Closeout Inquiry of $39.5 Million Contract Modification Award to Lockheed Martin Space Systems, New Orleans, NASA OIG “The following business and technical factors were considered in NASA’s decision to provide […]
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Shuttle Vs Soyuz OpEds Appear
We think: Congress needs to maintain U.S. access to the international space station, editorial, Orlando Sentinel “Lawmakers have little choice but to hold their noses and grant the waiver, so […]
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Shuttle Extension Update
NASA requests shuttle options, Huntsville Times “It’s not really a formal study, though,” Yembrick said, “but an informal request. As an agency we realize we want to be prepared and […]
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Griffin Contradicts White House: Making Shuttle Extension Plans
EXCLUSIVE: NASA to study extending shuttle era to 2015, Orlando Sentinel “NASA Administrator Michael Griffin has ordered his suborbinates to study how the agency could fly the space shuttle beyond […]
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Save The Shuttle Fever Spreads
State senators backing request to extend space shuttle program “Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, agreed with the letter’s intent and called for a cessation of Russian hostility to its neighbors. He […]
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When the Horse Has Left The Barn
Wayne Hale’s NASA Blog: Shutting Down the Shuttle “Hey, I am the biggest shuttle hugger there is. I think it is the best spacecraft ever built. But I also deal […]
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McCain, Vitter, and Hutchison Want To Consider Shuttle Flights Past 2010
McCain asks Bush to tell NASA not to dismantle shuttle infrastructure, Orlando Sentinel “Sen. John McCain — joined by Republican colleagues Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas and David Vitter of […]
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USA Sues ATK Over "Further Piracy"
United Space Alliance Files Lawsuit Against ATK “United Space Alliance (USA), NASA’s prime Space Shuttle contractor, filed a lawsuit in Brevard County Circuit Court in Florida today against Alliant Techsystems, […]
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NASA Sticks To Shuttle Schedule
NASA opts to leave shuttle launch dates as scheduled, SpaceflightNow “NASA managers today decided to stick with Oct. 8 as the target launch date for shuttle mission STS-125, a long-awaited […]
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Today's Video: Shuttle Launch (?) From Air Canada
Editor’s note: This video of a Space Shuttle launch was taken recently from an Air Canada flight. The video was posted on 24 July 2008. It is not clear when […]