Phantom Ray hitches ride on 747, CNet “The Phantom Ray UAV got some air time today, with a little help from a jumbo jet. Boeing’s futuristic unmanned aerial vehicle took […]
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How NASA Plans to Drag Its Feet in Implementing the ISS National Laboratory
Partners wanted to run research lab in space, Nature “Once a non-profit organization is established, NASA expects to begin research and development, but it will take a few years before […]
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Video: A Shuttle Tribute
Video: Ascent – Commemorating Shuttle “Photographic documentation of a Space Shuttle launch plays a critical role in the engineering analysis and evaluation process that takes place during each and every […]
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Duct Tape and Rockets
SpaceX flight a flashback to our future in space, commentary, Orlando Sentinel “Congressional burnouts such as Bill Nelson keep telling us that we are losing our space program to budget […]
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Hints of NASA's FY 2011 Budget
Draft Spending Bill Increases NASA’s Budget by $186M over 2010, Space News “The draft resolution also includes $1.2 billion for Lockheed Martin’s Orion crew capsule, $100 million more than called […]
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OIG: NASA Leaves Important Info On Computers It Surpluses
Preparing for the Space Shuttle Program’s Retirement: A Review of NASA’s Disposition of Information Technology Equipment “NASA Inspector General Paul K. Martin today released a report that found significant weaknesses […]
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STS-133 Delayed Until February 2011
NASA Targets Shuttle Discovery’s Launch For No Earlier Than Feb. 3 “NASA managers have targeted space shuttle Discovery’s launch for no earlier than Feb. 3 at 1:34 a.m. EST. Shuttle […]
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STS-133 Launch Slips to 3 December
NASA Reschedules Shuttle Launch Status Meeting, Discovery’s Launch No Earlier Than Dec. 3 “NASA managers have postponed a launch status meeting and news conference planned for Monday, Nov. 22. The […]
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Where Will All The Shuttles Go?
Shuttle Discovery’s retirement plan in limbo – Smithsonian display still up in the air, Collectspace “Space shuttle Discovery is ready to fly its final flight this week, but where it […]
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STS-133 Launch Delayed
Keith’s note: NASA has delayed space shuttle Discovery’s launch countdown by a day to repair air leaks in the right hand Orbital Maneuvering System Pod. The earliest launch attempt will […]