NASA’s Management of Moon Rocks and Other Astromaterials Loaned for Research, Education, and Public Display “NASA Inspector General Paul K. Martin today released an audit examining NASA’s controls over loans […]
Apollo
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NASA's Inconsistent Policy Regarding The Sale Of Apollo Era Items
Apollo 13 checklist brings $388,375 at Heritage Auctions in Dallas “The Apollo 13 Lunar Module Systems Activation Checklist upon which Commander James Lovell made his handwritten calculations to guide his […]
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Apollo on Truth Serum – Not Steroids
Guest Blog: Apollo’s Spirit Alive and Well, Andrew Chaikin, Space News “Four decades later the challenge is not just to follow Apollo’s trail into deep space, but to do it […]
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Bill Muehlberger
Memorial: Bill Muehlberger, University of Teaxs Austin “The Jackson School community mourns the loss of Bill Muehlberger and extend their condolences to his family. He died of natural causes on […]
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LRO Offers New Look at Apollo Landing Sites
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Images Offer Sharper Views of Apollo Landing Sites “NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured the sharpest images ever taken from space of the Apollo 12, 14 and […]
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LRO Offers New Look at Apollo Landing Sites
NASA will host a media teleconference at noon on Tuesday, Sept. 6, to reveal new images of three Apollo landing sites taken from the agency’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO. […]
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Building Upon Kennedy's Space Legacy – Half A Century Later
An Open Letter to Neil Armstrong, Gene Cernan, and James Lovell, Dennis Wingo, SpaceRef “Recently, a joint letter was penned by three legendary Apollo lunar astronauts berating the Obama Administration […]
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Apollo Vets Are Not Happy Today (White House Responds)
Roundup: Obama’s policy aims to revitalize space program John Holdren and Charlie Bolden “Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell and Gene Cernan are genuine American heroes who brought immense courage and competence […]
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Buzz Aldrin's Take On Space Policy
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Calls for Continuing JFK Vision on 50th Anniversary of “Moon” Speech “We should employ a ‘flexible path’ that utilizes the capabilities we develop for our longer-term goal […]
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Once Upon A Time …
NASA Commemorates Moonshot Moment’s Golden Anniversary Agency Looks to the Future and Beyond Low-Earth Orbit “Fifty years ago, a young president struggling with deepening international issues set a fledgling space […]