An FAQ on NASA’s human spaceflight plans
Source: The Houston Chronicle So much has happened with the future of NASA’s human spaceflight program during the last two months I wanted try to provide a summary of what’s transpired, and what may happen now. Feel free to ask additional questions below....It’s time to focus on America’s future in space by Charles F. Bolden Jr., NASA Administrator
Source: The Houston Chronicle With the fiscal year 2011 budget proposal and a recent speech in Florida, President Barack Obama has provided NASA with all the assets and vision needed to make a critical shift in our human spaceflight program. We are working with...NASA’s New Eye on the Sun Delivers Stunning First Images
NASA’s recently launched Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is returning early images that confirm an unprecedented new capability for scientists to better understand our sun’s dynamic processes.Caution Space Travelers: Getting Strep Throat on Mars
It’s called “forward contamination” in terms of inadvertently sending Earth bacteria to other worlds. Indeed, fouling the nest of say Mars – perhaps a niche for microbial life – is a concern of NASA researchers. New research published in the April issue of the journal...Endeavour now set to be final mission
Source: Florida Today NASA has flip-flopped the final two shuttle missions, with Endeavour now expected to fly last, a 12-day flight that could bring the program to an end during the holiday season. Targeted for sometime in November, Endeavour’s mission...View of the Sun: Editorial from The New York Times
Source: The New York Times There has always been something miraculous about transmissions from space — those thin datastreams trickling toward Earth from research spacecraft. Over the years, the transmissions have grown more and more robust, richer in information,...If Aliens Exist,They May Come to Get Us, Stephen Hawking Says
Source: Space.com If intelligent alien life forms do exist out in the vastness of the space, they might not be the friendly cosmic neighbors the people of Earth are looking for, famed British scientist Stephen Hawking says in a new television series chronicling his...President Obama’s Vision for Space Exploration (part 2)
Source: The Space Review On April 15th President Obama outlined the administration’s new plan for civil space exploration in a speech at the Kennedy Space Center. This article is part 2 of an analysis of the President’s announcement. The first part of the analysis...Satellite view shows huge oil slick from gulf drilling rig explosion
Source: The Huntsville Times Oil leaking from a sunken drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico oozed slowly toward the coast Monday, endangering hundreds of miles of marshes, barrier islands and white sand beaches in four states from Louisiana to Florida, the Associated...Space Talk
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