NASA Awards Commercial Crew Contracts
NASA awarded five small contracts today to companies vying a piece of the commercial crew pie. The funding, $50 million, is part of the $1 billion NASA received in the …
NASA Cancels 3:00 Budget Briefing for Monday; 12:30 Telecon Instead
NASA has cancelled the 3:00 briefing it had scheduled for tomorrow (Monday) to lay out its FY2011 budget request. Instead, NASA Administrator Bolden will hold a teleconference for the media …
NPOESS Restructured
The Obama Administration announced today its long awaited decision on the future of the troubled National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS). The answer: divorce. NPOESS was initiated following a …
Obama Asks for $2.5 Billion to Cancel Constellation; $6 Billion to Pay for Commercial Substitute
It is ironic that today is both the anniversary of the space shuttle Columbia tragedy that spawned President George W. Bush’s Vision for the Space Exploration, and the day that …
Obama Proposes Cancelling Constellation
As explained in its FY2011 “Terminations, Reductions and Savings” document posted on the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) website this morning, President Obama is proposing to terminate Project Constellation …
Remembering the Columbia Crew
On this day in 2003, seven brave astronauts – six Americans and an Israeli — lost their lives in the space shuttle Columbia tragedy (STS-107). NASA Commander Rick Husband NASA …
One Small Step For Preserving Apollo's History on Moon
A little known movement has been afoot for many years to find a way to protect the Apollo lunar landing sites and the flags, footprints and everything else left behind …
UPDATE: Events of Interest: Week of February 1-5, 2010
UPDATE: This article is updated to reflect NASA’s changes in its budget roll-out. The 3:00 press briefing on Monday has been canceled; a 12:30 teleconference with the media has been …
Remembering the Challenger Crew
On this day in 1986, seven brave astronauts — five NASA astronauts, a payload specialist from the private sector, and a school teacher — lost their lives in the space …
STEM Education to be Focus of Three House Hearings Next Week
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education will be the subject of three House hearings next week: a two-parter by a House Appropriations subcommittee and one by a House Science …