NASA Michoud Hurricane Ida Status Report Aug. 31, 2021 4:30 p.m. (with images) “Assessments continue at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility following Hurricane Ida. Damage to the roofs of several buildings have been confirmed and includes loose panels, panels removed during the storm, debris and water damage. Michoud remains on limited generator power for essential areas. Due to no power in the factory, assessments inside have been limited and by flashlight […]
Unfortunately @NASA PAO is now holding "virtual briefings" where news media can no longer ask the briefers questions directly. Instead reporters have to email their questions in. This allows #NASA to filter the questions before they are asked – should they so desire #transparency https://t.co/iI00WAH2KO — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) August 31, 2021 While #NASA PAO has started to not allow news media to directly ask #NASA briefers questions at media […]
A "media briefing" without the media being able to ask questions is not a media briefing. https://t.co/q0TAH1VCaK (I emailed asking @nasa for phone-in number. Told "It's not available.") — Irene Klotz (@Free_Space) August 30, 2021
NASA Posts Agencywide Media Accreditation Policy, NASA “NASA has issued a formal policy that standardizes the criteria and process for media accreditation to cover events and activities at all agency locations. As written into the agency’s mission with the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, NASA is charged to “…provide for the widest practicable and appropriate dissemination of information concerning its activities and the results thereof.” As a publicly […]
LAUNCH ALERT ? We're launching another sounding rocket tomorrow at 8 am ET carrying 40 student experiments. For those in the Delmarva region, weather permitting, you could catch a glimpse of the Terrier Improved Orion in the sky. ? Tune in tomorrow: https://t.co/KjQlf85AZM pic.twitter.com/9YWN3dPZJy — NASA Wallops (@NASA_Wallops) June 23, 2021 Keith’s note: This tweet was posted around 1:00 pm EDT on 23 June. The launch is scheduled for the […]
Lockheed Martin, General Motors Team-up to Develop Next-Generation Lunar Rover for NASA Artemis Astronauts to Explore the Moon, Lockheed Martin Corporation “Lockheed Martin and General Motors Co. are teaming up to develop the next generation of lunar vehicles to transport astronauts on the surface of the Moon, fundamentally evolving and expanding humanity’s deep-space exploration footprint.” “NASA’s Artemis program is sending humans back to the Moon where they will explore and […]
Oddly @pinballme @NASA has made no mention whatsoever of the Wallops launch since Monday. Much of the account's 46 million followers can see it when it does launch. You even released a map that says so. Not everyone in Indiana and Maine knows to follow @NASA_Wallops Just sayin' pic.twitter.com/vkA3yeyA8c — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) May 12, 2021 LAUNCH SCRUBBED ? Tonight's launch of the KiNET-X sounding rocket has been scrubbed due […]
EmDrive, a Supposed Fuel-less Engine, Is Knocked Down Again, Gizmodo “Five years ago, NASA researchers experimented with an object called the EmDrive (or electromagnetic drive), a Y-shaped metal chamber in which, they reported, thrust could be produced without propellant. Such a contraption would refute core principles of physics as we know them and eliminate a huge barrier to deep space travel by nullifying the need to carry fuel. … If […]
How It Started | How It’s Going Keith’s note: NASAWatch turns 25 on 1 Apr 2021. It started as “NASA RIFWatch” on 1 Apr 1996 with this post “RIF at NASA In Summer 1997?“. The website was first hosted on a Mac Classic II on a 128 kbps ISDN line in my old little condo in Reston, Virginia (see 20 Years Ago Today: The Seeds of NASAWatch). Here are a […]
Moffett Field will not be used to house unaccompanied migrant children, SJ Mercury News “The Biden administration will not use vacant facilities at NASA’s Ames Research Center at Moffett Field as overflow temporary housing for unaccompanied migrant children, an elected official said.” US considers using NASA facility to house migrant children, abcnews “The Department of Health and Human Services has requested federal agencies to determine whether they have currently vacant […]
Environmental Liabilities: NASA’s Reported Financial Liabilities Have Grown, and Several Factors Contribute to Future Uncertainties, GAO “NASA’s reported fiscal year 2019 environmental liabilities estimate for restoration projects does not include certain costs, and some factors may affect NASA’s future environmental liabilities, potentially increasing or decreasing the federal government’s fiscal exposure. Certain costs are not included in the fiscal year 2019 estimate because some projects are in a developing stage where […]
Keith’s 11 January note: There is a agency wide Town Hall coming up soon. Nothing is online yet and NASA PAO has not responded to my inquiry. Usually when Administrators depart and the White House changes hands there is an agency-wide event with farewell messages, awards given out etc. Stay tuned. Keith’s 12 January update: PAO says that no “public” event is scheduled at this time. Keith’s 14 January update: […]
Revealed: all 27 monkeys held at Nasa research center killed on single day in 2019, The Guardian “A total of 27 primates were euthanized by administrated drugs on 2 February last year at Nasa’s Ames research center in California’s Silicon Valley, it has emerged. The monkeys were ageing and 21 of them had Parkinson’s, according to documents released under freedom of information laws. … A Nasa spokesperson said: “Nasa does […]
The Worm is Back: A Discussion with Designer Richard Danne, NASA “NASA Worm creator Richard Danne answers your questions in a conversation about the relevance of the Worm in the 1970s and today, and why the Worm continues to be so popular, now available online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLe4lOrj3Ck. Bettina Inclán, Associate Administrator for Communications, hosts this conversation, which includes a presentation from NASA’s Worm Working Group on the philosophy of the […]
The most significant space news of the week is not in Washington but is hurricane Sally. Hope they are all tied down and checked the pumps at Stennis and Michoud. Consequences of major damage would have long term consequences. — Wayne Hale (@waynehale) September 14, 2020
NASA Advisory Council Meeting “Virtual meeting via dial-in teleconference and WebEx only. … Note: Please be advised that the NASA large event WebEx account is being used to support this meeting; this WebEx account is incompatible with the newest Mac operating system introduced in October 2019–MacOS Catalina.” Keith’s note: Anyone who has attempted to connect to NASA FACA meetings such as the NASA Advisory Council by Webex over the past […]
Painting of the @NASA logo is underway on the 525-foot-tall Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at @NASAKennedy Apparently @JimBridenstine is getting carried away with the whole #TheWormIsBack thing. Just sayin' pic.twitter.com/3vTEAYHM2E — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) May 9, 2020
Keith’s note: NASAWatch turns 24 on 1 Apr 2020. It started as “NASA RIFWatch” on 1 Apr 1996 and was first hosted on a Mac Classic II on an ISDN line in my little condo in Reston, Virginia (see 20 Years Ago Today: The Seeds of NASAWatch). Here a few things from those early days that are still online: – Rogue Webmasters, Government Executive, 1 Oct 1996 – NASA’s Most […]
