NASA OIG: Review of NASA’s Controls over Public Sales of Space Shuttle Property “We found that NASA had not fully integrated its export control and property disposition processes to reduce […]
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Fatal Injury at Pad 39A (Update)
14 March NASA note: “At about 7:40 a.m. EDT this morning, a United Space Alliance worker fell at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39A. NASA emergency medical personnel responded, […]
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Software and Risk
A Not-So-Simple Truth, Wayne Hale “February is a month for introspection for me, and the events of 8 years ago have been on my mind. In the Columbia accident investigation […]
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Discovery Gets a Special Wake Up Call
NASA STS-133 Report #22 Monday, March 7, 2011 – 2:30 a.m. CST Space shuttle Discovery’s crew started its last day at the International Space Station with a special wake up […]
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Discarding The Shuttle
Discarding Shuttle: The Hidden Cost, Paul Spudis, Air & Space “On February 15, 2011 a symposium entitled “U.S. Human Spaceflight: Continuity and Stability” was held at Rice University’s James A. […]
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HD Video From The Edge of Space
If you can, watch this video in HD (select the 720p option). As the payload slowly rotates you will see Discovery’s vapor trail at the Earth’s limb – twice. The […]
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First Photos: Watching Discovery From Above The Sky
First Photo: Shuttle Discovery’s Trail Into Space As Seen from Over 70,000 Feet in a Balloon “This photo was taken from an an altitude of over 70,000 feet (still being […]
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Discovery Poised to Liftoff – Just One Small Issue
Discovery Poised to Liftoff, SpaceRef “NASA is poised to launch space shuttle Discovery on her last mission this Thursday at 4:50 p.m. EST. It seems with all recent attempts to […]
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JSC Loses Its Grip On Human Spaceflight
NASA chief Bolden makes call on where shuttles will stay, Florida Today “[Bolden] said he planned to formally announce “within the next few weeks, if not days” that KSC will […]
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Will Dayton Get A Space Shuttle? (Update)
$14M to move shuttle to Air Force museum tucked in Obama budget plan, Dayton Daily News “The Obama administration asked Congress for $14 million to transfer the space shuttle Atlantis […]