May 31, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
Monday’s CSExtra finds a new call for an extension of NASA’s space shuttle program, plus a report that Orion’s future as a space station life boat could be in doubt. Also, communities across the country compete for a retired space shuttle orbiter. 1....
May 30, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
Sunday’s CSExtra offers the latest reporting and commentary on space policy and NASA’s future. 1. From Spacepolitics.com: NASA Administrator Charles Bolden hints that astronauts could circle the moon as part of a NASA test flight in the early 2020s. ...
May 30, 2010 | Commercial Space, Constellation Program, Exploration, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, This Week in Space
May 29, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
Saturday’s CSExtra contains news about discussions on the cancellation of Constellation, the SpaceX launch of Falcon 9 and other stories. 1. From Space News: NASA is now weighing a competition for the development of a life boat for the International Space Station....
May 28, 2010 | Blog, Education Station, Exploration, Space Research, Space Shuttle
An important step: More economical access to space – that’s one possible outcome from the May 26 first flight of the X-51A Waverider. This super-slick unpiloted vehicle made the longest ever supersonic combustion ramjet-powered hypersonic flight off the Southern...
May 28, 2010 | Blog, Coalition News, CSExtra
Friday’s CSExtra finds more congressional concern over NASA’s decision to reassign Constellation Program manager Jeff Hanley. A small bipartisan collection of lawmakers calls on NASA’s inspector general to look into the matter. Meanwhile, the latest in a...
May 27, 2010 | Constellation Program, Exploration, International Space Station, Mars, NASA, Our Solar System, Space Research, The Moon
The technology and commercially themed exploration strategy outlined by President Obama earlier this year would mean the launching of new NASA robotic spacecraft at a rapid clip to set the stage for the human exploration of deep space. They would join robotic...
May 27, 2010 | Blog, Constellation Program, NASA
Source: Space News Jeff Hanley, the top manager of NASA’s marked-for-cancellation Constellation program at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, has stepped down to become associate director for strategic capabilities at JSC, according to NASA officials. In his...
May 27, 2010 | Blog, Commercial Space, Constellation Program, Exploration, NASA
Source: The Houston Chronicle It was during long flights to the Middle East for goodwill visits to American troops that former astronauts Neil Armstrong, Eugene Cernan and James Lovell hatched a plan to step out of the pages of history with a mission to change its...
May 27, 2010 | Blog, Commercial Space, Constellation Program, NASA
Source: The New York Times The head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration was buffeted with more criticism and skepticism before Congress on Wednesday as he sought to defend the Obama administration’s proposal to revamp the space agency. Representative...