New York Times Lauds SDO

The New York Times praises NASA”s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) in an editorial today. Calling the quality of the images of the Sun produced by SDO “extraordinary,” the newspaper says that the spacecraft “creates a new solar effect, which is...

NASA and the Icelandic Ash

It may not be space policy, but it is the first A in NASA — aeronautics.     The Space and Aeronautics subcommittee of the House Science and Technology Committee will hold a hearing next week on the impact of volcanic ash on aviation.  The hearing follows the...