NASA officials recently named James E. Hattaway Jr. as the new associate director of Kennedy Space Center (KSC). He assumes the responsibilities of this role immediately. “I have always been […]
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Boeing Realigns Space Businesses to Focus on Customers, Performance
Boeing [NYSE: BA] officials announced today the company is realigning its launch and satellite businesses to better serve the company’s primary customers, ensure program execution and reduce infrastructure costs. "The […]
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Promising Commercial Human Spaceflight Industry Seeks Government Support
WASHINGTON, D.C. – An emerging demand for commercial human spaceflight has attracted the interest of a number of space tourism entrepreneurs and prompted concerns regarding regulation of this new industry. […]
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ANU Students Universe Detectives, Not Education Slaves
A novel approach to teaching astrophysics, including teams of students solving science fiction mysteries, has led to the class exercises of ANU lecturer Dr Paul Francis being used in twenty […]
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You’re Invited – Mars Watch 2003
Dear Planetary Society Members, Our international Mars celebration has begun! Join us for Mars Watch 2003, as we celebrate the closest approach of Mars in more than 50,000 years. This […]
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NASA Mishap Board Identifies Cause of X-43-A Failure
The NASA mishap investigation board, charged to review the loss of the X-43A Hyper-X program research vehicle during its June 2, 2001 launch, concluded no single factor or potential contributing […]
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NASA Space Act Agreement Sets Stage for Aerospace, Scientific Partnership with Montana Authority, Research Center in Alabama
The Montana Aerospace Development Authority, a statewide non-profit research consortium, has signed a NASA Space Act Agreement to collaborate on aerospace research and development with the National Space Science and […]
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House Science Committee Bill Fails to Deal with Safety and Vision at NASA
Science Committee Democrats today opposed passage of H.R. 1085, the NASA Workforce bill, in the Committee’s markup of the legislation. Led by Ranking Democrat Ralph Hall (D-TX) and Ranking Space […]
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NASA Workforce Bill Approved By House Science Committee
Boehlert Legislation Would Address “Brain Drain” at Space Agency WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Science Committee today approved, by a vote of 21 to 14, Chairman Sherwood Boehlert’s (R-NY) legislation […]
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Space Shuttle Mission Management Team Transcripts Released
Audio and text transcripts from Mission Management Team (MMT) meetings held during the Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) mission will be available Tuesday on the NASA Internet homepage and on NASA […]
