Senators hear NASA defense of ISS science

Astronaut Don Pettit, a veteran of three spaceflights who has logged more than 370 days in space, recently testified in front of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pettit made his case for extended ISS funding...

Book Review: NASA’s First 50 Years – Historical Perspectives

Credit: NASA History Division  NASA’s First 50 Years – Historical Perspectives by Steven Dick, editor; NASA Special Publication (SP-2010-4704); U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. ; (hard cover) ; $79.00; 2010 This impressive and scholarly volume is...

NASA Pushes Forward on Human Mission to an Asteroid

Image of asteroid Itokawa taken by Japan’s Hayabusa spacecraft in 2005. Credit: JAXA  NASA is holding next month an Exploration of Near Earth Objects Objectives Workshop, dubbed Explore NOW. The by-invitation only workshop has been sparked by U.S. President Obama’s...