JunoCam just got the rings of Jupiter FROM THE INSIDE. Audible ooos and aahs in the room. #AGU16 — Simon Porter (@AscendingNode) December 13, 2016 @NASAWatch They are literally the […]
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Posted inBudget
Watching Where NASA's Money Goes
Keith’s note: The next time you hear the space and planetary science communities complaining about budget cuts consider what their NASA mission PIs are paid at SwRI (2014 IRS Form, […]
Posted inIT/Web
Odd Pluto Social Media Policy at SwRI
Keith’s note: The use of social media during the recent Pluto encounter has been widely hailed. That said, Southwest Research Institute Public affairs continues with its slightly strange media policy […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
Bolden Gets EPO Briefing From New Horizons Mission Team
Public Asked to Help Name Features on Pluto, SETI Institute Keith’s 6 April update: NASA has yet to mention this public engagement project on its own New Horizons website. Nor […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
NASA Remains Silent on New Horizons Issues (Update)
Keith’s note: In October NASA SMD PAO was caught totally off guard when the New Horizons team announced that debris in the vicinity of Pluto might force them to “bail […]
Posted inCommercialization
SwRI To Integrate NASA Suborbital Payloads
SwRI Selected as Payload Integrator for Three NASA Suborbital Flight Opportunities Research Providers “Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has been selected to provide payload flight integration services as part of three […]
Posted inCommercialization
Paradigm Shift In The Making: Non-Goverment Funded Space Science
In Historic First, Three Scientists to Fly on Commercial Spacecraft, CSF “Three scientists, including a former NASA executive, will become some of the first scientists to fly on a commercial […]
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SwRI Breaks New Ground With Commercial Suborbital Science Contracts
SwRI signs contracts to fly eight pioneering missions with SwRI payload specialists aboard reusable suborbital launchers, with options for more flights “Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) announced pioneering agreements today to […]
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Virgin Galactic Makes Second Suborbital Contract Announcement (XCOR Was First)
Virgin Galactic to Fly Scientists to Space “Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, LLC, the world’s first commercial spaceline, announced today the first ever commercial contracts to fly scientists into space […]
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SwRI and XCOR Sign First Commercial Reusable Suborbital Contract
Southwest Research Institute SwRI and XCOR Sign First Ever Commercial Reusable Suborbital Vehicle Scientific Flight Contract “In a first for the reusable suborbital launch vehicle industry, XCOR Aerospace announced today […]