating and Revealing the Detection of Extraterrestrial Intelligence “The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) has ratified updated […]
Posted inISS News, News, Safety
ISS Leak Forces Temporary Safe Haven Procedures
Keith’s note: According to NASA PAO “Roscosmos has paused Friday’s structural repair efforts inside the Zvezda service module transfer tunnel, known as PrK, as more measurements and data is assessed. […]
Posted inPersonnel News
Second Insourcing Wave Starts At JSC
Keith’s note: the second contractor insourcing wave at NASA has started at JSC. MCC staff contractors were recently insourced. Now many more JSC contractors are going to be converted in […]
Posted inPersonnel News
Schedule F Has Arrived
Keith’s note: a modified version of the long-feared ‘Schedule F’ has arrived albeit in a somewhat truncated form. Thousands of career civil service positions are now political positions subject to […]
Posted inCommercialization, ISS News, News
NASA Rethinks Commercial LEO Plans
Keith’s note: During the “Ignition“ event in March NASA said it would launch a new government-owned anchor or core module to the ISS and then have it remain as the […]
Posted inHistory, News, TrumpSpace
Freedom 250 vs America 250 At NASA
Keith’s note: NASA HQ now has a new public visitor facility with some cool stuff. On the front windows of HQ are some big banners – one mentions some sort […]