Update: 9:10 amLatest launch time is 10:30 based on weather. The clock is stopped at T-4 minutes, so if the weather unexpectedly improves before that, it could launch earlier, but the expectation is that 10:30 is the next best chance. Original Story Today’s launch window for Ares 1-X extends until noon, but weather continues to …
Bad weather and other glitches forced NASA to scrub the Ares 1-X launch today. It will try again tomorrow. The launch window is the same as today: 8:00 am to noon. The other glitches were a recalcitrant instrument cover that the ground crew struggled to detach from a 5-hole probe atop the launch vehicle minutes …
Results from the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) instrument on the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft and preliminary results from one-month of operations of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter were briefed to a panel of the National Research Council’s Planetary Science Decadal Survey on Monday. View those Powerpoint presentations and others to the Inner Planets panel, as well as presentations …
The following presentations were made at the meeting of the Inner Planets panel of the National Research Council’s Planetary Science Decadal Survey on October 26, 2009 at the Beckman Center in Irvine, CA. Adobe Reader 8.0 or higher is needed to read most of these files. Some of them are quite large and take a …
The following presentations were made at the meeting of the Giant Planets panel of the National Research Council’s Planetary Science Decadal Survey on October 26, 2009 at the Beckman Center in Irvine CA. Adobe Reader 8.0 or higher is needed to read most of these files. Some of them are quite large and take a …
UPDATE: As of Monday evening, the forecast remains the same, with a 40% chance of favorable weather during the launch window that opens at 8:00 am tomorrow morning (Tuesday). The Ares 1-X two-minute suborbital test flight is on track for launch tomorrow morning (Tuesday, October 27), though weather may be a problem. As of yesterday, …
The following events next week may be of interest. For more information, look on our calendar on the right menu or follow the links below. Note that congressional activities are always subject to change. During the week The Senate is expected to resume and complete deliberation on the Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill (H.R. 2847). If a …
Today, NASA cleared Ares 1-X for its two-minute suborbital test launch on Tuesday, October 27. The launch is scheduled for 8:00 am EDT.
A SpacePolicyOnline.com summary of the Oct. 21, 2009 Senate hearing on “The Case for Space: Examining the Value of Space Exploration” is now available. The hearing was held by the Subcommittee on Science and Space of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Look for it on our left menu under “Our Hearing Summaries” …
The Senate passed the conference report on the FY2010 Department of Defense (DOD) authorization bill (H.R. 2647) today. The 68-29 vote came despite Republican objections to the inclusion of language expanding the definition of hate crimes, and a veto threat from the President. The bill authorizes $680 billion in defense spending.