COVID-19: Guiana Space Center suspends launch campaigns, Arianespace “Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the need to fully implement the measures decided by the French government, launch campaigns underway at […]
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NASA Says Starliner's Problems Were A "High Visibility Close Call"
Keith’s note: NASA and Boeing held a media briefing today about the report of the NASA Internal Review Team (IRT) report on the various problems with the recent Starliner Orbital […]
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Starliner Review Team Report Press Conference Today
NASA, Boeing to Provide Outcome of Starliner Orbital Flight Test Reviews “NASA and Boeing will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EST Friday, March 6, to discuss the outcome […]
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Kicking The Can Down the Road to The Moon And/Or Mars
Trump budget cuts funding for health, science, environment agencies, Washington Post “President Trump once again is asking Congress to make major cuts to the budgets of science and health agencies […]
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Boeing Really Needs To Get Their Software Fixed
Keith’s 9 Feb update: You should scroll down and click on the comments. At the top you will see that I highlighted comments by NASA HEOMD AA Doug Loverro. He […]
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NASA Tries To Explain The NASA iTech Thing
FWIW @Kirablackwell Jim Reuter if @NASAiTech is all you claim it is w/$500 million in private sector investment in #NASA technology then you'd think that STMD @NASA @NASA_OSBP @nasa_technology @NASAsolutions […]
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Stealth Rocket Company Emerges To Challenge Rocket Lab
A Small Rocket Maker Is Running A Different Kind of Space Race, Bloomberg “The 42-year-old CEO [Chris Kemp] spent almost five years at NASA, but he’s not a rocket scientist […]
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Expanding The ISS For Customers That No One Can Identify
NASA Selects First Commercial Destination Module for International Space Station “The element will attach to the space station’s Node 2 forward port to demonstrate its ability to provide products and […]
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Boeing Starliner Pad Abort Test Was Technically A Success – But …
Keith’s note: The pad abort test of Boeing Starliner was technically a success today. The system quickly removed the capsule from the danger zone and landed exactly as planned but […]
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JSC Is Not Very Excited About NASA's Economic Impact on Texas (Update)
NASA: A Texas Institution with a Large Economic Impact, Texas Comptroller “The Johnson Space Center (JSC) makes a $4.7 billion annual impact on the Texas economy and supports more than […]