Keith’s note: according to a NASA PAO tweet around 1:00 pm EST: “Today, a mechanical issue with one of NASA’s WB-57s resulted in a gear-up landing at Ellington Field. Response […]
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An Amazing Interview About The Little Mars Helicopter That Could
Keith’s note: You’ll never hear about this from NASA – but WBUR’s “OnPoint” program just covered the amazing saga of the Mars Ingenuity helicopter [Listen here]. I’ve listened to lots […]
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Traffic Problems In The Air And In Space
Keith’s note: In case you have not noticed – the “other” A’ in NASA was in the news this morning – Aeronautics – specifically FAA’s NOTAM system which broke. Every […]
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X-51A Scramjet Flight Successful
Boeing X-51A WaveRider Sets Record with Successful 4th Flight “A Boeing X-51A WaveRider unmanned hypersonic vehicle achieved the longest air-breathing, scramjet-powered hypersonic flight in history May 1, flying for three […]
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Bolden's Plan To Excess Moffett Federal Airfield Fails – Again
Congresswoman Eshoo Announces Plan for Hangar One and Moffett Federal Airfield “Following a meeting with Congresswoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-Palo Alto), GSA, NASA, and the White House at the Capitol […]
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NASA Pilots Like Fresh Coffee
NASA DFRC Soliciation: Aircraft Coffee Brewer “NASA/DFRC has a requirement for qty 1, Aircraft Coffee Brewer, P/N 400-1794-02, model 1603-AC3P-F, Pour Over, Bottled Water, Fixed Mount, 115VAC 3Ph 300-700Hz, 1000 […]
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NASA Delays Low-Flying Plane Flights
NASA Flights Seek To Improve View Of Air Pollution From Space “Initial test flights are planned for the week of June 27, with up to 14 science flights starting as […]
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Flying Air NASA
Conflict of interest? Congresswoman staunchly backs Constellation — and is wed to astronaut, Orlando Sentinel “On Memorial Day weekend in 2007, Kelly flew to Indiana to watch the Indy 500 […]
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OIG NASA One Investigation Results
Ex-NASA chief was flying high on tax dollars, report says, Orlando Sentinel “Former NASA chief Sean O’Keefe wasted about $1,800 of taxpayer money using NASA planes to fly to Syracuse, […]
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House Continues To Push Griffin on Air Safety Data
House Committee on Science and TechnologyMembers Urge NASA to Speed Release of Air Safety Survey Data“Committee Members called NASA’s refusal “troubling” and “unconvincing.” Administrator Griffin announced at the October 31 […]