Orbital Completes Successful Hot Fire Test of Antares – UPDATE
UPDATE, February 23, 2013: Orbital has posted a video of the test on YouTube. ORIGINAL STORY, February 22, 2013: Orbital Sciences Corp. conducted a successful hot fire test of the …
Changed Space Environment Creates Multitude of Challenges, Say Panelists
Since the beginning of the Obama Administration, the national security space community has described today’s space environment as “congested, contested, and competitive.” Yet as panelists at an event Wednesday emphasized, …
MAVEN Managers Win Kudos from NASA Inspector General
NASA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) praised the team managing the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) project today for successfully avoiding pitfalls that plagued other programs. The last of …
NASA Creates New Mission Directorate for Space Technology as Sequester Cuts Loom – Clarification
CLARIFICATION: This article was modified February 24. See Editor’s Note below for details. The long awaited formal announcement of a new Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) at NASA Headquarters was …
Really Amazing Video of BOOM from Russian Meteor
Even if you think you’ve seen enough video of the meteor that exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, you ought to watch this. This compilation of images from offices, …
Space Leadership Preservation Act To Get Hearing Next Week
The Space Subcommittee of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee has scheduled a hearing next week on the Space Leadership Preservation Act, a bill introduced in the 112th Congress …
Mars Curiosity's Rock Drilling Reveals that Underneath It All the Red Planet is Grey
Mars may be the Red Planet, but results from the Mars Curiosity rover suggest that it’s all a veneer. Underneath, grey may be the norm. For the first time, a …
NASA Briefing on Curiosity's First Sample From Inside a Martian Rock
NASA will hold a media teleconference this afternoon, February 20, 2013, at 3:00 pm ET, to discuss the Mars Curiosity rover’s latest scientific activities. Scientists confirmed this morning that Curiosity has …
Sequester Brinksmanship Ratchets Up as DOD Notifies Congress of Furlough Plans
With the days ticking down to March 1, the Obama Administration is ratcheting up its rhetoric and actions to convey the implications of letting the across-the-board budget cuts known as …
Daniels Replaces Perry as Co-Chair of NRC Human Spaceflight Study
Former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has replaced Bill Perry as co-chair of the National Research Council’s (NRC’s) human spaceflight study. Michael Moloney, director of the NRC’s Space Studies Board and …