Prepared Statement by NASA Administrator Michael Griffin Before the House Appropriations Committee“The effect of the FY 2007 appropriation is to impose a six-month delay in our ability to bring online […]
SLS and Orion
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Orion Passes Another Milestone
NASA Completes Key Review of Orion Spacecraft“NASA has established a requirements baseline for the Orion crew exploration vehicle, bringing America’s next human spacecraft a step closer to construction. The Orion […]
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Building Orion
Shooting For Mars, Government Executive“GAO wanted NASA to rethink its decision to award the second part of the contract for Orion in September 2006. The contract was scheduled to continue […]
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Ares I Clamp Down on Controlling Release of Sensitive Information
Editor’s note: Looks like MSFC is finally clamping down on its ITAR/SBU security system – from a recent internal memo by Steve Cook: “8.DATA PROTECTION ACTIVITIES: The Integration Office is […]
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Ares 1 Parachute Test Fails
Editor’s note: Word has it that Parachute Drop #3 for the Ares 1 first stage recovery system has failed. The Drop Test Vehicle that was used reportedly smashed into the […]
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Clearing the Air on Ares and Orion
NASA Seeks To Set the Record Straight on Ares 1 and Orion, SpaceRef“Last week, NASA’s Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD), Scott Horowitz, sat down with reporters to […]
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ESMD Briefing on Ares 1 and Orion
Editor’s note: ESMD AA Scott Horowitz held a media briefing at NASA HQ today to discuss the Ares 1 and Orion projects.Topics covered included Ares 1 performance, weight margins, Orion […]
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Ares I Upper Stage Update
Ares I Upper Stage Production Presolicitation Conference Charts are online here.
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Non-VSE Budgets In The Cross Hairs – Once Again
Griffin Says NASA Will Protect CEV, Station Against Flat-Budget Squeeze, Aviation Now“We will find what we believe are the lowest priority half-billion dollars in content, and we’ll extract it, across […]
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Griffin: NASA Is Not Looking at Ares I Alternatives
Editor’s note: This morning, at a breakfast sponsored by the Space Transportation Association, I asked Mike Griffin if NASA was working on any designs or plans for an alternate way […]